Chapter 9: Psychology of Sexual Violence

Question 1

Sexual violence

Answer 1

A sexual act committed against someone without their consent

Question 2

Sexual violence includes

Answer 2

Completed or attempted forces penetration, alcohol or drug facilitated penetration of a victim, forced acts in which a victim is made to penetrate someone, and unwanted sexual contact

Question 3

Sexual assault

Answer 3

The broad term to cover a range of sexual offenses, not limited to rape; a term now preferred in many statutes and in research literature.

Question 4

Rape

Answer 4

A form of sexual assault characterized by force or threat of force that involves penetration. See also, statutory rape and sexual assault.

Narrower term

Question 5

Two types of sexual assault

Answer 5

1) aggravated sexual assault

2) sexual assault

Question 6

Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)

Answer 6

A program operated by the FBI, it is the government’s main method of collecting national data on crimes reported to police and arrests.

Question 7

National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

Answer 7

FBI’s system of collecting detailed data from law enforcement agencies on known crimes and arrests.

Question 8

National Crime Victimization Survey

Answer 8

A government survey that attempts to measure the extent to which households, individuals, and commercial establishments are victims of serious crime.

Question 9

Statutory rape

Answer 9

Rape for which the age of the victim is the crucial distinction, with the premise that a victim below a certain age (usually 16) cannot validly consent to sexual intercourse with an adult.

Question 10

Rape by fraud

Answer 10

The act of having sexual relations with a supposedly consenting adult female under fraudulent conditions, such as when a physician or psychotherapist has sexual intercourse with a patient under the guise of effective treatment.

Rape is always sexual assault
Sexual assault is not always rape

Question 11

MTC classification system identifies four major types

Answer 11

Based on the rapist’s primary motivation

Opportunistic
Pervasively angry
Sexual
Vindictive

Question 12

MTC: R3

Answer 12

Rape typology consisting of nine discrete rapist types that are differentiated on the basis of six variables.

Question 13

Pedophilia

Answer 13

Clinical term for sexual attraction to children. However, it may or may not result in actual child molestation or other sexual abuse.

Question 14

Pedophilia defined in the DSM-5

Answer 14

It is a psychological condition

Over a period of at least 6 months, recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children (generally age 13 years or younger) occur

Question 15

MTC: CM3

Answer 15

Empirically based classification system for pedophiles that underscores the importance of viewing pedophilia as characterized by multiple behavioral patterns and intentions.