CRM 2307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Extortion, Department Of Justice And Correctional Services, Multiple Sex Partners
24 Apr 2016
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Definition: describes any violence, physical or psychological, carried out through several means or by targeting sexuality. This violence takes different forms including sexual abuse, sexual assault, rape, incest, childhood sexual abuse, and rape during armed conflict. It also includes sexual harassment, stalking, indecent or sexualized exposure, degrading sexual imagery, cyber harassment, trafficking, and sexual exploitation. Why doesn"t canada have a rape law? (octevaw, nat 2009). The wording of canada"s rape law was formally changed to sexual assault. Before 1983, there had to be proof of vaginal rape and husbands could legally rape their wives. In 1983, the supreme court of canada ruled any circumstances that violated the sexual integrity of the victim were grounds for sexual assault. The law created three levels of severity of sexual assault ranging from level 1 to level 3. In 2007, police recorded 24,200 sexual assault cases against individuals over. Only 1 in 10 assaults are reported to the police.
