As per the National Incident-Based Reporting System Edition of the Uniform Crime Reporting
Program
SEX OFFENSES—FORCIBLE
Any sexual act directed against another person, forcibly and/or against that person’s will; or
not forcibly or against the person’s will where the victim is incapable of giving consent.
Forcible Rape
The carnal knowledge of a person, forcibly and/or against the person’s will; or not forcibly or
against the person’s will where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her
temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (or because of his/her youth).
Forcible Sodomy
Oral or anal sexual intercourse with another person, forcibly and/or against that person’s will;
or not forcibly against the person’s will where the victim is incapable of giving consent because
of his/her youth or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity.
Sexual Assault with an Object
The use of an object or instrument to unlawfully penetrate, however slightly, the genital or anal
opening of the body of another person, forcibly and/or against that person’s will; or not forcibly
or against the person’s will where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her
youth or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity.
Forcible Fondling
The touching of the private body parts of another person for the purpose of sexual
gratification, forcibly and/or against that person’s will; or, not forcibly or against the person’s
will where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her youth or because of
his/her temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity.
SEX OFFENSES—NON-FORCIBLE
Unlawful, non-forcible sexual intercourse.
Incest
Non-forcible sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the
degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.
Statutory Rape
Non-forcible sexual intercourse with a person who is under the statutory age of consent.
