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Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment Teacher - Student Sexual Relations Pedophilia in the Catholic Church Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment Resources In one study, 13% of surveyed American women of ages 18 and older reported having been the victim of at least one rape. Defined as "an event that occurred without the woman's consent, involved the use of force or threat of force, and involved sexual penetration of the victim's vagina, mouth or rectum." (Kilpatrick et al. 1992, p. i). Sexual assault is defined as intentional sexual contact, characterized by use of force, physical threat or abuse of authority or when the victim does not or cannot consent. Sexual assault can occur without regard to gender or spousal relationship or age of victim. Sexual assault is a crime. Sexual assault includes:
"Polygraph Screening of Sex Offenders," by Dr. Drew C. Richardson, 21 May 2005. A letter to the editor of the UK newspaper Telegraph on plans to implement compulsory lie detector "testing" for convicted sex offenders released under licence. Rape, the Most Intimate of Crimes Most rapists are never caught, and conviction rates for those apprehended are notoriously low. According to Department of Justice statistics, 48 percent of accused rapists were released before trial. Of those tried, only 54 percent were sentenced to prison. Even more troubling is that the average sex offender may commit hundreds of crimes in his lifetime, which means that the vast majority of rapes go undetected and unpunished. A recent Washington State Institute of Public Policy that study found one of the nation's largest treatment programs for incarcerated male sex offenders had no impact on recidivism rates. In a 2005 landmark study researchers found a hospital treatment program confining California sex offenders had no significant deterrent impact on repeat crimes. Lifetime Sex Offender Recidivism: A 25-Year Follow-Up Study A sample of 320 sex offenders and 31 violent non-sex offenders seen for psychiatric assessment between 1966 and 1974, were compared on lifetime recidivism rates over a minimum of 25 years. RCMP and hospital records were the best sources. Using sex reoffense charges, convictions, or court appearances as criteria approximately three in five reoffended, but this proportion increased to more than four in five when all offenses and undetected sex crimes were included in the analysis. Group differences in recidivism were noteworthy, with child sexual abusers and exhibitionists most likely to reoffend and incest offenders least likely. Time at large and time incarcerated played a relatively minor role in results, except in the case of offenders who were sexually aggressive against adult females, courtship disordered, or violent. The typical known criminal career spanned almost two decades, indicating that sex offense recidivism remained a problem over a significant part of the offenders’ adult lives. Department of Psychiatry University of Toronto The Predator Among Us - Money, GQ looks, fast cars, beautiful wives. David Miller had all that and a sinister compulsion. Miller attacked women when he was angry, usually with a woman he loved. "After his mom's death, he went on a rampage." It's not that women are perpetually frightened or immobilized by fear. Rather it's that we know we must constantly be wary. We look over our shoulder in the parking lot, hold our keys in our hands as we leave the building, check out who's in the elevator, lock our windows even on a sweltering summer night -- a hundred small gestures that become second nature to a woman. We take precautions a man never considers. Sexual Sadism, Cannibalism, Necrophilia -- The term sadism is derived from the French author who lived from 1740 to 1814, Donatien-Alphonse-Francois de Sade, known as the Marquis de Sade . Sadists mix love with cruelty. The practice was recognized as a sexual perversion by Krafft-Ebing in 1898 consisting of strong impulses to coitus, coupled with predatory acts of maltreatment, even murder (necrophilia, then called "lust murder") which occurs primarily because of an inability to be satisfied with coitus. The billion-dollar business of human trafficking -- Hundreds of thousands of young, desperate girls are trafficked each year as sex slaves. Some are lured overseas with the promise of a good job, only to be enslaved once they arrive. Others are simply abducted.
