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*in ‘common law jurisdictions’, statutory rape is ‘non-forcible sexual activity’ in which 1 of the individuals is below the ‘age of consent’ (the age required to legally consent to the ‘behavior’)*
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(although it usually refers to adults engaging in sexual contact with minors under the age of consent, it is a generic term, and very few jurisdictions use the actual term statutory rape in the language of ‘statutes’)
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(different jurisdictions use many different statutory terms for the crime, such as…)
sexual assault (SA)
rape of a child (ROAC)
corruption of a minor (COAM)
unlawful sex with a minor (USWAM)
carnal knowledge of a minor (CKOAM)
unlawful carnal knowledge (UCK)
sexual battery
carnal knowledge
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(the terms child sexual abuse or child molestation may also be used, but statutory rape generally refers to sex between an adult and a sexually mature minor past the age of puberty, and may therefore be distinguished from ‘child sexual abuse’)
(‘sexual relations’ with a prepubescent child is typically treated as a more serious crime)
(in ‘statutory rape’, ‘overt force’ or ‘threat’ is usually not present)
(‘statutory rape laws’ presume ‘coercion’, because a ‘minor’ or ‘mentally handicapped adult’ is legally incapable of giving consent to the act)
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