Sexual Offending Behaviour: Rapists

Question 1

Characteristics of A Rapist:

- What percentage of them have deviant sexual fantasies?

Answer 1

• 80%

Question 2

-% of women have been raped. _% knew their offender, / occurred in a relationship. What location did they usually occur in?

Answer 2

• 10-20%
• 80%
• 1/2
• home

Question 3

Is there a lot of thinking that occurs prior to a rape?

Answer 3

• Yes there is and often the offender is disappointed with the outcome versus their fantasy

Question 4

What are some rape myths?(to justify it) (4)

Answer 4

1. macho beliefs
2. violence is sexy
3. women need to be kept in their place
4. women like it rough

Question 5

What are schemas ?(4)

Answer 5

• mental ideas of how things work
• misread cues
• strong beliefs that women express the exact opposite of their intending meaning (aka yes means no)
• these are the main target for treatment!

Question 6

Describe basic age rage and social surroundings of those that rape

Answer 6

• 30-40’s, associate with crowds that believe in their views on rape..(reinforcers)

Question 7

What does MTC:R3 stand for?

Answer 7

-The Massachusetts Treatment Center Rapist Typology, Version 3

Question 8

The Massachusetts Treatment Center Rapist Typology, Version 3 :
- Knight and Prentky in the 1990’s did what?

Answer 8

• developed and empirically validated a typology of rapists.

Question 9

Knight and Prentky identified __ types of rapists. They were based on ____ differences in sex crimes. Describe the following:

1. Sexual Pathway
2. Anger Pathway:

Answer 9

• 9
• motivational
  1. More opportunistic behaviour eg sadistic/non; these are the more sexually deviant individuals
  2. Pervasive anger and hostile disposition drives their crimes. eg anger, hatred and hostility

Question 10

The Massachusetts Treatment Center Rapist Typology, Version 3 :
- What are the four main categories? What do each of them further break down into?

Answer 10

1. Opportunistic: 
A) Assertive (Type 1)
B) Non-Assertive (Type 2)
2. Pervasively Angry (Type 3)
3. Sexual: 
A) Sadistic -
I. Overt (Type 4)
II. Muted (Type 5)
B) Non- Sadistic - 
III. Assertive (Type 6)
IV. Non-Assertive (type 7) 
4. Vindictive: 
A) Assertive (Type 8)
B) Non-Assertive (Type 9)

Question 11

The Massachusetts Treatment Center Rapist Typology, Version 3 :
-Explain The opportunistic category
L> Assertive (Type 1)
L> Non- Assertive (Type 2)

Answer 11

1. They often commit during the act of another crime aka sexual offending is unplanned. (it is controlled via contexts to the crime) They are generally antisocial. They are typically impulsive, unplanned, and driven by opportunity as a means of seeking immediate gratification. They are not driven by violence but they may use whatever force needed to subdue their victims with little empathy/regard for them.
   L> More socially well off, indifferent to the victim, callous/no empathy. They start this behaviour in adulthood.
   L> Onset is adolescence. Not socially well off; they are odd…unusual

Question 12

The Massachusetts Treatment Center Rapist Typology, Version 3 :
-Explain the Pervasively Angry category! (Type 3)

Answer 12

• Undifferentiated anger….aka they are angry at everything in all areas of life. They have poor behavioural controls. (impulsive, sex offences= poorly planned) They can become so angry or hostile that they over kill during the crime and often cause serious injuries. They tend to score high on psychopathy and tend to have ASPD…They have low social competence.

Question 13

The Massachusetts Treatment Center Rapist Typology, Version 3 : 
- Explain the Sexual Category
L> Sadistic: 
I. Overt (Type 4)
II. Muted ( Type 5)
L> Non-sadistic: 
III. Assertive (Type 6)
IV. Non- assertive (Type 7)

Answer 13

-They have extensive sexual fantasies or preoccupations, many of which are incorporated with the act of rape. They display poor differentiation between sexual and aggressive drives..
1. Shows both sexual and Anger
I. They usually have a lot of paraphilias, usually are married. Aggression is manifested directly into physically injurious behaviour in their sexual assault…they score low on social competence.
II. Tend not to have as much anger, they are more sexual. The aggression is either expressed symbolically or through covert fantasy that is is not acted out behaviourally. Score high on social competence.. might be why they “mute” fantasies from manifesting
2.They are sexually motivated but not about violence, offending meets sexual needs. They are very sexually preoccupied.
III. They are socially well off, very aware of their situation/self. They select and stalk victims before raping them. Ex: celebrity stalkers/rapists.
IV. They tend to want to prove their sexual prowess by being more sexual and forceful. They believe the victim will fall in love with them..They lack self control. They have cognitive and perceptual disturbances: believe the victim enjoys it etc. They are not socially well off.

Question 14

The Massachusetts Treatment Center Rapist Typology, Version 3 :
4. Vindictive
L> Assertive (Type 8)
L> Non-assertive (Type 9)

Answer 14

4. They are motivated by: anger towards women; their offences target women to take out their anger on them. They humiliate, degrade and demean the victims. They tend to be socially isolated.
   L> There is profanity present during the offence. The attack is sadistic. They usually have a history of domestic abuse.
   L> They are less socially well than the assertive type. They may be in a marriage with lots of tension but not abusive. Less profanity is present during the offence. They target women in higher positions just as the Assertive. Not sadistic.

Question 15

Rank the top five most common types of rapists, starting of with the most common, finishing with the least common.

Answer 15

1. Vindictive ( easy to catch/identify)
2. Sexually Non-Sadistic
3. Opportunistic (most likely to reoffend)
4. Pervasively angry
5. Sexually Sadistic