Rough Amusements: The True Story of A'Lelia Walker, Patroness of the Harlem Renaissance's Down-Low Culture by Ben Neihart -- When A'Lelia Walker died in 1931 after a midnight snack of lobster and chocolate cake washed down with champagne, it marked the end of one of the most striking social careers in New York's history. The daughter of rags-to-riches multi-millionaire Madame C. J. Walker (the washerwoman who marketed the most successful straightening technique for African American hair), A'Lelia was America's first black poor little rich girl, using her inheritance to throw celebrity-packed parties in her Westchester Mansion and her 136th Street would-be salon, 'Dark Tower'. Neihart takes us into the heart of A'Lelia's world-gay Harlem in the 1920s. In tracing its cultural antecedents, he delves into the sexual subculture of 19th-century New York, exploring mixed-race prostitution; the New York society; French Balls ("the most sophisticated forum for testing the bound September 11, 2007 depraved 19th-century bar). Neihart traces the line connecting Davy Crockett's world without women to Walt Whitman's boundless love of beautiful men to A'Lelia's cultivation of the racial, social, and sexual risk that defined the Harlem Renaissance. The French Quarter: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld by Herbert Asbury -- Home to the notorious "Blue Book," which listed the names and addresses of every prostitute living in New Orleans's infamous red-light district, one of the most raucous in the world. New Orleans underworld consisted of much more than the local bordellos, it was well known as the early gambling capital of the US, with one of the most violent records of street crime in the country. From the exploits of Mary Jane "Bricktop" Jackson and Bridget Fury, two prostitutes who became famous after murdering their associates, to the "filibusters" backed by hundreds of thousands of dollars of public Support without official governmental approval for military missions to take over bordering Spanish regions in Texas. Asbury takes the reader on an intriguing, photograph-filled journey through a unique version of the American underworld. Sex-Related Homicide and Death Investigation: Practical and Clinical Perspectives by Vernon J. Geberth -- Sex-related homicides claim victims from all walks of life. They are the most horrific crimes imaginable, and the motives behind them are often not clear-cut. Practical and Clinical Perspectives stresses the basics, indicates the practicalities of certain investigative techniques, and provides you with patterns upon which to build a solid foundation for a prosecutable case. I Am the Central Park Jogger by Trisha Meili The 1989 raped and beaten jogger reveals her ordeal and her identity. Assessing Sex Offenders: Problems and Pitfalls (American Series in Behavioral Science and Law) by Terence W. Campbell Practical Aspects of Rape Investigation: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Third Edition by Robert R. Hazelwood , Ann Wolbert Burgess -- The world of rape has special offenders. Focus on them -- juvenile sexual offenders, female sexual offenders, necrophilia, sexual predators in nursing homes, serial rapists, sexual sadists, delayed reporting and mental retardation. It brings into focus the five principals involved in rape investigation: police investigator, examining nurse, forensic scientist, crisis counselor, and prosecutor. It demonstrates how each works together for effective handling of sexual assault crimes. September 11, 2007 Kari & Associates Copyright Kari Sable Burns 1994-2007 |
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, Capturing The Friedmans a middle-class family in the affluent New York suburb of Great Neck. One Thanksgiving, as the family gathers at home for dinner, their front door explodes, splintered by a police battering ram. Officers rushed in accusing Arnold Friedman and his youngest son Jesse of shocking crimes. The film follows their story through unique real footage of the family in crisis, inside the Friedman house. As the police investigate, and the community reacts, the family disintegrates, revealing provocative questions about truth, justice, and family. Athletes and Acquaintance Rape by Jeffrey R. Benedict -- In an age of sports hero idolatry, it is essential to understand the relationship between male athletes and violence against women. Reports of well-known athletes, both professional and intercollegiate, who have been charged with crimes involving violence against women are prevalent in the media. Are these athletes more likely to gain the spotlight because of their status as star athletes? Or do their lifestyles make athletes more likely to engage in sexual assault, battering, or other forms of violence against women than non athletes? Athletes and Acquaintance Rape unravels the controversy of this topic by focusing on three high-profile cases involving professional athletes who have been charged with sexual assault. Jeffrey R. Benedict provides a brief history on each athlete and traces the chronology of events leading up to the charges of sexual assault and the results of those charges. By examining specific aspects of the collegiate and professional athletes life, Benedict reveals a climate predisposed to committing violence against women that provides star athletes with protection from punishment and conviction. Intriguing and thought-provoking, Athletes and Acquaintance Rape will prove useful for academics, practitioners, and students in several fields, including sociology, psychology, gender studies, law, sport management, educational administration, violence against women, and family violence. Written in an engaging style, the
Gender, Crime, and Justice: Advances in Understanding by Merry Morash Why are there gender differences in rates of criminal victimization? Does gender influence the response of the criminal justice system and other parts of the community to offenders and to crime victims? What part does gender play in the etiology of illegal activities committed by both males and females? Understanding Gender, Crime, and Justice considers areas that are often neglected in books on gender, crime, and justice. In the last three decades, there has been an explosion of research relevant to gender, crime, and justice.
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is an inspiring, comprehensive guide that offers hope and encouragement to every woman who, was sexually abused as a child -- and those who care about her. Although the effects of child sexual abuse are long-term and severe, healing is possible. The authors weave personal experience with professional knowledge to show the reader how she can come to terms with her past while moving powerfully into the future. They provide clear explanations, practical suggestions, a map of the healing journey, and many moving first-person examples of the recovery process drawn from their interviews with hundreds of survivors.
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