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CRIME ASSAULT [14 records]

Record 1 2025-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Criminology
CONT

Violent crime includes offences in which the offender uses or threatens force against a person. It includes homicide, attempted murder, sexual assault, assault, robbery and kidnapping.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Criminologie
CONT

[...] les crimes violents très graves suivants ont augmenté : tentatives de meurtre (+3,6 %), voies de fait graves (+5 %), voies de fait armées ou causant des lésions corporelles (+4 %), vols qualifiés (+6 %), enlèvements et séquestrations.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys
  • Criminology
CONT

Female survivors of childhood sexual abuse are at increased risk of later sexual assault... Furthermore, previous victimization seems to affect the victim's reaction to new victimization, and reduce their willingness to report the crime to authorities... Researchers have theorized that low self-esteem, learned helplessness, poor relationship skills and choices, difficulty reading risky situations, or poverty may affect the choices made by the revictimized person...

OBS

Revictimized people were at increased risk for posttraumatic stress disorder, problematic alcohol use, and substance use.

Key term(s)
  • revictimised person
  • re-victimized person
  • re-victimised person

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
  • Criminologie
CONT

Les femmes ayant subi des agressions sexuelles pendant leur enfance courent un risque accru d'en être encore victimes plus tard [...] De plus, la victimisation antérieure semble aussi influer sur la manière dont la victime réagit au nouvel incident et réduit sa volonté de signaler le crime aux autorités [...] Des chercheurs ont posé l'hypothèse qu'une faible estime de soi, un sentiment d'impuissance acquise, de faibles compétences et de mauvais choix en relations interpersonnelles, la difficulté à déceler les situations à risque ou la pauvreté peuvent nuire aux choix faits par la personne revictimisée [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of Human Relations
CONT

In the course of the fight, racial insults are exchanged and a criminal charge is eventually laid. Was this a hate crime? Was the assault racially motivated? And if so, was racial hatred the sole motivation or simply a precipitating factor? Only the accused knows the answer to this question.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie des relations humaines

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

An assault considered as a tort and not as a crime.

OBS

An assault for which the assailant is liable in a civil action.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

voies de fait civiles : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • voie de fait civile

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Phraseology
  • Social Problems
CONT

The crime of sexual assault has been committed only if sexual activity has occurred without the consent of the complainant. Therefore, in sexual assault cases, the court must consider whether or not the complainant consented(agreed) to the sexual activity.

OBS

Not only is sexual assault typified by lack of consent, it is an act that is "against the will" of the victim.

OBS

No one has the right to force you to engage in any sexual activity against your will.

Key term(s)
  • against her will

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Phraséologie
  • Problèmes sociaux
CONT

Il n'y a agression sexuelle que si les relations sexuelles ont eu lieu sans l'accord de la plaignante. Le tribunal doit déterminer si celle-ci a donné ou non son consentement aux relations sexuelles.

OBS

L'agression, en effet, est contre la volonté de la victime.

Key term(s)
  • contre sa volonté

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho penal
  • Fraseología
  • Problemas sociales
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Record 6 2010-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

Conduct which amounts to the tort of battery or assault would also usually constitute a criminal assault. A defendant who punches someone in the nose is liable both for the tort of battery and the crime of assault.

OBS

In the United States, intention to do an act that ultimately results in contact is sufficient for the tort of battery, while intention to inflict an injury on another is required for criminal battery.

OBS

At common law, battery is the tort of intentionally (or, in Australia, negligently) and voluntarily bringing about an unconsented harmful or offensive contact with a person or to something closely associated with them (e.g. a hat, a purse).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

Un comportement constituant le délit de voies de fait ou d'acte de violence constitue habituellement des voies de fait en droit criminel. Le défendeur qui donne un coup de poing à la figure de quelqu'un est coupable et du délit civil d'acte de violence et du délit criminel de voies de fait.

Spanish

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Record 7 2009-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

Assault is the intentional creation of the apprehension of imminent harmful or offensive contact. The tort of assault furnishes protection for the interest in freedom from fear of being physically interfered with.

CONT

Conduct which amounts to the tort of battery or assault would also usually constitute a criminal assault. A defendant who punches someone in the nose is liable both for the tort of battery and the crime of assault.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

Un comportement constituant le délit de voies de fait ou d'acte de violence constitue habituellement des voies de fait en droit criminel. Le défendeur qui donne un coup de poing à la figure de quelqu'un est coupable et du délit civil d'acte de violence et du délit criminel de voies de fait.

