Which offense is committed when a person disinters, disturbs, damages, dissects, or treats in an offensive manner a human corpse?

• A. Harassment
• B. Abuse of Corpse
• C. Cruelty to Livestock Animals
• D. False Report to induce Emergency Response

Answer: (B)

The main concept here is the specific crime that protects the dignity of a dead human body. Disinterring, disturbing, damaging, dissecting, or treating a human corpse in an offensive manner is prohibited because the law recognizes a crime called abuse of a corpse. These acts show disrespect for the dead and can harm public morals and health, so the statute criminalizes them even though no living person is being harmed at that moment.

That’s why the best answer is abuse of a corpse: it directly matches the conduct described—handling or manipulating a corpse in a disrespectful or offensive way. The other options don’t fit because harassment targets living individuals, cruelty to livestock concerns animals, and a false report to induce an emergency response involves deceiving authorities, not improper treatment of a corpse.