Unlawful touching of another person without consent is best described as which term?

• A. Assault
• B. Robbery
• C. Battery
• D. Homicide

Answer: (C)

The main idea here is distinguishing between different personal crimes, specifically what counts as actual harmful contact versus threats or other offenses. Unlawful touching of another person without consent is described as battery: it involves intentional or reckless physical contact that is harmful or offensive and occurs without the other person’s consent. The touch itself is the criminal act, even if no serious injury occurs.

Assault, by contrast, centers on the threat or attempt to cause harmful contact or on placing someone in apprehension of imminent harm, not the actual touching. Robbery involves taking someone’s property through force or intimidation, and homicide is the act of killing someone. So the term that fits unlawful touching without consent is battery.