sex crime

Example Sentences

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The prosecutor says no weapon has been found, that there's no obvious sign of a burglary nor evidence that Andrew put up a fight, nor of a sex crime.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025

The conviction rate of prosecuted sex crime cases, she said, is more than 80 percent.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2023

Meier paints a harsh picture of incompetence within the D.A.’s sex crime unit and the New York City Police Department, but as for Morgenthau, his major mistake, in the author’s telling, was trusting them.

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2022

Filming was ultimately cut off after a conflict with police and nearby residents, who weren’t happy with their neighborhood hosting a sex crime sting operation.

From The Verge • Jul. 22, 2022

Its psychology and its relations to physiology, anthropology, sociology, sex, crime, religion, and education.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra