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sexual abuse  

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  • Sexual abuse occurs when a sexual act, including the alteration of one's genital anatomy, is imposed upon a nonconsenting or underage person. Types of sexual abuse are contact or noncontact child sexual abuse, statutory rape, sexual assault, rape, spousal rape, sexual exploitation, sexual slavery, and female genital mutilation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence; Sexual Abuse]

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