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Definition of Sexual abuse
1. Noun. A statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat. "Most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault"
Specialized synonyms: Molestation, Assault, Rape, Ravishment, Violation
Generic synonyms: Regulatory Offence, Regulatory Offense, Statutory Offence, Statutory Offense
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Definition of Sexual abuse
1. Noun. Any sexual activity that is undesired by one participant but forced by another participant nonetheless. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Literary usage of Sexual abuse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sex Offenderby Barbara K. Schwartz, Henry R. Cellini by Barbara K. Schwartz, Henry R. Cellini (1995)
"The effects of child sexual abuse on adolescent sex offenders. ... The Future of
Children: sexual abuse of Children, 4, 176-197. Becker, J., Kaplan, M., ..."
2. When the Victim Is a Child by Debra Whitcomb (1992)
"This conceptualization suggests that although some of the adverse effects of
child sexual abuse are intrinsic to the abusive behavior itself, others may be ..."
3. Technologies for Understanding and Preventing Substance Abuse and Addiction by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"This is an increase in recognized cases of child sexual abuse of more than ...
While causality has not been established between childhood sexual abuse and ..."
4. Modern Capital of Human Rights?: Abuses in the State of Georgia by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch (Organization, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1996)
"Prior to 1992, state employees entrusted with custodial power over the women's
prison population engaged in flagrant sexual abuse of their charges, ..."
5. Violence Against Womenby Joan Zorza, Civic Research Institute by Joan Zorza, Civic Research Institute (2002)
"See also Child sexual abuse; Incest battered woman's syndrome, 8-2-8-7 child
sexual abuse and child custody, 12-50-12-51 prevention, nurse home visitation ..."
6. Violence Against Womenby Joan Zorza, Civic Research Institute by Joan Zorza, Civic Research Institute (2002)
"See also Child sexual abuse; Incest battered woman's syndrome, 8-2-8-7 child
sexual abuse and child custody, 12-50-12-51 prevention, nurse home visitation ..."
7. Suffering in Silence: The Links Between Human Rights Abuses and HIV by Janet Fleischman (2002)
"Given the high HIV prevalence in the Zambian population, sexual abuse carries a high
... Those knowledgeable about the sexual abuse of girls, and the girls ..."
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