Conduct required of, or inflicted upon, a person joining or affiliating with a group, such as a fraternity, sorority, sports team or military unit, as a condition of membership, ranging from humiliating or demeaning tasks to physically dangerous or violent acts, forced alcohol consumption, and sleep deprivation. A substantial number of countries, and within the United States the great majority of individual states, have enacted a specific criminal statute against hazing, generally after a documented case involving a student or recruit's serious injury or death, because existing assault and battery statutes often failed to reach hazing conduct carried out with the ostensible consent of the person being hazed.
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Classification CodeRagging is a criminal offense in Sri Lanka under the Prohibition of Ragging and Other Forms of Violence in Educational Institutions Act, No. 20 of 1998 1 Elements of OffenseAn act that humiliates, degrades, abuses or endangers a person, regardless of willingness, expected of them when joining or participating in a group 1 Notable ExampleThe Philippines' Anti-Hazing Act of 1995 was enacted after the death of Leonardo Villa in 1991 1 Jurisdiction VariationThe Netherlands has no anti-hazing legislation; incidents are handled internally or, in the criminal system, as assault or manslaughter 1 Classification
Offense GradeMinor or Summary Offense 1 Connections
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1. Hazing (Wikipedia)
Ragging in South Asia section
ragging is a criminal offense in Sri Lanka under the Prohibition of Ragging and Other Forms of Violence in Educational Institutions Act, No. 20 of 1998, and carries a severe punishment
Lead section, opening definition
an act that humiliates, degrades, abuses, or endangers a person, regardless of their willingness to participate, the enduring of which is expected of them when joining or participating in a group.
Philippines section
Hazing was regulated under the Anti-Hazing Act of 1995 after the death of Leonardo Villa in 1991.
Netherlands section
The Netherlands has no anti-hazing legislation. Hazing incidents can be handled by internal resolution by the fraternity itself (in the lightest cases) or via the criminal justice system as assault or, in case of death, negligent homicide or manslaughter.
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USLegal, Inc.In Group: Stalking, Harassment and Intimidation, Legal definitionQuote, In Group: Stalking, Harassment and Intimidation, Legal definition
Hazing is defined as an abusive, often humiliating form of initiation
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