Is Verbal Abuse a Criminal Offence?
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no but it should be. Sadly there is no way to prove it or enforce it. It's his word against her word. If it were a criminal offence at least 75% of the world would be in jail.
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Not unless it involves a 'terroristic threat'
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The threat of violence certainly can be. Assault and Battery: Two separate offenses against the person that when used in one expression may be defined as any unlawful and unpermitted touching of another. Assault is an act that creates an apprehension in another of an imminent, harmful, or offensive contact. The act consists of a threat of harm accompanied by an apparent, present ability to carry out the threat. Battery is a harmful or offensive touching of another The main distinction between the two offenses is the existence or nonexistence of a touching or contact. While contact is an essential element of battery, there must be an absence of contact for assault. Sometimes assault is defined loosely to include battery. Assault and battery are offenses in both criminal and tort law and, therefore, they can give rise to criminal or civil liability. In criminal law, an assault may additionally be defined as any attempt to commit a battery.
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I think it would depend on what kind. If you call someone dumb or a jerk or swear at him/her I think that is probably covered under Free Speech. But if you are guilty of slander and can prove malicious intent then I think you've got a case..especially if you have witnesses. :)
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Only if it involves life threats, otherwise is mentally damaging
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Only if you have a valid witness, but verbal insults can cost you more in court than a good one back, or you could just turn around and be better than they are, and I know that you are!
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very hard to define verbal abuse if it includes racist, death threats, etc. then it can be classed as a criminal offence the problem is proving it beyond reasonable doubt this is easier in modern times due to more people possessing video cams and cctv cameras recording the film and sound unless you have cast iron proof i would be very surprised to see a conviction
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First see centsless's answer for "assault and battery." To add to centsless's answer: Inciting to violence is a criminal offense. It is ok to say "I hate [enter group here]" but it is illegal to incite others to kill or do violence to [enter group here]. Defamation and slander are illegal: "In law, defamation (also called calumny, libel, slander, and vilification) is the communication of a statement that makes a false claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may give an individual, business, product, group, government or nation a negative image. Slander refers to a malicious, false, and defamatory spoken statement or report, while libel refers to any other form of communication such as written words or images. " I was lazy and got that off of wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation#cite_note-0 Verbal abuse is also a criminal offense if you have a restraining order against the person, but then all contact is a criminal offense.
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Yes, if you can prove it. If not, start taping!
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if you verbally abuse or threaten, then yes it is classed as an criminal offense.:)
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