CCJS 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sex And The Law, Anal Sex, Spring Break

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CCJS 230
• Professor: hamill

Document Summary

Unintentional killing by a voluntary act or omission. Defendants act create high risk for death or injury of physical pain. They have to be aware of it even if they committed the act. Jurisdiction going away from these types of cases, the argument (cid:1) (cid:1) becomes would that be a reasonable (cid:1) (cid:1) Rape is second only to murder in the nature by its aggresse in how foul it is. Common law rape- rape was the intentional force not consensual, heterosexual vaginal penetration (man could not be prosecuted by raping his wife) Sodomy- anal intercourse with our without consent. Unwanted touching, unwanted forced acts, unwanted penetration treated as battery or assault. Expanded definition of sex crimes and how cases could be presented in court. In most cases of sex offenses the victim knows the offender: true. Historically, the courts and society have treated rape horrible.