Sexual offences guideline: Rape and assault offences
Overview
This is part of a wider consultation on a new guideline for sentencing sexual offences.
This section considers the offences of rape, assault by penetration, sexual assault and sexual activity without consent.
The draft guidelines are for offenders who are over 18 years of age who have committed offences against victims who are over 13 years of age.
Offences committed against victims aged under 13 are addressed separately under the subject of child sex offences.
What happens next
Following the conclusion of this consultation exercise, a response will be published on our website.
Audiences
- Bailiffs and Enforcement officers
- Businesses
- Charities
- Charities
- Citizens
- Citizens
- Claims management services
- Coroners
- Coroners
- Government departments
- Government departments
- Health professionals
- Immigration removal centre staff
- Judiciary
- Judiciary
- Landlords
- Legal professionals
- Legal professionals
- Litigants
- Local authorities
- Media
- Mental health professionals
- Offenders
- Police
- Police and law enforcement professionals
- Prosecutors
- Staff at prisons with mother and baby units
- Victims
- Voluntary organisations
- Voluntary organisations
- Voluntary organisations
- Young offender institute staff
- Young people
- Youth Offending Team workers
- Youth workers
Interests
- Criminal justice
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