Deck 10: Sexual Offending

Question 1

Which of the following are included as part of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Report's definition of rape?

A) statutory rape
B) incest
C) sexual assault
D) attempts to commit rape

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Bureau of Justice Statistics includes ______ under the offense "attempted rape."

A) verbal threats of rape
B) date rape
C) sexual assault
D) revoked consent

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Gary gets his date, Michelle, drunk and she passes out. He has sex with her. Why is this considered rape?

A) Michelle said she did not want to have sex.
B) Gary is a date rapist.
C) Michelle and Gary were on a date.
D) Michelle was unable to give consent.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

When sexual assault occurs during a date, it can typically involve ______.

A) verbal or physical coercion
B) provocative clothing
C) consent
D) mixed signals

Question 5

Kevin often takes the subway. He finds women and touches them without their consent to achieve sexual arousal. What is this called?

A) voyeurism
B) sexual indecency
C) exhibitionism
D) frottage

Question 6

Which country has the highest number of reported rapes?

A) Colombia
B) the United States of America
C) Sweden
D) Russia

Question 7

How is the per country rape rate calculated?

A) the number of rapes per 1,000,000 people in the world
B) the number of reported rapes per 100,000 people in the country
C) the number of reported rapes divided by the total country population
D) the total number of rapes per year divided by the total world population

Question 8

Which city has the highest rate of reported rape?

A) Istanbul
B) Madrid
C) New York
D) Maputo

Question 9

Which of the following is true about rape victims?

A) Females commit more rapes than males.
B) There are more male victims of rape than female victims.
C) There are more female victims of rape than male victims.
D) White women have the highest rate of rape victimization.

Question 10

Which demographic category experiences the highest rate of rape victimization?

A) Black women
B) White women
C) Asians
D) Native Hawaiians

Question 11

Which of the following is true about the sexual victimization of children?

A) Children are sexually victimized most frequently by other children.
B) Children are sexually victimized most frequently by older women.
C) Children are sexually victimized most frequently at school.
D) Children are sexually victimized most frequently by people they know.

Question 12

According to Groth's typology of rapists, rapists are motivated by power, anger, or ______.

A) sexual desire
B) sadism
C) mental illness
D) the need to control

Question 13

Ted experiences a severe disruption in his personal life. He is reprimanded at his job, he is in debt, and his wife has threatened to leave him. Ted commits a rape, which Rada would classify as a ______.

A) psychotic personality rape
B) masculine identity conflict rape
C) situation stress rape
D) sadistic tendency rape

Question 14

Jack travels to Thailand once a year to pay prostitutes to have sex with him. What is Jack?

A) a sex tourist
B) a pedophile
C) a sex trafficker
D) a pimp

Question 15

Faith is well-paid. She operates without police scrutiny, arranging "dates" via the Internet, which are actually encounters where she is paid for sex. Her clients are typically quite wealthy. What type of prostitute is Faith?

A) call girl
B) window worker
C) bar girl
D) streetwalker

Question 16

Vivian provides sex in exchange for relatively little money. She finds her clients at various intersections in a large urban area. She has a long arrest record. What type of prostitute is Vivian?

A) call girl
B) window worker
C) bar girl
D) streetwalker

Question 17

Mina is 13. She meets a friend online and believes she is in love. Soon, he begins demanding that she travel to a nearby town so they can meet. What kind of online sexual solicitation is this?

A) passive
B) aggressive
C) sextortion
D) catfishing

Question 18

In online sexual solicitation between a child and a predator, what role does physical contact play?

A) To convict a predator, there must be evidence of unwanted physical contact.
B) For a crime to have occurred, sexual contact must have occurred.
C) Physical contact does not have to occur for a crime to occur.
D) To arrest a predator, there must be evidence of physical contact.

Question 19

Hanna and Jerome are dating. Jerome convinces Hanna to provide him with naked picture. When she tries to break up with him, he threatens to post the nude pictures on various social media websites. What is this called?

A) pedophilia
B) sextortion
C) aggressive sexual solicitation
D) pornography

Question 20

What is the most common long-term effect of childhood sexual abuse?

A) higher rates of mental health issues
B) promiscuity
C) inappropriate sexual behavior
D) obesity

Question 21

What is it called when children are victimized by more than one type of sexual abuse?

A) aggressive sexual solicitation
B) sexual predation
C) polyvictimization
D) multicasualty

Question 22

Which statement accurately compares victims of child sexual abuse to non-victims?

A) Victims of childhood sexual abuse are more likely to experience sexual victimization as adults.
B) Victims of childhood sexual abuse are less likely to experience sexual victimization as adults.
C) Victims of childhood sexual abuse are more likely to become prostitutes as adults.
D) Victims of childhood sexual abuse are less likely to experience intimate partner violence.

Question 23

What is unique about how we understand pedophilia compared to how we understand other forms of sexual offending?

A) Pedophilia is considered only as a criminal issue, while other forms of sexual offending are considered as both a crime and a mental health issue.
B) Pedophilia cannot be stopped, while other forms of sexual offending can be stopped.
C) Pedophilia is considered only as a mental health issue, not a criminal issue.
D) Pedophilia is understood as both a crime and a mental health issue.

Question 24

According to culture conflict theory, why does rape and sexual assault occur?

A) It occurs because patriarchal culture encourages sexual assault.
B) It occurs because conduct norms regarding appropriate sexual behavior differ between societies.
C) It occurs because men are socialized to maintain power, control, and dominance over women.
D) It occurs because violent subcultures normalize sexual assault.

Question 25

Dr. Adebayo suggests that sexual assault occurs when there is a motivated offender, a suitable target, and no witnesses. Which theory is Dr. Adebayo using to explain sexual assault?

A) feminist theory
B) subcultures of violence theory
C) routine activities theory
D) differential identification theory

Question 26

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Report, if penetration does not occur, rape has not occurred.

Question 27

The Bureau of Justice Statistics defines sexual assault as a category of rape.

Question 28

Men cannot be raped.

Question 29

In the United States, Michigan has the highest rate of reported rape.

Question 30

The highest rate of rape and sexual assault occurs among girls aged 12-15.

Question 31

Males commit nearly all officially recorded forcible rapes.

Question 32

A situational stress offender commits rape because of sexual uncertainty.

Question 33

Sociopathic rapists offend to satisfy sexual desires.

Question 34

Some motivations for rape include power, anger, and sadism.

Question 35

Men are more likely to be arrested for prostitution than women.

Question 36

Call girls are high-status sex workers.

Question 37

Bar girls provide the cheapest form of prostitution.

Question 38

If an older male arranges to meet an underage victim found online to have sex, it is considered a traveler case.

Question 39

Victims of childhood sexual assault are at greater risk for sexual victimization later in life.

Question 40

According to Sellin, because prostitution does not conform to middle-class values, it is defined as sexual deviance.

Question 41

Summarize the typical offender characteristics of rapists.

Question 42

Define, and provide examples of, grooming.

Question 43

Distinguish between rape and sexual assault.

Question 44

Distinguish between voyeurs and exhibitionists.

Question 45

List the three criteria for diagnosing pedophilia used in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder--DSM-5.

Question 46

What do international studies tell us about the rates of sexual offending?

Question 47

Distinguish between the six most common types of prostitute.

Question 48

Summarize the short- and long-term effects of childhood sexual victimization.

Question 49

Compare and contrast how Merton's approach would explain prostitution with how Sellin's approach would explain prostitution.

Question 50

Distinguish between the differential association and differential identification approach to explaining sexual offending.