Sexual violence
A sexual act committed against someone without their consent
Sexual violence includes
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
Sexual assault
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.
Rape
A form of sexual assault characterized by force or threat of force that involves penetration. See also, statutory rape and sexual assault.
Narrower term
Two types of sexual assault
1) aggravated sexual assault
2) sexual assault
Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)
A program operated by the FBI, it is the government’s main method of collecting national data on crimes reported to police and arrests.
National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
FBI’s system of collecting detailed data from law enforcement agencies on known crimes and arrests.
National Crime Victimization Survey
A government survey that attempts to measure the extent to which households, individuals, and commercial establishments are victims of serious crime.
Statutory rape
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.
Rape by fraud
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
MTC classification system identifies four major types
Based on the rapist’s primary motivation
Opportunistic
Pervasively angry
Sexual
Vindictive
MTC: R3
Rape typology consisting of nine discrete rapist types that are differentiated on the basis of six variables.
Pedophilia
Clinical term for sexual attraction to children. However, it may or may not result in actual child molestation or other sexual abuse.
Pedophilia defined in the DSM-5
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
MTC: CM3
Empirically based classification system for pedophiles that underscores the importance of viewing pedophilia as characterized by multiple behavioral patterns and intentions.
