5 - Sexual Offending

Question 1

What is the age of consent in the UK?

Answer 1

16

Question 2

What is the lowest age of consent in Europe (e.g. Germany, Portugal, Italy)?

Answer 2

14

Question 3

According to MacDonald (2000) how many women may experience rape or attempted rape in their lifetimes?

Answer 3

1 in 5

Question 4

According to Wortley (2009), what percentage of perpetrators of child sexual abuse were strangers to the child?

Answer 4

6.5%

Question 5

According to Wortley (2009), what percentage of child contact offenders lived with the victim?

Answer 5

56.5%

Question 6

Is it true that most paedophiles are in paedophile rings?

Answer 6

No, very inaccurate

Question 7

Is it true that most individuals who commit sexual offences against children are gay?

Answer 7

Most state their orientation as female only (76%)

Question 8

Is there a difference between child molestation and paedophilia?

Answer 8

8. Paedophilia = a sexual preference for children

Child molestation = committing a contact offence against a child

Question 9

According to Seto (2008), what percentage of adults who commit a contact offence with a child are paedophilic?

Answer 9

40-50%

Question 10

What type of individuals commit rape?

Answer 10

Not usually the predatory stranger-rapist, e.g. marital, date, multiple perpetrator, prison

Question 11

What cultural norms facilitate sexual violence?

Answer 11

Rape Myth acceptance

Question 12

What are offence-supportive cognitions?

Answer 12

Beliefs about self, victim, and world that justify sexual offending to the perpetrator

Question 13

Is recidivism generally high or low among sexual offenders?

Answer 13

Low

Question 14

What works in the treatment of sexual offending?

Answer 14

Risk-Needs-Responsivity & Good Lives Matter