Sexual harassment in Nevada can occur to anyone and anywhere; it does not matter what a person’s age, gender, race, position, nationality or religion is, anyone can be the victim or the harasser in a sexual harassment case. It is imperative to get a criminal defense lawyer as soon as they are charged since these cases can quickly become complicated without their help.
Sexual Harassment Crimes
Sexual harassment can either be physical, psychological or both. It could also be direct or indirect, as long as it is still offensive or slanderous to someone in the vicinity. Physical actions will always receive harsher penalties especially if it involves contact with the victim:
Intimidation, bullying, and coercion – Using verbal or physical threats against someone in order to frighten them. Can involve blackmail, abusive language or the use of their authority to coerce a person to do what they want. May be classified as assault in some cases.
Insults – Insults aimed at a person’s gender and sexual orientation.
Sexist jokes – While inappropriate in some circumstances, sexual jokes are not illegal. It can however be considered as sexual harassment if it gets out of hand and if its primary or hidden purpose is to insult the victim.
Indecent exposure – Exposing private parts without their consent.
Leering – Looking at another person with obvious sexual or malicious intent.
Gender Discrimination – Discriminating against someone based solely on their gender or holding offensive gender stereotypes to the detriment of the victim.
Sexual discrimination – Treating another person differently (in a negative way) based on their sexual orientation.
Offensive sexual materials – Materials that are sexist in the place where the harassment took place or anywhere else.
Stalking – Following someone without their permission, taking videos, pictures or audio recordings. Putting video cameras in their property or just watching them is also classified as stalking.
Cyber-stalking – Using the Internet to stalk a person through social media, email and web sites.
Aggravated stalking – Stalking with verbal or physical threats made to the victim or their family/friends/colleagues.
Groping – Unwanted physical contact in inappropriate locations or situations.
Sexual assault – Other serious actions like rape or sexual abuse falls under sexual harassment.
Retaliation – Indirect actions like vandalism, theft, destruction of property and slander in retaliation for reporting them to authorities or superiors.
Penalties for Harassment
Most crimes listed above (unless listed below) will receive the following penalties. The court may issue a Las Vegas lawyer for sexual assault and crimes. You do not want to risk the expense as well as the time wasted whenever someone lands in jail. Not to mention that it could cost you your job or be ostracized from the community. Don’t hesitate to contact us as soon as possible if you need solutions to your sexual harassment charges.
References:
http://detr.state.nv.us/nerc_pages/NERC_docs/Facts_About_Sexual_Harassment.pdf
https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-200.html#NRS200Sec571
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Division/Research/Publications/FactSheets/CrimeCharts/Catb.pdf
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Division/Research/Publications/FactSheets/CrimeCharts/Catc.pdf
https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-193.html
