Rape Crisis Intervention Rape Crisis Intervention's definition of sexual assault is any act committed against a person's will by force, coercion, or trickery that is of a sexual nature. Sexual assault is an invasion of a person's body and mind. It includes not only rape, but also other criminal acts, such as spousal rape, attempted rape, incest, child assault, sexual harassment and indecent exposure. It can happen anywhere, anytime. Anyone, child or adult, male or female, can be victimized.
Sexual assault is a crime, used by one person to control and humiliate another.
The offender, not the victim, is at fault - always. The effects of sexual assault are traumatic - a victim's immediate responses can be fear, guilt, shame and shock. Your email will be held in the strictest confidence.