Chapter 20: Rape and Other Sex Offenses Part 2

Question 1

What are the different types of rapists?

Answer 1

(1) Anger Rapists
(2) Power Rapists
(3) Sadistic Rapists

Question 2

What type of rapist is this:

sex is a means of expressing and discharging pent-up anger

Answer 2

Anger Rapists

Question 3

What type of rapist is this:

uses excessive brutality during the rape

Answer 3

Anger Rapists

Question 4

What type of rapist is this:
for the victim, the act is usually less psychologically traumatizing because the brutality of the offense often elicits great sympathy from others and less victim blaming

Answer 4

Anger Rapists

Question 5

What type of rapist is this:

issues of power and control

Answer 5

Power Rapists

Question 6

What type of rapist is this:

use only enough force necessary to achieve their goal of control

Answer 6

Power Rapists

Question 7

What type of rapist is this:
victims often suffer serious psychological harm beyond the rape, because the lack of excessive force in these situations contributes to feelings that the victim could have done something to prevent it

Answer 7

Power Rapists

Question 8

What type of rapist is this:

achieve pleasure from inflicting serious injury on the victim

Answer 8

Sadistic Rapists

Question 9

What type of rapist is this:

the victims suffer chronic injuries from these crimes and often require extensive counseling and other types of therapy

Answer 9

Sadistic Rapists

Question 10

What is an example of power rapists?

Answer 10

“date rape” and other sexual assaults among acquaintances

Question 11

What percentage of sex offenders are sadistic rapists?

Answer 11

only 5%

Question 12

What are some examples of what sadistic rapists do to their victims?

Answer 12

binding, gagging, torture, and sexual enslavement of their victim

Question 13

What are the different types of signatures for sex offenders?

Answer 13

(1) Child Molesters
(2) Adolescent Sex Offenders
(3) Date/Acquaintance Rape
(4) Incest
(5) Serial Sexual Murderers

Question 14

What are the primary personality characteristics of child molesters?

Answer 14

(1) an inability to establish genuine interpersonal relationships
(2) low self-esteem
(3) feelings of isolation and helplessness
(4) poor impulse control

Question 15

What socio-economic, occupational, racial, and age group do child molesters reside in?

Answer 15

they exist in all socio-economic, occupational, racial, and age groupings

Question 16

What is the average profile for child molesters?

Answer 16

most pedophiles are men, typically married, and they often have their own children

Question 17

The vast majority of child molesters are either ______ ____________, ______ _________, or ________ ________ of the victim

Answer 17

family acquaintances
family members
distant relatives

Question 18

What are the different types of child molesters?

Answer 18

(1) situational molesters
(2) preferential molesters
(3) “Saint”
(4) Pedarasts

Question 19

What is the difference between situational and preferential molesters?

Answer 19

Situational molesters- do not exhibit a particular sexual preference for children but are often opportunists who engage in sex with children for varied and complex reasons

Preferential molesters- have a clear sexual preference for children

Question 20

__________ molesters often have extensive collections of child-oriented pornography.

Answer 20

Preferential

Question 21

What are “saints”?

Answer 21

persons who serve the wider community and are respected in their community

Question 22

What are some examples of “saints”?

Answer 22

priests, teachers, coaches, doctors

Question 23

What is the societal reaction to “saints”?

Answer 23

because they violate a sacred trust put on them for protecting children, there is especially strong public outrage

Question 24

What is a pedarast?

Answer 24

pedophiles who engage in exclusively man-boy relationships

Question 25

What are the different types of pedarasts?

Answer 25

(1) temporary or substitute
(2) criminal or exploitative
(3) promiscuous or cruiser
(4) careful
(5) responsible

Question 26

Which type of pedarasts is this:

turns to molesting boys for sexual excitement and gratification due to the absence of a female sexual partner

Answer 26

temporary or substitute

Question 27

Which type of pedarasts is this:

preys o young boys and has a long history of predatory acts

Answer 27

criminal or exploitative

Question 28

Which type of pedarasts is this:

often uses the services of child prostitutes that are picked up from the street

Answer 28

promiscuous or cruiser

Question 29

Which type of pedarasts is this:

employs a “middle man” to arrange sexual meetings with young boys to minimize their chances of being arrested

Answer 29

careful

Question 30

Which type of pedarasts is this:
is so fearful of being apprehended that he avoids all physical contact with boys, instead, he uses massive collections of child pornography to enhance his sexual fantasies

Answer 30

responsible

Question 31

How do Adolescent Sex Offenders use sexual violence?

Answer 31

often use sexual violence as a form of displaced aggression as a response to their own abused lives and limited social competence to deal with these problems in constructive ways

Question 32

Who are Adolescent Sex Offenders preferred target?

Answer 32

younger children, especially younger siblings and acquaintances

Question 33

What are some of the social background characteristics of Adolescent Sex Offenders?

Answer 33

(1) abusive family relationships and prior sexual abuse
(2) growing up in a several dysfunctional family environment
(3) low social competence and defense in social skills as indicated by having no friends, a lack of motivation, and an underachiever attitude

Question 34

What are the risk factors for Adolescent Sex Offenders?

Answer 34

(1) the withholding of parental nurturing and intimacy from young boys to foster “tough” masculinity
(2) the failure to encourage boys to express their empathy in interacting with young children
(3) the development of sexist and negative attitudes toward women
(4) the reinforcement of dangerous myths regarding women’s attitudes toward coerced sex
(5) the lack of constructive developmental experiences in adolescence

Question 35

What are some of the particular situational and predisposing factors for date/acquaintance rape?

Answer 35

(1) dominating and controlling behavior by males
(2) acceptance of traditional gender roles
(3) miscommunication regarding sex
(4) heavy alcohol and drug use

Question 36

During which date do most date rapes occur?

Answer 36

most of these rapes occur on the first date

Question 37

What are the majority of incest cases?

Answer 37

the majority of these cases involve sexual offenses by fathers against their daughters

Question 38

What is incest?

Answer 38

inappropriate sexual activity within the family that is illegal by law or forbidding by custom

Question 39

The average age of incest victims is ___.

Answer 39

11

Question 40

True or False: Incest typically only occurs during a short amount of time and involves one type of sexual activity.

Answer 40

False: Incest typically continues over time and involves multiple types of sexual activity.

Question 41

Why do most victims of incest remain quiet?

Answer 41

out of fear of the consequences for disclosure

Question 42

True or False: Most incest involves only one family member.

Answer 42

False: many of them are serial offenders who will target multiple children when they reach a certain age

Question 43

How did fathers, who commit incest, often rationalize their behavior?

Answer 43

by blaming their spouse for weak marital relations and for hostile mother-daughter relations

Question 44

What is a Serial Sexual Murderers motivation?

Answer 44

strongly motivated by elements of sexual addition/compulsivity and aberrant sexual fantasies

Question 45

What percentage of sex offenders are Serial Sexual Murderers?

Answer 45

represent far less than 1% of all sex offenders, extremely rare

Question 46

How do Serial Sexual Murderers plan out their attacks?

Answer 46

meticulous planners who rehearse their crimes, stalk their victims, and select victims who will fulfill their ultimate sexual fantasies