Simple assault is a crime in which a person makes someone else afraid or scared without physically hurting or touching that person. Often, simple assault is confused with battery which involves physical contact. For example, throwing a brick or stone on someone for the purpose of harming that person is considered battery. Simple assault is not considered battery and is often some type of harassment, mental abuse, or sexual advance. Depending upon the country where the simple assault crime is committed, there are many different levels of punishment. For example, in United States a person convicted of simple assault could…