Chapter 9 Flashcards
A rape situation, identified by groth, in which an offender uses more force than necessary for compliance and engages in a variety of sexual acts that are particularly degrading or humiliating to the victim.
Anger rape
A sexual assault that occurs within the context of a dating relationship.
Acquaintance rape
A sexual assault that occurs within the context of a dating relationship.
Date rape
Clinically developed classification system of pedophiles
Groth child molester typology
Clinically developed classification system of rapists.
Groth rape typology
The tendecy of some individuals to perceive hostile intent in others even when it is totally lacking.
Hostile attribution bias
Sexual abuse of adolescents or children by immediate family or relatives.
Incest
Empirically-based classification system for pedophiles that underscores the importance of viewing pedophilia as charaterized by multiple behavioral patterns and intentions.
MTC:CM3
Rape typology consisting of nine discrete rape types that are differentiated on the basis of six variables.
MTC:R3
Rapist who engages in a sexual attack because of an intense sexuaal arousal prompted by specific stimuli identified in the intended victim. Aggression is not the significant feature in the attack.
Nonsadistic rapist
One who engages in sexual assault simply because the opportunity to rape presents itself.
Opportunistic rapist
The clinical term for a condition exhibited in fantasies, urges, or behaviors involving nonhuman objects, suffering or humiliation of oneself or one’s partner, or children or other nonconsenting persons.
Paraphilias
Clinical term for the sexual preference for children rather than adults.
pedophilia
Demonstrates a predominance of global and undifferentiated anger that pervades all areas of the offender’s life.
Pervasively angry rapist
A rape situation, identified by groth, in which the assailant seeks to establish power and control over his victim. Thus, the amount of force and threats used depend on the degree of submission shown by the victim.
Power rape
Assessment of sex offenders not only to decide on a treatment plan but also to guage their likelihood of furthering offending.
Psychosexual evaluations
Sexual assault by force or threat of force.
Rape
The act of having sexual relations with a supposedly consenting adult female under fraudlent conditions, such as when a physicial or psychotherapist has sexual intercourse with a patient under the guise of effective treatment.
Rape by fraud
A variety of mistaken beliefs about the crime of rape and its victims held by many men and women.
Rape myths
A return to criminal activity (usually measured by arrest) after being convicted of a criminal offense
Recidivism
Instruments designed to estimate the level of dangerousness an individual might pose in a correctional facility or upon release.
Risk assessment measures
A rape situation, identified by Groth, in which the offender experiences sexual arousal and excitement as a result of the victim’s torment, distress, helplessness, and suffering. The assault usually involves bondage and torture, and the rapist directs considerable abuse and injury to various areas of the victim’s body.
Sadistic rape
Characterized by the presence of protracted sexual or sadistic fantasies that strongly influence the assaults.
Sexually motivated rapist
Rape in which the age of the victim is the crucial distinction, with the premise that a victim below a certain age (usualy 16) cannot validly consent to sexual intercourse with an adult
Statutory rape