Sex Crime Law and Legal Definition
Sex crimes refer to criminal offenses of a sexual nature.
Commonly known sex crimes include, rape, child molestation, sexual battery, lewd conduct, possession and distribution of child pornography, possession and distribution of obscene material, prostitution, solicitation of prostitution, pimping, pandering, indecent exposure, lewd act with a child, and penetration of the genital or anal region by a foreign Object.
The following is an example of a state law defining sex crime:
Sex crime means rape in any degree, sodomy in any degree, unlawful sexual penetration in any degree and sexual abuse in the first or second degree. [ORS § 421.590].
