A restraining order typically arises in a domestic violence setting. New Jersey lawmakers have also created a separate form of restraining order that arises when someone can establish that they are the victim of sexual assault, criminal sexual contact or another former of sex crime. If you are facing a…
While both terms are based on sexual abuse, that is about as far as the two have in terms of similarities. Sexual harassment generally refers to a civil claim for a form of non-criminal harassment, typically in the workplace, that is of a sexual nature. Pressuring a co-worker to have…
The primary difference between these two criminal charges is that the former is based on sexual contact rather than penetration. A criminal sexual contact or aggravated criminal sexual contact offense also involve much lower penalties than charges for sex assault. Please note that sexual contact can mushroom into sexual assault…
A New Jersey statutory rape charge involves sexual penetration between two consenting individuals but where the victim is either below the age of consent (i.e. at least 13 but less than 16) or, while of consenting age, has a relationship with the adult defendant that renders consent defective (e.g. the…
While many lawyer websites explicitly state that a sexual assault is not expungable, a review of N.J.S.A. 2C:52-2 plainly demonstrates that this is not the case. You will have the opportunity to remove a conviction from your record for sex assault but you will, unfortunately, still be exposed to the…
