Supervising Correctional Populations Practice Test

Consent means agreeing to sexual activity freely and clearly. When sexual contact happens without that agreement—through force, coercion, manipulation, or when someone can’t give consent due to age, intoxication, or a power imbalance—it’s sexual abuse. Among these terms, sexual abuse is the correct description because it directly refers to nonconsensual sexual contact. Sexual harassment involves unwanted sexual conduct and can be verbal or non-physical and doesn’t necessarily require contact. Harassment is a broader term for repeated unwanted behavior and isn’t specific to sexual contact. Romantic contact implies mutual, voluntary romantic interaction. So, nonconsensual sexual contact is classified as sexual abuse.