57 |STEVENS ANNUAL SECURITY AND FIRE SAFETY REPORT c. Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, Domestic Violence, Stalking or Retaliation, in each case as defined below. 2. Sexual Assault Sexual assault occurs when a person has or attempts to have sexual contact with another person without consent or where the person cannot consent because of age or temporary or permanent mental incapacity (see below for definitions of consent and incapacitation). Sexual Assault also includes having or attempting to have sexual contact between persons who are related to each other within the degrees where marriage is prohibited by law, and statutory sexual assault (in each case, as prohibited by New Jersey state law based on the age of the parties). Sexual contact includes: a. sexual intercourse (anal, oral, or vaginal), including penetration with a body part (e.g., penis, finger, hand, or tongue) or an object, or requiring another to penetrate themselves with a body part or an object, however slight; or b. sexual touching of private body parts, including, but not limited to, contact with the breasts, buttocks, groin, genitals, or other intimate parts of a person’s body for the purpose of sexual gratification; or c. attempts to commit sexual assault. 3. Dating Violence Dating violence includes any act of violence committed by a person: a. Who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the Complainant; and b. Where the existence of such a relationship shall be determined based on consideration of the following factors: i. The length of the relationship; ii. The type of relationship; and iii. The frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship. 4. Domestic Violence Domestic Violence includes any act of violence committed by a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the Complainant, by a person with whom the Complainant shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with, or has cohabitated with, the Complainant as a spouse or intimate partner, by a person similarly situated to a spouse of the Complainant under New Jersey state law, or by any other person against an adult or minor Complainant who is protected from that person’s acts under New Jersey state law. 5. Stalking Stalking occurs when a person engages in a course of conduct (as further defined below) directed at a specific person under circumstances that would cause a reasonable person to fear for their own safety or the safety of others or suffer substantial emotional distress. Course of conduct means two or more instances including but not limited to unwelcome acts in which an individual directly, indirectly, or through third parties, by any action, method, device, or means, follows, monitors, observes, surveils, threatens, or communicates to or about a person, or interferes with a person’s property. Substantial emotional distress means significant mental suffering or anguish. Stalking includes the concept of cyber-stalking, a particular form of stalking in which electronic media such as the internet, social networks, blogs, cell phones, texts, or other similar devices or forms of contact are used.
