Sex Crimes

  • Child Abuse
    An intentional or neglectful physical or emotional injury imposed on a child, including sexual molestation.
  • Child Enticement
    Attempting to entice, lure, tempt, or persuade any child to enter, leave, or stay in any building, vehicle, or place if such act is done with the use of force or with the intent to commit rape, indecent assault, battery, dissemination of material harmful to children, unnatural and lascivious acts, indecent exposure, or other sexual offenses.
  • Child Exploitation
    The hiring, employment, persuasion, inducement, or coercion of child to perform in obscene exhibitions and incident shows, whether live, on video or film, or to pose or act as a model in obscene or pornographic materials, or to sell or distribute said materials.
  • Child Molestation
    Any indecent or sexual activity on, involving, or surrounding a child, usually under the age of 14.
  • Child Pornography
    Any visual depiction of actual or simulated sexual conduct by an individual under the age of 18 or lascivious exhibition of the pubic area of such an individual. Courts have held that such material my be banned even if it is not legally obscene and does not involve nudity.
  • Date Rape
    Rape committed by someone known to the victim, especially by the victim's social companion.
  • Exploitation of Minors
    The act of taking advantage of a minor for their own benefit.
  • Indecent Exposure
    An offensive display of one's own body in public, especially of the genitals.
  • Lewd Conduct
    Gross, wanton, and public indecency that is outlawed by many state statutes; a sexual act that the actor knows will likely be observed by someone who will be affronted or alarmed by it.
  • Pandering
    The act or offense of recruiting a prostitute, finding a place of business for a prostitute, or soliciting customers for a prostitute. 2. The act or offense of selling or distributing textual or visual material openly advertised to appeal to the recipient's sexual interest.
  • Rape
    Unlawful sexual activity with a person without consent and usually by force or threat of injury.
  • Sexual Assault
    Specific laws vary by state, but sexual assault generally refers to any crime in which the offender subjects the victim to sexual touching that is unwanted and offensive. These crimes can range from sexual groping or assault/battery, to attempted rape.
  • Sexual Imposition
    Unwanted touching of a person's erogenous zones for the purpose of sexual gratification.
  • Sodomy
    A term varying in meaning from state to state, but generally referring to any type of sex act regarded by a legislature as "unnatural" or "perverted" In the narrowest and most traditional sense, the term refers to anal sexual intercourse between men, but it may extend to those or other acts between men and women (sometimes exemption married couples, sometimes not), or women and women, or people and animals. Also called a crime against nature, or an unnatural act.
  • Solicitation of Prostitution
    Prostitution laws make it a crime in most states to offer, agree to, or engage in a sexual act for compensation. Depending upon applicable state law, the stages of a typical prostitution "transaction" can involve charges against the provider of services (for "prostitution"), the customer paying for the services (for "solicitation of prostitution"), and any middleman (for "pandering" or "pimping").
  • Statutory Rape
    Unlawful sexual intercourse with a person under the age of consent, regardless of whether it is against that person's will.
  • Child Procurement
    The act of arranging or instigating a meeting with a child for the purpose of having sexual relations.
  • Failure to Register
    The failure of a sexual offender legally required to register with law enforcement.
  • Internet Pornography Crimes

  • Prostitution
    Prostitution laws make it a crime in most states to offer, agree to, or engage in a sexual act for compensation. Depending upon applicable state law, the stages of a typical prostitution "transaction" can involve charges against the provider of services (for "prostitution"), the customer paying for the services (for "solicitation of prostitution"), and any middleman (for "pandering" or "pimping").
  • Sexual Assault
    Specific laws vary by state, but sexual assault generally refers to any crime in which the offender subjects the victim to sexual touching that is unwanted and offensive. These crimes can range from sexual groping or assault/battery, to attempted rape.
  • Sexual Battery
    Specific laws vary by state, but sexual battery generally refers to any crime in which the offender subjects the victim to sexual touching that is unwanted and offensive. These crimes can range from sexual groping or assault/battery, to attempted rape.