Spanish

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Record 8 2009-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Criminology
DEF

A crime committed in the heat of an emotionally charged moment, with no opportunity to reflect on what is happening.

CONT

A crime of passion, in popular usage, refers to a crime in which the perpetrator commits a crime, especially assault or murder, against a spouse or other loved one because of sudden strong impulse such as a jealous rage or heartbreak rather than as a premeditated crime.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Criminologie
CONT

Le crime passionnel désigne un meurtre ou une tentative de meurtre dont le mobile est la passion ou la jalousie amoureuse. La victime en est généralement un être aimé du tueur et l'ayant trompé, ou bien son amant(e).

Spanish

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Record 9 2009-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Criminology
DEF

A crime that is divided into various degrees of severity with corresponding levels of punishment, such as murder(first-degree and second-degree) or assault(simple and aggravated).

CONT

Graded offense. One where an offender is subject to different penalties for various degrees of the offense, according to the terms of a statute. Modern criminal codes rely upon degrees of an offense to distribute sanction ranges according to the danger of harm caused or risked by the actor. See

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Criminologie
Key term(s)
  • crime classé

Spanish

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Record 10 2008-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Offences and crimes
CONT

Conduct which amounts to the tort of battery or assault would also usually constitute a criminal assault. A defendant who punches someone in the nose is liable both for the tort of battery and the crime of assault.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Infractions et crimes
CONT

Un comportement constituant le délit de voies de fait ou d'acte de violence constitue habituellement des voies de fait en droit criminel. Le défendeur qui donne un coup de poing à la figure de quelqu'un est coupable et du délit civil d'acte de violence et du délit criminel de voies de fait.

OBS

voies de fait en droit criminel; voies de fait criminelles : termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel

Spanish

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Record 11 2007-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Criminology
CONT

In 1995, a program in Canada involving the use of victim-offender mediation post-sentence in cases of serious crime, such as aggravated sexual assault, murder, and armed robbery was the subject of a preliminary evaluation...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Criminologie
CONT

Le SCRC [Service canadien de renseignements criminels] a également lancé des projets liés aux renseignements afin de surveiller les questions relatives aux crimes graves : contrebande de tabac et d'alcool, le crime organisé et l'industrie du diamant, mouvement illicite d'armes à feu, exploitation sexuelle des enfants, bandes de rue et technologie et criminalité.

Spanish

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Record 12 1995-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
DEF

A policy which should guide the police and Crown through family violence incidents. The policy exists to acknowledge wife assault as a crime, and to prosecute and punish offenders while providing safety and support to the victim by removing the onus from the woman for laying or dropping a charge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
DEF

Politique qui est censée orienter l'action de la police et de la Couronne dans les cas de violence familiale. La politique d'accusation existe pour reconnaître que les voies de fait à l'égard des conjointes constituent un crime, et aussi pour poursuivre et punir les contrevenants; elle a également été élaborée en vue d'apporter dans une certaine mesure une sécurité et un soutien à la victime en enlevant à la femme la responsabilité de porter ou de retirer des accusations

Spanish

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Record 13 1993-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Union Activities
CONT

This criminal element is involved in a wide range of white collar crime union racketeering stock frauds, market manipulation, income tax evasion, thefts, fencing, gambling, loansharking, extortion, assault, and violation of federal and provincial health regulations through involvement in the food industry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Action syndicale
CONT

Le racketérisme syndical est un phénomène typique à l'Amérique du Nord et aux pays en voie de développement. Il se rencontre rarement dans l'industrie manufacturière; il est le plus fréquent dans les industries de la construction, du camionnage, du débardage, dans les services de l'hôtellerie, de la blanchisserie, des loisirs, etc.

Spanish

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Record 14 1991-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

... the seven classes of offenses reported annually by the FBI in its Uniform Crime Reports. They include : willful homicide, forcible rape, robbery, burglary, aggravated assault, larceny over a specified amount, and motor vehicle theft.

CONT

The majority of index offenses were sexual

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
OBS

Les sept catégories d'infractions répertoriées par le FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) dans ses rapports annuels.

Spanish

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