Resources
The University of Wisconsin River-Falls is committed to providing faculty, staff and students with the information and resources they need to be informed regarding sexual assault and harassment. This webpage contains resources including campus, community, state and national information designed to provide knowledge and support for individuals affected by sexual assault or harassment.
If this is an emergency or crisis situation, please consult our Emergencies and Crisis Situations webpage or call 911.
Provides forensic healthcare, education, protection and advocacy for victim survivors of sexual assault, strangulation, interpersonal violence, human trafficking and sexual exploitation in the community.
The mission of Turningpoint is to provide shelter and support services for victims of domestic and sexual violence and abuse, to educate the community and to promote the existence of a peaceful society.
Promotes the social change needed to end sexual violence in Wisconsin.
Largest anti-sexual violence organization.
Definitions and Wisconsin Laws
Section 36.11(22)(2)(c) Wisconsin Statutes requires any person employed at a UW institution who witnesses a sexual assault on campus or who receives a report from a student enrolled in the institution that the student has been sexually assaulted must report the incident.
Sexual Assault
Section 940.225 of the Wisconsin Statues created four degrees of sexual assault. The degrees are based upon the amount of force used by the perpetrator and the harm done to the victim. Section 948.02 regards age of the victim. First, second and third degree sexual assaults are felonies; fourth degree sexual assault is a misdemeanor.
A person can be imprisoned not more than 40 years for committing first degree sexual assault. This includes:
- Sexual intercourse or sexual contact without consent which inflicts great bodily harm or pregnancy, or
- Sexual intercourse or sexual contact without consent accomplished by using or threatening to use a dangerous weapon, or
- Sexual intercourse or sexual contact without consent while aided by one of more persons by use of threat of force or violence, or
- Sexual intercourse or sexual contact, with or without consent, with a person under the age of 13.
A person can be imprisoned not more than 20 years and/or fined not more than $10,000 for committing second degree sexual assault. This includes:
- Sexual intercourse or sexual contact without consent through the use or threat of violence, or
- Sexual intercourse or sexual contact without consent which causes injury, including illness, disease or impairment of a sexual or reproductive organ, or mental anguish requiring psychiatric care, or Sexual intercourse or sexual contact with a person known by the perpetrator or be unconscious or mentally ill or under the influence of an intoxicant to a degree which renders that person incapable of appraising the person’s conduct, or
- Sexual intercourse or sexual contact without consent while aided by one or more persons, or
- Sexual intercourse or sexual contact, with or without consent, with a person who has not attained the age of 16 years
A person can be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $10,000 for committing third degree sexual assault. This includes:
- Sexual intercourse with a person without consent of that person, or
- Sexual contact with intentional penile ejaculation with a person without consent of that person.
A person can be imprisoned not more than nine months in the county jail and/or fined not more than $10,000 for committing fourth degree sexual assault. This includes:
- Having sexual contact with a person without that person's consent. Sexual contact means any of the following: Intentional touching, by the complainant or defendant, either directly or through clothing by the use of any body part or object, of the complainant's or defendant's intimate parts, if that intentional touching is either for the purpose of sexually degrading or humiliating the complainant, or sexually arousing or gratifying the defendant.
The law defines the word consent as words or overt actions by a person who is competent to give consent indicating a freely given agreement to have sexual intercourse or sexual contact.
