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Assault Statutes: United States

Alabama

Section 13A-6-20: Assault in the first degree
Section 13A-6-21: Assault in the second degree
Section 13A-6-22: Assault in the third degree
Section 13A-6-60: Sexual assault
Section 13A-6-65.1: Sexual torture
Section 13A-6-66: Sexual abuse in the first degree
Section 13A-6-70: Lack of consent
Section 15-25-39: Child physical offense, sexual offense, and exploitation
Section 26-15-3: Torture and willful abuse of a child under 18 years of age by responsible person
Section 30-3-130: Domestic or family abuse
Section 30-5-2: Abuse
   (1)(a)Assault,(1)(c)Child abuse,(1)(i)Reckless endangerment,(1)(j)Sexual abuse
Section 38-9-7: Abuse, neglect, exploitation, or emotional abuse
Alaska

AS 11.41.200: Assault in the First Degree
AS 11.41.210: Assault in the Second Degree
AS 11.41.220: Assault in the Third Degree
AS 11.41.230: Assault in the Fourth Degree
AS 11.41.250: Reckless Endangerment
AS 11.41.410: Sexual Assault in the First Degree
AS 11.41.420: Sexual Assault in the Second Degree
AS 11.41.420(a)(2): Sexual Assault in the Third Degree
AS 11.41.425: Sexual Assault in the Third Degree
AS 11.41.436: Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree
AS 11.41.438: Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Third Degree
Arizona

Section 13-604.01: Dangerous crimes against children
Section 13-1203: Assault
Section 13-1204: Aggravated assault
Section 13-3623: Child or vulnerable adult abuse
   (A)(1)(a),(A)(1)(b),(A)(4),(A)(5),(C)(1),(C)(2),(C)(3)
Arkansas

Section 5-13-201: Battery in the first degree
Section 5-13-202: Battery in the second degree
Section 5-13-203: Battery in the third degree
Section 5-13-204: Aggravated assault
Section 5-13-205: Assault in the first degree
Section 5-13-206: Assault in the second degree
Section 5-13-207: Assault in the third degree
Section 5-14-104: Carnal abuse in the first degree
Section 5-14-105: Carnal abuse in the second degree
Section 5-14-106: Carnal abuse in the third degree
Section 5-14-107: Sexual misconduct
Section 5-14-108: Sexual abuse in the first degree
Section 5-14-109: Sexual abuse in the second degree
Section 5-27-201: Endangering welfare of incompetent person - First degree
Section 5-27-202: Endangering welfare of incompetent person - Second degree
Section 5-27-203: Endangering welfare of minor - First degree
Section 5-27-204: Endangering welfare of minor - Second degree
Section 5-27-221: Permitting abuse of a child
California

Penal Code Section 203: Mayhem
   Every person who unlawfully and maliciously deprives a human being of a member of his body, or disables, disfigures, or renders it useless ... is guilty of mayhem.
Penal Code Section 205: Aggravated mayhem
   A person is guilty of aggravated mayhem when he or she unlawfully, under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the physical or psychological well-being of another person, intentionally causes permanent disability or disfigurement of another human being or deprives a human being of a limb, organ, or member of his or her body.
Penal Code Section 206: Torture
   Every person who ... inflicts great bodily injury as defined in Section 12022.7 upon the person of another, is guilty of torture. The crime of torture does not require any proof that the victim suffered pain.
Penal Code Section 240: Assault
Penal Code Section 242: Battery
Penal Code Section 243.2: Battery, in a public or private hospital
Penal Code Section 243.4: Sexual battery
Penal Code Section 245: Assault with a weapon
Penal Code Section 422.6: Actions causing willful injury
Penal Code Section 283: Sexual felony against a minor
Penal Code Section 273a: Willful cruelty against a child
   (a)Any person who, under circumstances or conditions likely to produce great bodily harm or death, willfully causes or permits any child to suffer, or inflicts thereon unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering, or having the care or custody of any child, willfully causes or permits the person or health of that child to be injured, or willfully causes or permits that child to be placed in a situation where his or her person or health is endangered...
   (b)Any person who, under circumstances or conditions other than those likely to produce great bodily harm or death, willfully causes or permits any child to suffer, or inflicts thereon unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering, or having the care or custody of any child, willfully causes or permits the person or health of that child to be injured, or willfully causes or permits that child to be placed in a situation where his or her person or health may be endangered...
Penal Code Section 273d: Unlawful injury against a child
   Any person who willfully inflicts upon a child any cruel or inhuman corporal punishment or injury resulting in a traumatic condition is guilty of a felony.
Penal Code Section 11165.6: Child abuse
Penal Code Section 12022.95: Willful harm against a child
Penal Code Section 12024: Assault with a deadly weapon
Colorado

C.R.S. 18-3-202: Assault in the first degree
C.R.S. 18-3-203: Assault in the second degree
C.R.S. 18-3-204: Assault in the third degree
C.R.S. 18-3-402: Sexual assault in the first degree
C.R.S. 18-3-403: Sexual assault in the second degree
C.R.S. 18-3-404: Sexual assault in the third degree
C.R.S. 18-3-405: Sexual assault on a child
C.R.S. 18-3-405.3: Sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust
C.R.S. 18-3-411: Sex offenses against children
C.R.S. 18-6-401: Child Abuse
C.R.S. 28-3.1-544(1): Assault
C.R.S. 28-3.1-544(2): Aggravated assault
Connecticut

Sec. 53a-59: Assault in the first degree
Sec. 53a-60: Assault in the second degree
Sec. 53a-61: Assault in the third degree
   "Physical injury" means impairment of physical condition or pain; "Serious physical injury" means physical injury which creates a substantial risk of death, or which causes serious disfigurement, serious impairment of health or serious loss or impairment of the function of any bodily organ;
Sec. 53a-63: Reckless endangerment in the first degree
Sec. 53a-64: Reckless endangerment in the second degree
Sec. 53a-70: Sexual assault in the first degree
Sec. 53a-70a: Aggravated sexual assault in the first degree
Sec. 53a-72a: Sexual assault in the third degree
Sec. 53a-73a: Sexual assault in the fourth degree
Sec. 53a-95: Unlawful restraint in the first degree
Sec. 53a-96: Unlawful restraint in the second degree
Delaware

601: Offensive touching
602: Menacing
603: Reckless endangering in the second degree
604: Reckless endangering in the first degree
611: Assault in the third degree
612: Assault in the second degree
613: Assault in the first degree
761: Sexual offense against a child
767: Unlawful sexual contact in the third degree
768: Unlawful sexual contact in the third degree
769: Unlawful sexual contact in the third degree
779: Dangerous crime against a child
781: Unlawful imprisonment in the second degree
782: Unlawful imprisonment in the first degree
District of Columbia

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Florida

Chapter 784.011: Assault
Chapter 784.021: Aggravated assault
Chapter 784.03: Battery
Chapter 784.041: Felony battery
Chapter 784.045: Aggravated battery
Chapter 784.05: Culpable negligence
Chapter 794.011: Sexual battery
Chapter 827.03: Child abuse, aggravated child abuse
Chapter 873.01: Sale of Anatomical Matter
   Purchase or sale of human organs and tissue prohibited
Georgia

Code Section 16-5-20: Assault
Code Section 16-5-21: Aggravated assault
Code Section 16-6-4: Child molestation
Code Section 16-6-5.1: Sexual assault
Code Section 16-6-22.1: Sexual battery
Code Section 16-6-22.2: Aggravated sexual battery
Code Section 9-3-33.1: Childhood sexual abuse



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