What constitutes sexual abuse when the abuse is directed to the victim's sexual parts?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Whitham, 38 Cal.App.4th 1282, 45 Cal.Rptr.2d 571 (Cal. App. 1995):
11 When abuse is directed to the victim's sexual parts, the resulting conduct constitutes sexual abuse. (People v. White (1986) 179 Cal.App.3d 193, 205, 224 Cal.Rptr. 467.)
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