When Assault Turns Unthinkable….
July 15, 2011
When Assault Turns Unthinkable….
Assaultive conduct, also known as battery in the civil justice system, is any conduct amounting to an intentional offensive touching that would be considered unwarranted by the reasonable person with average sensitivities. The touching need not result in actual injury as long as it would be offensive to the reasonable person. In the criminal justice system, assaults are taken very…