Assault is a crime of violence against another person. In some jurisdictions, including Australia and New Zealand, assault refers to an act that causes another to apprehend immediate and personal violence, while in other jurisdictions, such as the United States, assault may refer only to the threat of violence caused by an immediate show of force. Assault is often defined to include not only violence, but any physical contact with another person without their consent.

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  • Assault is a crime of violence against another person. In some jurisdictions, including Australia and New Zealand, assault refers to an act that causes another to apprehend immediate and personal violence, while in other jurisdictions, such as the United States, assault may refer only to the threat of violence caused by an immediate show of force. Assault is often defined to include not only violence, but any physical contact with another person without their consent. In common law jurisdictions, including England and Wales and the United States, battery is the crime that represents the unlawful physical contact, though this distinction does not exist in all jurisdictions. Exceptions exist to cover unsolicited physical contact which amount to normal social behavior known as de minimis harm. In most jurisdictions, the intention to cause grievous bodily harm (or its equivalent) may amount to the mental requirement to prefer a charge of murder in circumstances where the harm inflicted upon the victim proves fatal. At common law criminal assault was an attempted battery. The elements of battery are (1) a volitional act (2) done for the purpose of causing an harmful or offensive contact with another person or under circumstances that make such contact substantially certain to occur and (3) which causes such contact. Thus throwing a rock at someone for the purpose of hitting him is a battery if the rock in fact strikes the person and is an assault if the rock misses. The fact that the person may have been unaware that the rock had been thrown at him is irrelevant under this definition of assault. Some jurisdictions have incorporated the definition of civil assault into the definition of the crime making it a criminal assault to intentionally place another person in "fear" of a harmful or offensive contact. "Fear" means merely apprehension - awareness rather than any emotional state. Therefore, if you see the rock in flight and realize that you are in danger of being hit then the element of "fear" has been met even if the prospect of being hit by a rock does not frighten you.
  • Als Misshandlung wird im deutschen Recht die „üble und unangemessene Behandlung eines anderen Menschen“ oder Tieres betrachtet, die dessen körperliche Unversehrtheit oder das „körperliche Wohlbefinden“ beeinträchtigt. Eine Misshandlung kann sich aber auch in einem psychisch traumatisierenden Verhalten zeigen und entsprechend ein psychisches Trauma bei der misshandelten Person auslösen. Nach deutschem Recht wird das körperliche Misshandeln bei den Delikten der Körperverletzung (§§ 223, 224, 226, 227 StGB) oder alternativ die Gesundheitsschädigung vorausgesetzt. Besondere gesetzliche Regelungen bestehen zum Teilbereich Misshandlung von Schutzbefohlenen oder Kindesmisshandlung.
  • Pahoinpitely on henkilön toiseen kohdistama fyysinen väkivallanteko. Usein pahoinpitely ilmenee nyrkiniskuina tai puukotuksina, mutta pahoinpitelyksi voidaan määritellä myös vaikkapa se, että HIV-positiivinen harrastaa seksiä kertomatta tartunnastaan.
  • Misshandel är i svensk rätt ett brott som definieras enligt 3 kap 5 § och 6 § brottsbalken. Den som orsakat annan person kroppsskada, sjukdom, smärta eller vanmakt har gjort sig skyldig till misshandel.
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  • Assault (tort)
  • the tortious aspects of assault
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  • Assault is a crime of violence against another person. In some jurisdictions, including Australia and New Zealand, assault refers to an act that causes another to apprehend immediate and personal violence, while in other jurisdictions, such as the United States, assault may refer only to the threat of violence caused by an immediate show of force. Assault is often defined to include not only violence, but any physical contact with another person without their consent.
  • Als Misshandlung wird im deutschen Recht die „üble und unangemessene Behandlung eines anderen Menschen“ oder Tieres betrachtet, die dessen körperliche Unversehrtheit oder das „körperliche Wohlbefinden“ beeinträchtigt. Eine Misshandlung kann sich aber auch in einem psychisch traumatisierenden Verhalten zeigen und entsprechend ein psychisches Trauma bei der misshandelten Person auslösen.
  • Pahoinpitely on henkilön toiseen kohdistama fyysinen väkivallanteko. Usein pahoinpitely ilmenee nyrkiniskuina tai puukotuksina, mutta pahoinpitelyksi voidaan määritellä myös vaikkapa se, että HIV-positiivinen harrastaa seksiä kertomatta tartunnastaan.
  • Misshandel är i svensk rätt ett brott som definieras enligt 3 kap 5 § och 6 § brottsbalken. Den som orsakat annan person kroppsskada, sjukdom, smärta eller vanmakt har gjort sig skyldig till misshandel.
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  • Assault
  • Misshandlung
  • Pahoinpitely
  • Misshandel
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