Chapter 5! Flashcards
Paraphilia
SEXUAL AROUSAL OR SEXUAL GRATIFICATION THROUGH UNUSUAL FANTASIES AND/OR BEHAVIORS
PARAPHILIA: The DSM-IV describes three general classifications:
Preference for the use of a non-human object for sexual arousal
Repetitive sexual activity with humans that involves real or simulated suffering or humiliation
Repetitive sexual activity with non-consenting partners
Common mostly to males, paraphilia involves sexual arousal through deviant or bizarre images and/or activities.
Many paraphilia are not criminal but may develop into criminal acts.
Sarason and Sarason 5 explanations for paraphilia:
Psychodynamic Behavioral Cognitive Biological Interactional
PARAPHILIA HAVE THREE COMPONENTS:
ETIOLOGY, FANTASY & BEHAVIOR.
NON-CRIMINAL
SOLO or PARTNER-RELAT
CRIMINAL:
SOLO or PARTNER- RELATED
FANTASY
CRITICAL TO ACTING OUT OFTEN EXPRESSED IN TALK WITH OTHERS SOMETIMES EXPRESSED IN WRITINGS CONTAINS ANGER, RAGE AND A DESIRE FOR REVENGE RELATIONSHIPS ARE FANTASIZED
Psychological Factors in RPA
Intangible attachments: intimacy
Frustration
Fantasy: paraphilic courtship
Psychopathy: control/power
Preparatory Paraphilia-Voyeurs (Scopophilia)
arousal by watching others without their consent
Stalking/Peeping
Preparatory Paraphilia-Exhibitionists
Genital Exposure to Strangers
Preparatory Paraphilia-Frotteurs (Frottage)
rubbing body against partner or object for arousal
Sexual Contact w/Strangers
Fetishism
Burglary, Stealing, Murder…
Necrophiles
Prostitution, Graves, Mortuaries
Preparatory Paraphilia-Gerontophiliacs
attraction to a partner whose age is that of a different generation
Stalking, Burglary, (progressive)
Preparatory Paraphila-Hebephiliacs
persons aroused by teens
Age-focused Predators
Preparatory Paraphilia-Hyphephiliacs
arousal from touching skin, hair, leather, fur, or fabric
Hair, Fur, Leather, Skin: Stealing, Assaults, Burglaries, Robberies
Preparatory Paraphilia-Kleptolagniacs
arousal from stealing
Stealing
Preparatory Paraphilia-Retifism
shoe fetish
Stealing, Burglaries,
Preparatory Paraphilia-Scatophiliacs (Scatologia)
arousal by making phone calls, using vulgar language, or trying to elicit a reaction from the other party
Obscene Phone Calls
Preparatory Paraphilia-Somnophiliacs:
fondling strangers in their sleep Hot Burglaries (very progressive)
Four types of relational rapes
Marital, Courtship, Confidence or blitz, Stranger rape
Marital
where the rapist is the spouse of the victim;
Courtship
where an offender in pursuit of a relationship with someone he knows forces the victim into a sexual relationship;
Confidence or blitz
rapes, where offenders win the trust of a victim in order to carry out a sexual assault;
Stranger rape
which involves an attack on a victim who is a complete stranger to the rapist
The Massachusetts Treatment Center ‘s (MTC) four categories of rapists:
Displaced aggression
Compensatory
Sexually aggressive
Impulsive
Crime Scene Signatures
A unique and integral part of the an offender’s behavior that exceeds the actions needed to commit the offense
Crime scene evidence offering insight to personality traits and/or behavioral patterns of the offender
Signatures are products of offenders’ fantasies and behaviors
Modus Operandi
Techniques necessary to commit crime
Learned behavior based on external circumstances
May intentionally change as offender gains experience/ confidence or to fool law enforcement
Signature
Actions beyond those necessary to commit crime
Compulsion based on fantasies unique to offender
Seldom changes and often evolves with each crime
Signatures May Include:
Verbal – exceptionally vulgar or abusive language
Sexual – Specific order of sexual activity, necrophilia, use of foreign objects, posing
Physical – torture, bondage, mutilation
Psychological– inducing fear
Signature behaviors frequently found in serial-murder investigations:
Aberrant sex Attacks at the face Body disposal Cannibalism Decapitation Dismemberment Mutilation Necrophilia Torture Penile/object penetration Picquerism (sexual arousal from repeated stabbing of a victim) Restraints Souvenirs (photos, clothing, jewelry, newspaper clippings) Trophies (victim body parts used for sexual arousal) Weapons
An essential tool of the psychopath who is a sexual predator is…
distraction
Sex offenders:
Commit few crimes Usually only one victim Often familial Non-progressive Not a threat to the general community Non-psychopathic Usually non-paraphilic Usually amenable to treatment/control
Sexual predators:
Commit many sex crimes Multiple victims or multiple counts on a victim over time Both stranger and/or familial victims Progressively exploitative Pose a threat to the general community Often psychopathic Often have multiple paraphilia Usually not amenable to treatment Highly recidivistic
Attack Paraphilia-Sadism:
empowerment and arousal derived from injuring others; often associated with other attack paraphilia
Masochism
inflicting mental/physical pain on oneself
Transsexualism
changing of ones sex
Transvestism
a person and especially a male who adopts the dress and often the behavior typical of the opposite sex especially for purposes of emotional or sexual gratification
Attack Paraphilia-Pedophilia
sexual involvement with minors usually via manipulation and grooming
Zoophilia
sexual involvement with a nonhuman such as a animal
Child molesters
Sexual predators who engage in paraphilic behavior often form sexual attachments to their victims.
Sex becomes an expression of control, both tangible and intangible.
Sexual attachments are explored both in fantasy and behavior.
Lust killing
murdering sadistically and brutally, including the mutilation of body parts, especially the genitalia
generally women are prostitutes, hitchhikers, or student
one who practices erotophonophilia
Motivations
opportunistic, pervasively, angry, sexual, and vindictive
Expressive homicides
sexual or hate crimes
Instrumental homicides
those or more carried out for financial gain
Autoerotic asphyxia
sexual arousal due to self-mutilation such as hanging
which most commonly involves masturbation to pornography, fantasies, or images
Groth typology
power and anger
Three explanations for rape:
- psychopathology of rapists 2. feminist theory, 3. victim precipitation
