sexual abuse
Defined in 3 places across 3 titles of the United States Code.
the term "sexual abuse" includes the employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of a child to engage in, or assist another person to engage in, sexually explicit conduct or the rape, molestation, prostitution, or other form of sexual exploitation of children, or incest with children;
Same definition in 2 sections
- 1994–present18 U.S.C. § 3509Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Child victims and child witnesses rights · for purposes of this section
- 2017–present34 U.S.C. § 20341Crime Control and Law Enforcement · Child abuse reporting · for the purposes of this section
the term “sexual abuse” includes—
(A) the employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of any child to engage in, or assist any other person to engage in, any sexually explicit conduct or simulation of such conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct; or
(B) the rape, and in cases of caretaker or inter-familial relationships, statutory rape, molestation, prostitution, or other form of sexual exploitation of children, or incest with children;
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- 1996–201042 U.S.C. § 5106GThe Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · for purposes of this subchapter
the term “sexual abuse” includes—
(A) the employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of any child to engage in, or assist any other person to engage in, any sexually explicit conduct or simulation of such conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct; or
(B) the rape, and in cases of caretaker or inter-familial relationships, statutory rape, molestation, prostitution, or other form of sexual exploitation of children, or incest with children; and
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- 2010–present42 U.S.C. § 5106GThe Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · for purposes of this subchapter
the term “sexual abuse” includes—
(A) the employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of any child to engage in, or assist any other person to engage in, any sexually explicit conduct or simulation of such conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct; or
(B) the rape, molestation, prostitution, or other form of sexual exploitation of children, or incest with children;
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- 1994–199642 U.S.C. § 5106GThe Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · for purposes of this subchapter