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Sexual Assault is a crime punishable by both civil and criminal action and is a serious violation of The College of St. Scholastica's community standards.
No person at any time for any reason deserves to be sexually abused in any manner.
Sexual Assault/Violence Offenses Include:
a) Non-Consensual Sexual Penetration (commonly known as rape or sexual assault)
Defined as any sexual penetration (anal, oral, or vaginal) however slight using any body part or object by a person of any sex upon another person of any sex without consent.
In a criminal conduct case defined by the state of Minnesota, this would be classified as 1st and 3rd Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct.
Examples include: vaginal penetration by a penis, object, tongue or finger, anal penetration by a penis, object, tongue, or finger, and oral copulation (mouth to genital contact or genital to mouth contact), no matter how slight the penetration or contact.
b) Non-Consensual Sexual Contact (also form of sexual assault)
Defined as any intentional sexual touching however slight using any body part or object by a person of any sex upon another person of any sex without consent.
In a criminal conduct case defined by the state of Minnesota, this would be classified as 2nd, 4th, and 5th Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct.
Examples include: intentional contact with the breasts, buttocks, groin, or genitals, or touching another with any of these body parts, or making another touch you or themselves with or on any of these body parts; any intentional bodily contact in a sexual manner, though not involving contact with/or/by breasts, buttocks, groin, genitals, mouth, or other orifice
c) Sexual Exploitation
Defined as when an individual takes nonconsensual or abusive sexual advantage of another individual for one's own advantage/benefit, or to advantage/benefit of someone other than the person being exploited; the behavior many not otherwise fall under the definition of other sexual misconduct offense.
Examples include, but are not limited to: non-consensual video or audio taping of sexual activity, getting exchange value for sexual favors, going beyond the boundaries of consent, engaging in peeping, knowingly transmitting a STI to another individual, selling another individual.
d) Sexual Harassment additionally may be considered a form of sexual assault/violence misconduct. For more information regarding Sexual Harassment, visit (link to our website page)
For more information regarding Minnesota State Legal Criminal Code of Conduct visit: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/statutes/?id=609
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Common Language Surrounding Sexual Assault/Violence Misconduct
Force: the threat or infliction of bodily harm
Coercion: words or circumstances that cause a person to fear that the other will inflict bodily harm, or confine the person. Examples include: use of physical size or strength, under the influence of substances
Mentally incapacitated: under the influence of drugs or alcohol which were given without the victim's agreement
Physically helpless: victim was asleep or unconscious, too drunk to withhold consent, or unable to communicate - and the other should have known this from the circumstances
Defined as any sexual penetration (anal, oral, or vaginal) however slight using any body part or object by a person of any sex upon another person of any sex without consent.
In a criminal conduct case defined by the state of Minnesota, this would be classified as 1st and 3rd Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct.
Examples include: vaginal penetration by a penis, object, tongue or finger, anal penetration by a penis, object, tongue, or finger, and oral copulation (mouth to genital contact or genital to mouth contact), no matter how slight the penetration or contact.
Defined as any intentional sexual touching however slight using any body part or object by a person of any sex upon another person of any sex without consent.
In a criminal conduct case defined by the state of Minnesota, this would be classified as 2nd, 4th, and 5th Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct.
Examples include: intentional contact with the breasts, buttocks, groin, or genitals, or touching another with any of these body parts, or making another touch you or themselves with or on any of these body parts; any intentional bodily contact in a sexual manner, though not involving contact with/or/by breasts, buttocks, groin, genitals, mouth, or other orifice
Defined as when an individual takes nonconsensual or abusive sexual advantage of another individual for one's own advantage/benefit, or to advantage/benefit of someone other than the person being exploited; the behavior many not otherwise fall under the definition of other sexual misconduct offense.
Examples include, but are not limited to: non-consensual video or audio taping of sexual activity, getting exchange value for sexual favors, going beyond the boundaries of consent, engaging in peeping, knowingly transmitting a STI to another individual, selling another individual.
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