A comprehensive survey of sex offenders and sexual offenses
This succinct and highly accessible text provides a comprehensive overview of a wide range of sexual behaviors and sex crimes, thoroughly addressing criminal actions from "nuisance" sex crimes, such as voyeurism and exhibitionism, to the most extreme, including rape, sex crimes against children, lust and serial murders, and more. Including unique and engaging case studies and first-person accounts from sex offenders, Sex Crimes: Patterns and Behavior, Third Edition provides unique insight into sex crimes, deviance, and criminal behavior theory and analysis. This engaging and easy-to-read text provides information on psychological profiling of sex offenders, the crimes they commit, the effects on their victims, and attempted treatments, in an engaging style that compels students to continue reading-even ahead of the syllabus.
Key Features
Two new chapters address Internet-related sex crimes and sexually motivated homicides
Photos and tables have been updated to provide the most cutting-edge information and reflect the thorough updating the book throughout
Other helpful pedagogical aids include case files and boxed news accounts that bring key concepts to life, and first-person accounts from sex criminals, medical and legal insights into the behaviors described
A glossary of sexual behavior and related terms is provided at the back of the text
Intended Audience Suitably brief to serve as a core text in conjunction with readings or as a supplement to another text, this provocative textbook will spark lively discussion in undergraduate courses such as Sex Crimes, Deviance, Criminal Behavior, and Violent Crimes in departments of criminology, criminal justice, sociology, social work, and counseling.
Table of Contents
SEX BEHAVIORS AND CRIMES IN THE UNTIED STATESINTRODUCTIONWHAT IS NORMAL SEX?HOMOSEXUALITY AS A SEXUAL BEHAVIORTypes of HomosexualsSEXUAL STANDARDSThe Statistical StandardThe Cultural StandardReligious NormalcyThe Subjective StandardNORMAL SEXUAL BEHAVIORELEMENTS IN SEXUAL BEHAVIORFantasySymbolismRitualismCompulsionCOMBINING THE ELEMENTSCONCLUSIONREFERENCESDISCUSSION QUESTIONSTHEORIES OF SEXUAL DEVIANCE: UNDERSTANDING THE CAUSAL NEXUSINTRODUCTIONTHE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF SEXUAL DEVELOPMENTINDIVIDUAL LEVEL EXPLANATION OF SEXUAL DEVIANCEPSYCHOLOGICAL MODELS OF DEVIANCEPSYCHIATRIC MODELS OF SEXUAL DEVIANCETHE SOCIAL LEARNING MODELTHE ACQUISITION PHASEINSTIGATION MECHANISMSTHE MAINTAINING MECHANISMSTHE CONSTITUTIONAL MODELCONSTITUTIONAL CRIMINOLOGYPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CRIMETHE RISE OF SOCIOBIOLOGYBASIC PROPOSITIONS OF SOCIOBIOLOGICAL TRAIT THEORYCHEMICAL IMBALANCES AND HORMONAL INFLUENCESCONCLUSIONREFERENCESSEX AND HISTORYINTRODUCTIONFAMILY TYPESTHE HEBREW FAMILYTHE GREEK FAMILYTHE ROMAN FAMILYTHE CHRISTIAN FAMILYTHE FAMILY IN THE MIDDLE AGESCURRENT SEXUAL STANDARDSSEX IN THE 21ST CENTURYCONCLUSIONREFERENCESDISCUSSION QUESTIONSNUISANCE SEX BEHAVIORSINTRODUCTIONFETISHES AND PARTIALISMSSCOPTPHILIA (VOYEURISM)Characteristics of the VoyeurPROSTITUTIONTRIOLISMEXHIBITIONISMTRANSVESTISMINFANTILISMSCATOPHILIAFROTTAGEKLISIMAPHILIABESTIALITYPYGMALIONISMGERONTOPHILIAMYSOPHILIACOPROLAGNIA AND COPROPHILIACONCLUSIONDISCUSSION QUESTIONSREFERENCESIncestIntroductionPhysical and Non-Physical TypesThe Male PerpetratorThe Female OffenderFamily Relationships and IncestThe Etiology of the Incestuous OffenderThe Effects Upon ChildrenTreatmentConclusionDiscussion QuestionsReferencesPedophiliaIntroductionPedophiliaEtiology of the PedophileTraits of PedophilesSituational Characteristics of PedophilesTypes of PedophilesThe MysopedThe Regressed Child OffenderThe Fixated OffenderThe Nave OffenderPedophile OrganizationsThe Rene Guyon SocietyNorth American Man/Boy Love AssociationThe Childhood Sensuality CirclePedophile Information ExchangeHoward Nichols SocietyConclusionDiscussion QuestionsReferencesChild PornographyIntroductionChild Pornography and the LawTypes of Child PornographyMagazinesBooksInternet Pictures, Chat ChannelsRelational PornographyWho Sees Child Porn?How are Children Involved in Pornography?Who are the Children in Child Pornography?The Internet and Child PornographyConclusionDiscussion QuestionsReferencesPornographyPornography and ObscenityStandards of ObscenityCustomers for PornographyPornography, Research and the Sex CriminalPornography and ViolencePornography and the InternetChat ChannelsPhoto Exchange.ConclusionDiscussion QuestionsReferencesSex and the InternetIntroductionThe InternetHistory of the Internet and SexUsers of the Internet and CyberspaceA Model of Internet and Cyberspace PredationAdults, Sex, and the InterneDiscussion GroupsIntroduction AgenciesGays and the InternetChildren, Sex, and the Internet.Personal AdsThe Effects of the Internet and Cyberspace on Sexual PredationConclusionReferencesDangerous Sex CrimesIntroductionNecrophiliaLevels of NecrophiliaEtiology of the NecrophiliacSadismInfibulationEtiology of the InfibulatorAutoeroticismCharacteristics of Erotic AsphyxiatesAquaerotic AsphyxiationPyromaniaCharacteristics of the PyromaniacConclusionDiscussion QuestionsReferencesSexually Motivated HomicidesIntroductionLust MurderThe Sexually Motivated KillerCharacteristics of the Lust KillerThe Number of Lust and Serial KillersConclusionReferencesRapeINTRODUCTIONSTATISTICS OF RAPEMYTHS ABOUT RAPERAPE IS A CRIME CONTROLLED BY AN UNCONTROLLABLE SEX DRIVEA WOMAN CAN RESIST RAPE IF SHE TRULY WISHESSTRANGERS COMMIT RAPESMANY WOMEN FALSELY CRY RAPEALL WOMEN WANT TO BE RAPEDIT CAN''T HAPPEN TO MEREASONS FOR NOT REPORTING RAPERAPE AND THE LAWCHARACTERISTICS OF RAPISTSTYPES OF RAPISTSThe Power Reassurance RapistAnger Retaliation RapistPower Assertive RapistSadistic RapistCONCLUSIONDISCUSSION QUESTIONSREFERENCESVICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
