Unit 8 P4

The definition of Sexual harassment in the AHRC is a form of forced unwanted sexual behaviour: verbally, and physically. The effects of this type of harassment infringes the rights of a person. In reference to a workplace: an employee’s position is threatened, elimination of any promotions/salary increases; reduces chances of employment. Including mental and physical consequences, this form of violence discriminates the rights of a person. A report from UNIFEM proves that only 14, including Canada, out of 186 countries placed legislation regarding sexual harassment. More than 90% of Canadian women confessed they have been sexually harassed, some time in their life. A similar amount of

Before we look at the different Social/Psychological Determinants of Health it is important firstly to define what a social determinant of health is. According to the World Health Organization (2017) “The social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age.” These conditions are as a result of a wide range of factors that are ultimately governed by the way in which money, power and specific resources are shared at different levels including those at global, national and local levels. We have all been a part of and will experience different social determinants of health throughout our lives but it is the standard at which we experience these determinants that will ultimately lead onto them affecting our health or ultimately leaving us unaffected.

Recklessness in the context of sexual assault could also be inadvertent recklessness. Inadvertent recklessness is when the accused failed to give any thought to whether the person may or may not be consenting.

While the legal definition of rape has changed over time, the occurrence of this act has remained constant. Rape stories are a permanent fixture on every evening news broadcast; the latest perpetrator being comedian Bill Cosby. One of Cosby’s accusers is left questioning why it took 30 years for people to listen. There is often skepticism around women who accuse men of such acts. Rape culture allows us to discredit these accusations by blinding us via a perpetrator’s economic and social status. Men are often given a free pass due to the assumption that a valid relationship with an individual conveys consent for sexual relations. These relationships are what give them an opportunity to perform the rape in the first place. Women are left to blame

sexual abuse of a minor in the 1st or 2nd degree, Sexual assault in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th degree, Sexual abuse of a minor

A good number of personal injury lawsuits are submitted over accidents – such as a slip and fall or a car collision. But, in a few cases, the things that induced the harm were intended more willingly than accidental. In the circumstance of personal injury law, "assault and battery" is intended civil wrong that can make the base of a legal proceeding. In a usual case, the injured one of an assault and battery start legal action against the offender, trying to get settlement for injuries and further damages due to incident.

From the background information that we were given about Jake and Cindy’s previous relationship, they had been together for about six months until they separated when Jake began to get extremely possessive during their relationship. Jake had found Cindy at the party that she attended with friends and requested to

What is meant by the phrase “crimes are statutory offenses”? Crimes that are often created by statutes and not by everyday law. For an example let’s say that a 20 year old gets caught drinking alcohol he or she is in clear violation of the law. Now a person that is 21 years of age consumes alcohol then it is legal. Statutory crimes can also apply in offenses such as rape and attempted rape.

The first settlement of colonies in Australia received the English common law, which was in turn adopted as Australian common law. The adopted laws included the 18th century proposition that ‘marital rape immunity’ prevented a man from being convicted of the rape of his wife, because she was presumed to have given general consent to sexual intercourse with him upon marriage. This suggestion of ‘marital rape immunity’ may be traced to ‘Sir Matthew Hale's The History of the Pleas of the Crown’. In the early common law, the offence of rape did not extend to the matrimonial relationship: Thus, a husband could never be charged or convicted of raping his wife. Hale's view of the common law was accepted and followed, in what is now considered as a

Every 98 seconds, an American experiences sexual assault. But America does not talk about this.

For this student, I think this definition is limited, it says between a child/adolescent and an adult, this student believes that sexual abuse can occur also between adults or between child/adolescents. A person 's age should not define if is sexual abuse or

Module 7 was about Body Politics, basically what a person can and cannot do and also if it is supported by the law and different groups. Body Politics has to do with how the body is expressed and used. Humans naturally want to impress other humans, and women a majority of the time want to be beautiful. The definition of beauty to a group is also apart of Body Politics. Different countries see certain characteristics in all sorts of ways. In America the “perfect girl” nowadays has a big butt and breasts. However, in Asia it is all about the skin tone and face. The way the body is used is also involved, which includes domestic violence and rape. The two different aspects of the module that stood out to me were about beauty and rape. I discovered

Consent can be defined as voluntary agreement, compliance or permission. Consent is a unilateral act, and so consent may be withdrawn by one person. People are allowed to “waive their legal rights” if they choose to do so. This would mean that the victim, by consenting to suffer harm, excuses the wrongful conduct of the person who has inflicted the harm and thereby excuses him/her of being held liable. The principle of volenti non fit iniuria applies, he who consents cannot be harmed.

Victim precipitation theories generally involve an explanation of how an individual’s behavior may contribute to his or her own victimization. In future the victim precipitation is behavior by a victim that initiates subsequent behavior of the victimizer and the degree to which victim is responsible for own victimization

As mentioned before, the level of sexual contact required to be convicted, differs according to