"La violencia sexual se produce en todas las comunidades y afecta a personas de todos los sexos y todas las edades. El impacto de la violencia sexual afecta a personas, familias, comunidades y a la sociedad en general..."
El abuso sexual de niños se produce cuando un niño es explotado sexualmente por otra persona. Puede adoptar muchas formas: exposición de los genitales, llamadas telefónicas obscenas, solicitud obscena por Internet, voyerismo, uso de pornografía, manoseo y, coito oral, vaginal o anal.
The decision to report a sexual assault belongs to the victim. No one should force or coerce the victim into reporting an assault to the police. It is also important to note that some survivors – particularly those from marginalized communities – may mistrust system intervention, including law enforcement...
After a sexual assault, survivors face a number of choices including whether to have a physical exam to address health concerns, whether to have a forensic exam for the collection of evidence, and whether to report the crime to law enforcement...
This fact sheet lists Wisconsin’s child pornography laws. The Wisconsin Legislature has made recent changes that reflect the prevalence of new technology and the challenges it poses for preventing child pornography...
Child sexual abuse occurs when a child is exploited sexually by another person. It may take many forms: exposure of the genitals, obscene phone calls, obscene internet solicitation, voyeurism, use of pornography, fondling, and oral, vaginal, or anal intercourse...
This fact sheet lists several sexual assault crimes against children. This list is not exhaustive and other sex offenses and crimes involving children can be found in WCASA’s Information Sheet: “Wisconsin Crimes Against Children” and Wis. Stat. ch. 948...
More and more victims are turning to the civil courts in pursuit of justice after a sexual assault. Civil cases have several advantages over criminal cases. Civil actions can be brought against perpetrators for assault, battery, invasion of privacy, sexual exploitation by a therapist, sexual exploitation by a member of the clergy, negligent supervision...
Civil litigation is quickly developing as a source of financial compensation for survivors of sexual assault, either in addition to or in the absence of restitution and/or crime victim compensation. Civil litigation can compensate the victim for financial losses...
Esta hoja se refiere a los actos criminales cometidos en contra de menores distintos al asalto sexual de primer o segundo grado a un menor. Los estatutos de Wisconsin que se enumeran a continuación reflejan el creciente uso de nuevas tecnologías en los crímenes contra menores y criminalizan específicamente varios comportamientos...
This resource refers to criminal acts against children other than first and second degree sexual assault of a child. The Wisconsin statutes listed below reflect the increasing use of new technologies in crimes against children and specifically criminalize various acts related to the creation, sharing, and distribution of certain materials and information...
1) Estatutos de Wisconsin, sección 940.225(1) ASALTO SEXUAL EN PRIMER GRADO. Toda persona que realice alguno de los hechos que se describen a continuación comete un delito grave de Clase B...
"Domestic Violence (DV) occurs among all races/ethnicities and socio-economic classes. DV is a pattern of many behaviors directed at achieving and maintaining power and control over an intimate partner, such as physical violence, psychological aggression, stalking, and coercion..."
Sexual violence is any act that breaks a person’s trust and/or safety and is sexual in nature. Victims/survivors of sexual assaults are forced, coerced, and/or manipulated to participate in sexual activity. Victims/survivors do not cause their assaults and are not to blame. Perpetrators are responsible for the assaults...
La ley de prescripción de plazos (SOL Statutes of Limitation por sus siglas en inglés.) especifica el tiempo dentro del cual debe comenzar o perderse un proceso penal o una acción civil. Las prescripciones de plazo difieren para las acciones civiles y penales...
Esta hoja informativa proporciona un listado de varios delitos de asalto sexual infantil. Esta no es una lista exclusiva, se puede ver una lista de otros crímenes y delitos sexuales que involucran a niños en la Hoja Informativa de WCASA “Crímenes contra menores en Wisconsin” y el capítulo 948 de los Estatutos de Wisconsin...
Wisconsin law requires individuals who work in certain professions to report elder and adult-at-risk abuse and neglect. Wis. Stats. 46.90, 55.043. While the intent is similar to mandatory child abuse reporting, the requirements and procedures vary greatly from those set for reporting of child abuse and neglect in several ways...
Las demandas civiles han tenido un rápido crecimiento como fuente de compensación financiera para los sobrevivientes de agresión sexual, ya sea sumada a la indemnización y/o a la compensación para víctimas del crimen; o en ausencia de éstas....
This information sheet provides a general overview of sex offender registration. For more information, please contact the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault or the Wisconsin Department of Corrections...
Sexual violence refers to an actual or attempted act that is sexual in nature where consent is not obtained or freely given. It is a forced, coerced, or manipulated act that is sexual in nature, breaks a person’s trust and safety, and is primarily motivated out of a need to feel powerful by controlling, dominating, or humiliating the victim...
Victims/survivors may incur medical costs as a result of sexual assault. Whether or not a victim decides to report the assault and pursue charges against the perpetrator, a hospital examination is very important. A sexual assault forensic exam not only collects evidence...
Education has been an important component of the antisexual violence movement since its beginning. Early efforts focused on raising awareness about the prevalence and impact of sexual violence. More recently, primary prevention has emerged as an important public health issue...
940.225(1) FIRST DEGREE SEXUAL ASSAULT. Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class B felony: (a) Has sexual contact or sexual intercourse with another person without consent of that person and causes pregnancy or great bodily harm to that person...
"Three Categories of Sexual Violences: Rape including completed or attempted penetration when the perpetrator uses physical force or when the victim was drunk, high, drugged, or passed out and unable to consent. Sexual coercion including when the perpetrator has sexual contact with the victim by telling lies, threatening to end the relationship..."
STALKING. A person stalks a victim when they engage in a “course of conduct” that causes the victim to experience serious emotional distress or to fear bodily injury or death of her/himself, to a family member, or to a member of his/her household...
Statutes of limitation (SOLs) specify the time within which a criminal prosecution or a civil action must commence or be lost. SOLs for criminal and civil actions differ...
Voyeurism is generally defined as the act of observing others without their knowledge and infringing upon their personal privacy. More commonly, it refers to a sexual interest in spying on people engaged in intimate behaviors and activities that are considered to be private...
“Identities and Sexualities Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer communities (LGBTQ) are diverse and multifaceted, and are varied within their experiences and risks for violence. Some identities are at greater risk for certain types of violence than others…”