Policy and Law
College of Charleston Policies
- Sexual Misconduct Student Resources Pamphlet - 2015
- Student Sexual Misconduct Policy - on the College of Charleston Student Handbook web page
South Carolina Law
Sexual Battery
Sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anal intercourse, or any intrusion, however, slight, of any part of a person's body, or of any object into the genital or anal openings of another person's body, except when such intrusion is accomplished for medically recognized treatment or diagnostic purposes.
16-3-652. Criminal Sexual Conduct in the First Degree
The individual engages in sexual battery with the victim and if any one or more of the following circumstances are proven:
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- The individual uses aggravated force;
- The victim submits to sexual battery under circumstances involving forcible confinement, kidnapping, robbery, blackmail, burglary, or any other similar offense.
16-3-653 Criminal Sexual Conduct in the Second Degree
The individual uses aggravated coercion to accomplish sexual battery.
16-3-654. Criminal Sexual Conduct in the Third Degree
A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree if the person engages in sexual battery with the victim and any one or more of the following circumstances are proven:
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- The individual uses force or coercion in the absence of aggravating circumstances.
- The individual knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally defective, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless and aggravated force/coercion was not used to accomplish sexual battery.
United States Federal Law
- White House Initiative to End Rape and Sexual Assault
- The Office for Civil Rights - Title IX
- The Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act