Serial Killers

CHAPTER 10 “SEXUAL ASSAULTS”

Chapter 10

Sexual Assaults

Maria Viviescas, Andrew Tirado, Nathalie Aguiar, Paul Agreda, Paris Akins

Professor Kalam

Human Behavior

Table of Contents

Introduction……………………………………………………………. 3

Definition and Statistics (Paul Agreda)

1. Date or Acquaintance of Rape…………………………………………. 4-5

2. Incidence and Prevalence of Rape……………………………………... 6-7

Impact on Victims (Andrew Tirado)

1. Psychological Effects on Victims……………………………………… 7-8

2. Physical Injury of Victim………………………………………………. 9-10

Sexual Assault Vulnerability Factors (Maria Viviescas)

1. Age and Relationship Factors…………………………………………. 11

2. Consumption of Alcohol……………………………………………… 12

3. History of Victimization………………………………………………... 13

4. Risk Taking Behaviors…………………………………………………. 14

Rape Offender Characteristics-Who Offend (Nathalie Aguiar)

1. Age and Offend History………………………………………………… 15

2. Attitudes that Support Rape and Rape Myths…………………………... 16

3. Cognitive-Perceptual Distortions in Communication…………………... 17

4. The Influence of Pornography………………………………………….. 18

The Knight Sims-Knight Three-Path Model and Classification of Rape Patterns (Paris Akins)

1. Massachusetts Treatment Center Classification System……………….. 19-20

2. The MTC: R3…………………………………………………………... 21

3. The Groth Typology…………………………………………………… 22

The issues that are being addressed in this chapter are a subsequence of sexual assaults. Sexual assaults are crimes committed by an offender who touches a victim in an unwanted and offensive manner, and can range from sexual groping or assault/battery. We are going to discuss statistics, the impact on victims, the vulnerability factors, characteristics of a rape offender, classification of rape patterns and an illustration on the Knight and Sims-Knight three-path model.

In my section I will be discussing the definition and statistics of rape. Without a doubt there...