Finnish

Noun

lapsen seksuaalinen hyväksikäyttö

1. (law) child sexual abuse, sexual abuse of a minor

Declension

Usage notes

The exact content of legal terms varies by jurisdiction. Since 2011 lapsen seksuaalinen hyväksikäyttö is defined in the Finnish Criminal Act as follows (official translation):

Chapter 20 - Section 6 - Sexual abuse of a child (540/2011)

(1) A person who by touching or otherwise performs a sexual act on a child younger than sixteen years of age, said act being conducive to impairing his or her development, or induces him or her to perform such an act, shall be sentenced for sexual abuse of a child to imprisonment for at least four months and at most four years.

(2) Also a person who has sexual intercourse with a child younger than sixteen years of age, if the offence when assessed as a whole is not aggravated in the manner referred to in section 7, subsection 1, shall be sentenced for sexual abuse of a child. In addition, a person who acts in the manner referred to in subsection 1 or above in the present subsection with a child who has reached the age of sixteen but is younger than eighteen years of age, if the offender is the parent of the child or is in a position comparable to that of a parent and lives in the same household with the child, shall be sentenced for sexual abuse of a child.

(3) An attempt is punishable.

See also

• törkeä lapsen seksuaalinen hyväksikäyttö