"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...
Many sexual assaults involve alcohol or drug use by the perpetrator and/or victim. Alcohol and drug facilitated sexual assault occurs when the perpetrator purposely gives the victims alcohol/drugs without their permission or tries to get them intoxicated and then commits an unwanted sexual act against them...
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...
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...
Confidentiality is extremely important to sexual assault victims. Laws, regulations, and policies all protect the confidentiality of communications made between a victim and an advocate at a community based sexual assault service provider (SASP), sometimes referred to as a rape crisis center...
La confidencialidad es extremadamente importante para las víctimas de asalto sexual. Las leyes, regulaciones y políticas protegen la confidencialidad de las comunicaciones entre una víctima y una intercesora en un programa que proporciona servicios para víctimas de asalto sexual, a veces llamados centros de crisis por violación...
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...
Wisconsin law supports and protects victims of sexual assault in the context of renting or leasing residential property from a landlord. It allows a victim who faces an imminent threat of physical harm to break their lease or rental agreement without incurring extreme financial hardship...
The U.S. Department of State estimates that 14,500-17,500 men, women, and children are trafficked annually into the United States and many more are trafficked within US borders. The International Labor Organization and CIA report that over two million people are trafficked worldwide each year...
El Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos calcula que de 14,500 a 17,500 hombres, mujeres y menores, víctimas de la trata de personas son introducidas anualmente a los Estados Unidos y muchas más son víctimas de la trata de personas dentro de los Estados Unidos...
Intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) is any unwanted sexual contact by an intimate partner with the purpose of controlling an individual through fear, threats or violence (WCSAP, 2009). IPSV occurs by force, threat of force, or when the victim is unable to consent...
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...
Sexual violence is any act that breaks a person’s trust and/or safety and is sexual in nature. The term “sexual violence” includes rape, incest, child sexual abuse, date and acquaintance rape, marital or partner rape, sexual contact, sexual harassment, exposure, and voyeurism...
The State of Wisconsin requires individuals who work in certain professions to report child abuse and neglect. With some exceptions, any of the following individuals who “has reasonable cause to suspect that a child seen by the person in the course of professional duties has been abused or neglected or who has reason to believe that a child seen...
El estado de Wisconsin exige que los individuos que trabajan en ciertas profesiones reporten cualquier caso de abuso y negligencia infantil. Con algunas excepciones, cualquiera de las siguientes personas que “tengan una causa razonable para sospechar que un niño/a visto por la persona en el curso de sus deberes...
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 fact sheet provides a general overview of the four different kinds of restraining orders (ROs) available to sexual assault victims in Wisconsin. While this fact sheet focuses on the availability of ROs for sexual assault victims, these ROs may be available to victims of other forms of violence, abuse, or harassment...
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...
Sexual violence refers to an actual or attempted act that is sexual in nature where consent is not freely obtained or 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...
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…”