19 2024 ANNUAL SECURITY & ANNUAL FIRE SAFETY REPORT In the Community (For Faculty, Staff, and Students): Bethlehem Police Department 10 E. Church Street Bethlehem, PA 18018 610-865-7000 (non-emergencies) From University Phone: 7-911 (emergencies) From Non-University Phone: 911 (emergencies) Lehigh Valley Hospital – Muhlenberg 2545 Schoenersville Road Bethlehem, PA 18017 610-402-8000 (General) 484-884-2521 (Emergency Department) St. Luke’s University Hospital – Bethlehem 801 Ostrum Street Bethlehem, PA 18015 484-526-4000 Statewide (For Faculty, Staff, and Students): Pennsylvania Coalition to Advance Respect 1-888-772-7227 Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence 717-545-6400 National (For Faculty, Staff, and Students): National Sexual Violence Resource Center 1-877-739-3895 TTY: 1-717-909-0715 National Resource Center on Domestic Violence 1-800-799-7233 TTY: 1-800-787-3224 Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network 1-888-656-HOPE (4673) Applicable Pennsylvania Statutes Pennsylvania’s Criminal Definition of “Consent” Although the statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do not contain a specific definition of “consent” in the context of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, the Pennsylvania statutes do contain a general definition of “consent” as it pertains to crimes under the Pennsylvania Crimes Code. 311. Consent. (a) General rule.—The consent of the victim to conduct charged to constitute an offense or to the result thereof is a defense if such consent negatives an element of the offense or precludes the infliction of the harm or evil sought to be prevented by the law defining the offense. (b) Consent to bodily injury.—When conduct is charged to constitute an offense because it causes or threatens bodily injury, consent to such conduct or to the infliction of such injury is a defense if: (1) the conduct and the injury are reasonably foreseeable hazards of joint participation in a lawful athletic contest or competitive sport; or (2) the consent establishes a justification for the conduct under Chapter 5 of this title (relating to general principles of justification). (c) Ineffective consent.—Unless otherwise provided by this title or by the law defining the offense, assent does not constitute consent if: (1) it is given by a person who is legally incapacitated to authorize the conduct charged to constitute the offense; (2) it is given by a person who by reason of youth, mental disease or defect or intoxication is manifestly unable or known by the actor to be unable to make a reasonable judgment as to the nature or harmfulness of the conduct charged to constitute the offense; (3) it is given by a person whose improvident consent is sought to be prevented by the law defining the offense; or (4) it is induced by force, duress or deception of a kind sought to be prevented by the law defining the offense. Defining Sexual Assault/Rape, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking Sexual Assault: Under Pennsylvania law, sexual assault occurs when a person engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse with a complainant without the complainant’s consent. The Clery Act defines Sexual Assault as any sexual act directed against another person, without consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent. This includes Rape, Fondling, Incest, and Statutory Rape as defined by the Clery Act.
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