Chapter 11 Flashcards
High probability of death
Serious and/or permanent disfigurement
Loss or impairment of body members or organs
Aggravated assault
Threats by one person to cause bodily harm or death to another. Purposefully inflicting bodily harm on another
Simple assault
Preliminary investigation stages of assault investigations:
Control and disarm those involved in the altercation Provide medical aid Separate suspects Protect the crime scene Give Miranda warning Obtain prelim statements Photograph any evidence Collect and preserve evidence Reconstruct crime
It entails repeat victimization of the person the offender targets. It is partly defined by its impact on the victim. A course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person fear
Stalking
Stalking is a ____________ directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person fear.
Course of conduct
Three broad categories of stalking based on the relationship between the stalker and the victim
- Intimate or former intimate stalking
- Acquaintance stalking
- Stranger stalking
The UCR defines forcible rape as ______________ of a female forcibly and against her will
The carnal knowledge
Rapes reported under the UCR program are always of _______ ,sex attacks on males are excluded
females
Some jurisdictions refer to ________ rape as sexual battery which involves intentional and wrongful physical contact with a person without his or her consent that entails a sexual component or purpose
same sex
According to common law the crime of rape of a female over the age of consent involves three elements
Carnal knowledge (penetration)
Forcible submission
Lack of consent
Rape cases or somewhat unique in that evidence may present itself in three general areas
On the crime scene
On the victim
On the suspect or at locations occupied by the suspect
Primary motivation is power over his victim. Will usually deploy a plan of attack. Will usually select victims through prior observations. Also known as gentleman rapist
Power-reassurance rapist (manhood)
Rapists primary desire is to demonstrate his manhood to the victim through sexual assault. Seldom plans his attacks will probably use the con approach with his victim, typically of same race and age group as assailant moderate degree of force
Power assertive rapist
Offender vents his anger and frustration toward the opposite sex by punishing them. Typically use a blitz type of attack with use of force before and after attack
Anger retaliatory rapist
Offender has a strong propensity toward sadism is prone to severely injure or murder his victim and enjoys the victims response to the infliction of pain and torture
anger excitation rapist
Victim is approached openly with a subterfuge or cover
Con approach
Immediate physical assault is used to subdue the victim
Blitz approach
Attacker waits for the victim in a secluded area and then approaches of his own volition
Surprise approach
Derogatory gestures or name calling between two persons does not give the right to use violence or force against the other
Naler v State 1933
Hostages overtime identify with their captors (battering relationships)
Stockholm syndrome
Nearly 60 percent of female victims and 30 percent of male victims are stalked by _______________.
Current or former intimate partners
The behavior of stalking lasts only a relatively short period of time about two thirds of all stalking cases last a ___________.
year or less
70 to 80 percent of stalking cases fall into this category
Intimate or former intimate stalking
60 percent of women are stalked by spouses or former spouses live in partners or dates while 70 percent of men are stalked by ______________
Acquaintances or strangers
There must be ________ on the part of the woman before there can be a foundation for a rape charge
Resistance
Consent may involve submission but submission does not necessarily _____________.
imply consent
Corroboration is supportive evidence that tends to prove that a crime was committed it lends credence to the allegation that the crime occurred and need not be _____________.
Proved beyond doubt
A single strand of hair may reveal the _____________of the attacker
Gender, race, age ,and true color of the hair of it’s host
List of some essential elements of the rape evidence kit
Head hair brushing comb Pubic hair brushing comb Packages for hair collection Vaginal swabbings Oral swabbings Anal swabbings Fingernail scrapings Misc debris collection