2012 Year In Review: Sex crimes in the news

(CBS) -- From the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse trial, to a "hot dog hooker" who sold stripteases from her New York truck, to a Maine Zumba instructor accused of selling sex at her studio, Crimesider looks back at some of the most controversial and unusual sex-related crimes that made the news in 2012.

PICTURES: Highly-publicized sex crimes of the year

A sex crime can be described as a statutory offense that involves illegal or coerced sexual activity such as a person knowingly causing another to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat. According to RAINN.org, one of the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organizations, there are on average 207,754 sexual assault victims each year in the U.S., with someone being assaulted every two minutes.