Task Force
Mission Statement
The mission of the Task Force is to develop and support an effective, consistent, and collaborative approach to the response to and reduction of adult and adolescent sexual assault in Oregon.
Definition of
Sexual Assault
The Task Force defines "sexual assault" as any nonconsensual sexual act. A sexual act is nonconsensual if it is inflicted upon a person unable to grant consent OR is unwanted and compelled through the use of physical force, manipulation, coercion, threats, or intimidation.
"Sexual assault" of adolescents is any act of forced or coerced sexual conduct by perpetrators over 14 years of age against victims over 14 years of age. |