Sex Crimes: Definitions and Penalties
Kansas
Last Updated: March 2020
Rape | Answer |
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Sexual Battery; Aggravated Sexual Battery | Answer |
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Indecent Liberties with a Child | Answer |
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Indecent liberties with a child is engaging in any of the following acts with a child who is 14 or more years of age but less than 16 years of age:
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Aggravated Indecent Liberties with a Child | Answer |
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Aggravated indecent liberties with a child is:
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Statutory Rape | Answer |
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Kansas does not explicitly refer to a crime of “statutory rape.” But several of the relevant statutes specifically penalize sex acts with minors:
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Sodomy (Criminal Sodomy and Aggravated Criminal Sodomy) | Answer |
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Criminal sodomy is:
Aggravated criminal sodomy is:
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Unlawful Voluntary Sexual Relations | Answer |
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Unlawful voluntary sexual relations is engaging in any of the following acts with a child who is 14 or more years of age but less than 16 years of age:
where all of the following factors are present:
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Unlawful Sexual Relations | Answer |
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Unlawful sexual relations is engaging in consensual sexual intercourse, lewd fondling or touching, or sodomy with a person who is 16 years of age or older and who is not married to the offender (referred to below as the “victim”) where the offender is:
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The following terms have the same meanings as in the statutory provisions indicated below:
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