Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Utah definition of rape

• Attempted forcible rape is legally defined in most jurisdictions as attempts to commit forcible rape that are not successful. Generally, penalties for attempted forcible rape are equal to those as if the attempt was successful.

• Legal statutes in many states as well as at the federal level also prohibit rapes which occur when a perpetrator engages in a sex act with an unwilling victim who is unconscious (such as being asleep) or who is intoxicated with alcohol or drugs to the point that their ability to appraise or control their conduct is substantially impaired. The Federal Criminal Code defines this type of rape as
aggravated sexual abuse by other means. Sometimes it is referred to as drug or alcohol
facilitated rape.

• The term incapacitated rape is sometimes used to describe drug or alcohol facilitated rape as well as when the victim is either unconscious or too impaired for any reason to know what she is doing or give consent.

• Another type of rape is statutory rape. This occurs when a perpetrator commits any type of
nonforcible sex act with an under aged child. In the Federal Code, sex act is defined as any
type of sexual penetration (i.e. vaginal, anal, or oral) including any penetration of the vagina
or anus by hands, fingers, or objects.