serious harm
Defined in 2 places of the United States Code.
The term “serious harm” means any harm, whether physical or nonphysical, including psychological, financial, or reputational harm, that is sufficiently serious, under all the surrounding circumstances, to compel a reasonable person of the same background and in the same circumstances to perform or to continue performing commercial sexual activity in order to avoid incurring that harm.
Source
- 2008–present18 U.S.C. § 1591Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or coercion · in this section
The term “serious harm” means any harm, whether physical or nonphysical, including psychological, financial, or reputational harm, that is sufficiently serious, under all the surrounding circumstances, to compel a reasonable person of the same background and in the same circumstances to perform or to continue performing labor or services in order to avoid incurring that harm.
Source
- 2008–present18 U.S.C. § 1589Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Forced labor · in this section