Sexual Assault
Sexual assault is the most damaging form of abuse. This infectious and savage act should be forced to stop all together. A crime this emotionally damaging should not be taken lightly. Enforcement of the law does not adequately address the crime at hand and for this reason many guilty people walk free. On these grounds, numerous victims stay quiet about their assault. The after effects of sexual assault are both emotional and physical, leaving survivors scared for life. Sentencing to people guilty of this crime should be handed out in equality to second or third degree murder. The laws on rape as they are, are satisfactory, however, the enforcement of these laws is less than such. The sentencing ruled by most judges is far too light and does not sufficiently punish the assaulters. The Criminal Code of Canada does not seriously impose all penalties when an assault is sexual. Section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada states that "a person commits a rape or sexual assault when that person commits an assault a) without the consent of another person, he applies force intentionally to that other person, directly or indirectly; b) he attempts or threatens, by an act or gesture, to apply force to another person, if he has, or causes that other person to believe upon reasonable grounds that he has, present ability to effect his purpose; or c) while openly wearing or carrying a weapon or an imitation thereof, he accosts or impedes another person or begs; of a sexual nature or with sexual overtones" (Greenspan, 2002, p. cc-503). People who commit crimes knowingly by forcing themselves upon another person deserve the maximum punishment possible. According to section 151 of the Criminal Code of Canada, "every person who, for a sexual purpose, touches, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or with an object, any part of the body of a person under the age of fourteen years is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a...
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