It would be a “sexual assault”. Rape was repealed as an offence, and it's now called sexual assault. If it was a rape offence, that would definitely be one of those old sexual offences.
September 21st, 2006 / 5:05 p.m.
Project Manager, Courts Program, Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics
It would be a “sexual assault”. Rape was repealed as an offence, and it's now called sexual assault. If it was a rape offence, that would definitely be one of those old sexual offences.
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