New Jersey Campus Sex Crimes Lawyers

The Most Common Sex Crimes on Campuses in New Jersey

There are a few distinctions between the most common forms of sex crimes on campuses. These crimes are prevalent to different degrees at colleges, high schools, and middle schools throughout New Jersey. The categories of sex crimes on campuses include physical assaults, such as:

• Date rape: Date rape is a form of sexual assault that takes place while the victim is physically or mentally incapacitated due to the administration of a substance without their consent, such as a narcotic, anesthetic, or intoxicant.
• Criminal sexual contact: This is the intentional touching of intimate parts with the intent to degrade the victim or sexually gratify the perpetrator. The contact can occur directly or over clothing, and intimate parts include the breasts, buttocks, groins, inner thighs, genitals, anal area, and sex organs.
• Sexual Assault: Sexual assault can be defined as either sexual contact or penetration carried out without consent. Whether it is a first- or second-degree crime depends on factors such as the ages of those involved, the use of coercion, the supervisory power of the actor, and whether the victim sustains personal injury.
• Statutory rape: In New Jersey, the age of consent is 16, and any sexual contact or penetration by a person over 18 can be considered statutory rape.

Other forms of sex crimes are less physical and may fall under the category of sexual harassment. These crimes are still devastating to those involved and may result in severe legal consequences. Non-physical sex crimes include:

• Indecent exposure: This is a form of lewdness that involves exposure of intimate parts with awareness or intention of the likelihood to offend or alarm observers.
• Internet sex crimes: Internet sex crimes include non-consensual sexual image sharing, sexual extortion, and other forms of harassment.
• Lewd conduct: Lewdness encompasses indecent exposure as well as disorderly conduct that is flagrantly lewd and offensive.
• Sexting: This is the exchange of sexually explicit texts or images through mobile devices or websites. Juveniles participating in sexting (or being subjected to it by adults) can result in charges of child pornography, child welfare endangerment, and invasion of privacy.