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Simulated child pornography
Virtual child sexual abuse material, also called simulated child pornography, is digital imagery created via morphing or animation that depicts children in sexual acts. Few countries criminalize it globally.
Skellefteå assault case
Skellefteå assault case: 7 July 2022 attack on a nine-year-old girl at Morö Backe, Skellefteå; a 15-year-old convicted of attempted murder and aggravated rape of a child (grov våldtäkt mot barn), case B 769-22, sentenced to forensic psychiatric care and SEK 730,000 damages.
Statutory rape
Statutory rape: sexual intercourse with a person below the age of consent, criminal regardless of willingness and usually without force; also called carnal knowledge or corruption of a minor. Strict liability as to age, with close-in-age and marital exceptions varying by jurisdiction.
Steubenville High School rape case
The Steubenville High School rape case: 2012 Ohio case in which football players Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond were found delinquent for raping an intoxicated 16-year-old, documented on social media, prompting an Anonymous campaign and a grand jury.
Suicide of Audrie Pott
The suicide of Audrie Pott was the 2012 death of a 15-year-old Saratoga High School sophomore who killed herself eight days after being sexually assaulted at a house party.
Sydney gang rapes
Sydney gang rapes: series of gang rapes in Bankstown and south-west Sydney around 2000-2001 by Lebanese-Australian youth and later Pakistani brothers, whose sentencing sparked racialized media and political controversy in NSW.
Trial and sentencing of Robert H. Richards IV
Trial and sentencing of Robert H. Richards IV: 2008-2009 Delaware case in which the du Pont heir pleaded guilty to fourth-degree rape of his three-year-old daughter and received a suspended eight-year sentence served as probation, which became public controversy in 2014.
Types of rape
Types of rape, also called categories of sexual assault: statutory rape, marital rape, acquaintance and date rape, prison rape, and conflict-related sexual violence, distinguished by consent- versus coercion-based legal models across jurisdictions.
Upskirt
Upskirting: covert photography or filming under a person's clothing without consent. Criminal in England and Wales under the Voyeurism (Offences) Act 2019 after Gina Martin's campaign; Scotland criminalized it earlier.
Vince McMahon sex trafficking scandal
Vince McMahon sex trafficking scandal: Janel Grant's January 2024 federal lawsuit against McMahon, John Laurinaitis, and WWE over sexual abuse and a $3 million NDA, the SEC settlement, and 2026 arbitration.
Vince McMahon sexual misconduct allegations
Vince McMahon sexual misconduct allegations: accusations since 1992 against the WWE co-founder, including Rita Chatterton's 1986 rape claim, 2022 hush-money revelations, the SEC order, and Janel Grant's 2024 sex trafficking lawsuit.
Voyeurism
Voyeurism: sexual arousal from secretly watching unsuspecting people naked, disrobing, or in sexual activity; a paraphilia distinct from voyeuristic disorder (DSM-5-TR, ICD-11 6D31), criminalized as video voyeurism and upskirting in many countries.
Wartime sexual violence
Wartime sexual violence, or conflict-related sexual violence, is rape, sexual slavery, forced pregnancy, and similar acts committed by force or coercion during armed conflict; prohibited under IHL, prosecutable as war crimes, and documented in Ukraine, DRC, and other conflicts.
Washington and Colorado serial rape cases
The Washington and Colorado serial rape cases, also known as the Marc O'Leary case, were rapes committed by Marc O'Leary in 2008 and from 2009 to 2011.
Whipping Tom
Whipping Tom, the nickname of an unidentified predator who attacked lone women in London alleys in 1681, recorded in the pamphlet Whipping Tom Brought to Light; a copycat, Thomas Wallis, struck in 1712.
Zina
Zina (زنا, zinā) is the Islamic-law category of unlawful sexual intercourse, covering fornication and adultery, proved by confession or four male witnesses and punished by lashes or stoning; modern codes in Iran, Mauritania, Pakistan, and Afghanistan enforce it, often against rape survivors.
Zoosadism
Zoosadism: sexual pleasure derived from torturing animals; distinct from zoophilia and bestiality. Studied in psychology, criminology, and forensic science; publicized by the 2018 Furry Zoosadist Leaks.