Sexual Offenders Flashcards
is it the victims fault when it comes to sexual offences?
never
which group of criminals is most despised and why?
sexual
- bc choose victims less powerful than themselves
who are the victims for sexual offenders?
women and children
what are sexual offenders labelled as in prisons?
skinners and are targets of extraordinary persecution
what sparks harsher sanctions?
highly publicized sexual offenses
what is DO designation provision?
- want to revist casterations and death penalty
- dangerous offender
- sentence does not have a determined length
how to get DO designation?
multiple offences esp harmful ones with evidence that rehab will not be helpful
- previous treatment and relapse and offended again
what is the most common type of offence?
exhibitionist
- flashing
what are the 4 variables for sexual offending?
- victim type: age, gender, other characteristics: innocent, sweet, meek, whore, co-ed
- level of planning: spont, prepared, carefully formulated
- degree of aggression/coercion: instrument or expressive
- nature of act: fondling/touching, observation/exposure, intercourse
spont vs prepared vs formuated
- no intention to commit, just did it
- prolific offender - always has tools
- distinct plan
instrumental vs expressive
no paint just get compliance vs get them scared and fearful even if compliant
which variable has lots of overlap?
nature of act
level 1 SA
sexual integrity of victim violated
- minor physical injury or no injuries
level 2 SA
weapon, threats, bodily harm
level 3 SA
aggravated SA - to make worse
- wounding, maiming, disfiguring, endangering life
what does psychology correlate SA to?
paraphilic disorders
- sustained erotic interests that are not criminal but predispose on to act illegally
voyeuristism
acting on voyeuristic urges or fantasies with a nonconsenting person or experiencing significant distress or functional impairment because of such urges and impulses
frotteurism
the act of touching or rubbing one’s genitals up against another person in a sexual manner without their consent, to derive sexual pleasure or reach orgasm
toucherism
sexual interest and arousal obtained from touching a stranger on an erotic part of the body, particularly the breasts, buttocks, or genitals.
pedophilia
- most of those having sex with children are not pedos
- most never sexually assault children
transvestic fetishism
cross-dress but not gender dysphoric
- ritual to process
sexual masochism
same thing done to you as you woudl do to them in sexual sadism
sexual sadism
sexually aroused in harming, humiliating, verbal too
fetishism
sexual interest in inanimate object
partialism
non-sexual body part
- feet
are fetishes criminal?
not usually
- prompt the patient tos teal or misuse
- theft or obscenity
who commit a large number of SA?
adol male
% for rapists and child molesters
20-30
30-50
70% of offenders are ….
from intact home
avg student
FREE FROM MENTAL ILLNESS
why is etiology poorly understood?
many subtypes and high offender variability
what is not used more by rapists than non-rapists?
porn
what is an issue when looking at prevalence and incidence?
underreporting
___% of SA aged 15+ in past 12M brought attention to police
6
why is there underreporting?
shame/guilt
fear of repeat
US stats for M and W being sexual victims
16
27
Abel report
avg number of victims 366
- treated worse of worse
sexual offenders a specialist?
no
- true rapists more liekly to have antisocial behavior
- broad range of crimes commits
20K non-sex offence prior to incarceration
what are the 4 ways non-sex offenders and sex same?
- antisocial supports: tend to know other that share particular deviant interests
-> NAMBLA - man boy loving association
- multiple offenders in daycare - M esp - criminal histories
- antisocial personality - rapists
- cog support deviant acts: w wanting to be dominated, she seduced me, no means yes, didnt really hurt her, objectification of victim
4 subtypes of rape
date
forcible
statutory
rape by fraud
date rape
acquaintance
- not intimate but under courtship conditions
statutory
SA against minor
lvl 1 or 2
- convince minor to agree - no obejction
- preferential treatment to get consent
- not legal way to consent
rape by fraud
psychotherapist or physician or person of trust
- seduced, lulled, own therapeutic interest
____ of US college W actual or attempted SA under social conditions
1/4
___% someone they knew
83
who was SA?
freshman
who felt responsible or ashamed?
victim as originally agreed to go out with perpetrator
why do date rapists commit?
entitlement
- paid for dinner
- understood
- agreeing to date = consent
what do US prosectuors need to proceed with charges?
vag pen
verified use of force
sign of resistance
female victim
lack of consent
- task is to prove that there was lack of consent
what do street drugs do?
impair judgement
lower victim resistance
increase perpetrator aggression
2 main drugs
rohypnol
ketamine
rohypnol side effects
strong CNS depressant
diminished muscle control
anterograde amnesia (does not rmr so lose credibility)
roy + alc =
lethal
ketamine side effects
imapir judgment and coordination
rape is increasing or decreasing?
decreasing
when did SA peak?
2021
what happened with the pandemic?
increased SA
- police reported SA decreased in many provinces except NL, N , Que
how many NA wimen SA in life?
25%
how many date rape reported?
1-2%
how many SA victim under 17?
60%
how many W sex victims?
80%
how many SA incidents at home?
80%
how many SO married or long term relationships?
50%
how mant assailants friends or family?
80%
who are victims?
11-17 yr old girls
- odd decrease with age
how many adult rapists reported commiting crime when adol?
50%
offender characteristics
young
social conflict - robbery highest
-> 82% have record, 1/4 SA victims self
blue collar or unemployed
highest % of people they rape?
strangers
24%
how many use weapons
25%
how mant seriously injured and need help?
25%
what are the 4 reasons for why they rape?
- impulse even tho 66% planned rape
- mental illness when tho majoirty dont have it -> sex addict, process addictions (legal defense)
- drug induced -> low inhibition, high sex druve
- victim provoked (old) - just world hypothesis
just world hypothesis
believe that those who do good will be rewarded, and those who exhibit negative behaviors will be punished.
