Main theme of this thesis is the legal framework of the new statutory criminal offense adopted by the new Criminal Code (which entered into force in 2013.) - non-consensual sexual intercourse. The thesis aims to point out the reasons for adopting stated novelty in criminal legislation, as well as to highlight the interpretation of the novelty by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia. Firstly, the definition and the elements of the criminal offense of the non-consensual sexual intercourse will be given in more detail. Furthermore, the thesis will draw the line and differentiate stated criminal offence from the rape. The importance of case law concerning this topic, as well as all the problems related to it and faced by the Croatian judiciary, will be emphasized. Additionally, theoretical analysis is supplemented with the graphic representation of statistical data which explains the prevalence of the non-consensual sexual intercourse in relation to the previous criminal legislation, e.g. sexual intercourse with a helpless person, sexual intercourse by abuse of position or rape. The number of reported an accused perpetrators of the stated criminal offence (including other existing sexual offenses) will be shown and compared, underlining the type and duration of sanctions. Finally, the last covered topic will be the victim status when reporting a crime of non-consensual sexual intercourse and the influence of prejudices and stereotypes on the victim and the criminal procedure.