pakottaminen seksuaaliseen tekoon

Finnish

Etymology

pakottaminen (“coercion, forcing”) seksuaaliseen (“into sexual”) tekoon (“into an act”)

Noun

pakottaminen seksuaaliseen tekoon

1. (law, historical, prior to 2023) indecent assault, sexual assault (unwanted sexual contact with another person that does not result in, or is not considered to be, rape)

   Synonym: seksuaalinen kajoaminen

Usage notes

The term was in use prior to 2023, when the law on sexual crimes was reformed, and seksuaalinen kajoaminen was introduced in its place.

The exact content of legal terms varied by jurisdiction. From 2011 to 2022, pakottaminen seksuaaliseen tekoon was defined in the Finnish Criminal Act as follows (official translation):

Chapter 20 - Section 4 - Coercion into a sexual act (563/1998)

(1) A person who by violence or threat coerces another into a sexual act other than that referred to in section 1 or into submission to such an act, thus essentially violating his or her right of sexual self-determination, shall be sentenced for coercion into a sexual act to a fine or to imprisonment for at most three years.

(2) Also a person who, by taking advantage of the fact that another person, due to unconsciousness, illness, disability, state of fear or other state of helplessness, is unable to defend himself or herself or to formulate or express his or her will, causes him or her to engage in or submit to the sexual act referred to in subsection 1, essentially violating his or her right of sexual self-determination, shall be sentenced for coercion into a sexual act. (495/2011)

(3) An attempt is punishable.

Declension

See pakottaminen; seksuaaliseen tekoon is not inflected.