Finnish

Noun

seksuaalinen hyväksikäyttö

1. (law) sexual abuse

Declension

Usage notes

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

Chapter 20 - Section 5 - Sexual abuse (563/1998)

(1) A person who abuses his or her position and entices one of the following into sexual intercourse, into another sexual act essentially violating his or her right of sexual self-determination, or into submission to such an act,

(1) a person younger than eighteen years of age, who in a school or other institution is subject to the authority or supervision of the offender or in another comparable manner subordinate to the offender,

(2) a person younger than eighteen years of age, whose capacity of independent sexual self-determination, owing to his or her immaturity and the age difference of the persons involved, is essentially inferior to that of the offender, where the offender blatantly takes advantage of this immaturity,

(3) a patient in a hospital or other institution, whose capacity to defend himself or herself is essentially impaired owing to illness, handicap or other infirmity, or

(4) a person who is especially dependent on the offender, where the offender blatantly takes advantage of this dependence,

shall be sentenced for sexual abuse to a fine or to imprisonment for at most four years.

(2) Subsection 2 has been repealed by the Act of 495/2011

(3) An attempt is punishable.