Ch. 10 Flashcards
Beginning in 1994, Congress passed a series of laws, collectively referred to as ____ ___, requiring states to register and disseminate information to the public about persons deemed to be sexual predators.
Megan’s Law
Typologies of Rape
Efforts have been made to create typologies based on differences in victims/offender relationships and circumstances under which rape occurs. These typologies are as follows:
- Date Rape
- Stranger Rape
- Spousal or Marital Rape
- Child Rape
- Prison Rape
- Serial Rape
For example, within 6 hours after the assault, sperm typically is degraded to the point where it becomes useless for identifying the suspects DNA. In general, much of the valuable forensic information provided by semen and sleek samples is lost in living victims of a medical exam is conducted later than __ hours after the attack.
72
Motile sperm usually can be observed in a living person’s mouth up to __ hours following fellatio, and up to __ hours in the rectum after anal intercourse and in the vagina __ to __ hours after intercourse. Nonmotile sperm in living bodies can remain in the vagina for __to __ days, in the rectum for __ to __ days, and in the mouth for less than __ hours.
6, 8, and 3-6
6-7, 2-3, and 24
Sperm deposited in non living bodies can remain motile for up to __ days in the vagina, rectum, or mouth, and nonmotile semen can be found up to __ weeks in these locations following intercourse.
2, 2
False Rape accusations reported to police by alleged victims are estimated to compose from __ percent to __ percent of all reported rapes.
25, 40
According to the FBI method, there are two broad typologies within which a rapist can be classified:
- The Psuedo-Unselfish Rapist
2. The Selfish Rapist
Six Rape classifications,and their general offending characteristics, are identified by the FBI:
- Power Reassurance(pseudo-selfish)
- Power Assertive
- Anger Retaliatory
- Anger Excitement
- Opportunistic
- Gang
Rape is motivated by the offenders feelings of inadequacy and low self-esteem in situations and relationships with women. Referred to as Gentleman’s rapist, minimal force used, victims are strangers and attacks during periods when feelings of personal inadequacy peak.
Power Reassurance Rapist
An inflated masculine self-concept and desire to dominate women are the main motivating factors for committing rape. Cons victims into compliance by using charm or personal appeal then becomes aggressive, inflicts moderate to high levels of physical injury on victims, strikes in an irregular opportunistic manner.
Power Assertive Rapist
Openly hates and despises women and is motivated by rape as a means of demeaning women and inflicting punishment on them. Uses extreme injurious physical force, tears victims clothes, attacks are spontaneous and unplanned in a blitz fashion, does not restrict offending activity to particular geographic areas and targeted victims may be persons who cause the offender to be angry or resemble a person in the offenders past.
Anger Retaliatory Rapist
This type of Rapist is also known as a sexual sadist, victims are of both genders, injury is usually extreme, attacks are carried out by conning the victim into a position of trust and then unleashing an extremely violent and bizarre sexual attack on the victim. Extreme preplanning of the criminal event along the lines of the offenders bizarre sexual fantasies.
Anger Excitement Rapist
Rape is motivated by sexual desire, and is usually an unplanned offense committed as a secondary crime following a planned robbery or burglary, may be under the influence, minimal force is used
Opportunistic Rapist
Depending on their sexual behaviors and offending patterns, pedophiles can be categorized in the following five categories.
- Inductive
- Fixated
- Regressed
- Exploitative
- Aggressive
