Reported Crimes Against Morality in Palestine by Type of Criminal Offense and Governorate, 2020

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Type of Criminal Offense Governorate
 Jenin   Tubas & Northern Valleys   Tulkarm   Nablus   Qalqiliya   Safit   Ramallah & Al- Bireh   Jericho & Al-Aghwar   Jerusalem   Bethlehem   Hebron  Total
Rape   0   0   0   0   0   3   2   0   1   2   2   10
 Attempted Rape    20   1   4   5   1   4   12   7   5   0   8   67
Adultery   3   0   3   0   0   1   3   1   1   1   0   13
Sexual harassment   66   2   1   11   5   23   14   3   8   13   21   167
Obscene Act   18   1   4   15   9   11   1   8   0   9   4   80
Drunkenness\ Riots in Public Place   0   1   1   1   1   0   22   1   0   3   0   30
Cursing and Humiliation\ and Insult   114   40   54   164   159   332   468   12   67   176   193   1,779
Others   17   1   5   2   12   28   268   3   3   0   47   386
Total   238   46   72   198   187   402   790   35   85   204   275   2,532
 

Note: Data excluded Gaza Strip and those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.

Definition:
Immoral Offenses: Violation of honor and ethical deterioration, including any ethical abuse, sexual abnormality or violation of a duty against another or the society in general. Moreover, moral offenses involve behavior contrary to justice, honesty or manner as well as any act violating proper conduct, e.g. unjust / unfair practices and misuse.
Rape: A dissolute act involving compulsory sexual intercourse with a female aged ten years or more. Rape applies also to a dissolute act involving compulsory or voluntarily sexual intercourse with a female aged less than ten years. Silence or acceptance of the victim, coupled with deceit and fraud from the offender’s side, or threatening of the raped shall not be considered a pretext for the rape. Such act shall not be considered rape if associated with acceptance of the woman or when here acceptance involves some hesitation undermined by minor use of force. It is not considered rape if the woman’s refusal is verbal only.
Harassment: Is a provocation to a person, or is all that inflame the feelings of another person and raise his temper and pushed him to violence, and there are two types of provocation, aprovocation mastermind who gives the recipe for recipe for this premeditated act, and provocation is a mastermind who lose prescription manslaughter.
Source: Directorate General of the Palestinian Police.