Inside the Mind of a Serial Rapist

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Pub. Date: 2000-10-01
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Author Biography

Dennis J. Stevens, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor, the University of Massachusetts at Boston. In addition to teaching students, he has counseled police officers at police academies and led group encounters at penitentiaries such as Attica, Stateville and Joliet, and prisons in the Carolinas and Massachusetts

Table of Contents

List of Tables
xi
Commendatory Forewords
Frank Schmalleger xiii
M.L. Dantzker xiv
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction
Go to the Source
1(1)
Believing Criminals
2(2)
Sharing Some Thoughts
4(1)
Uniqueness of This Study
4(1)
Chapter Order
5(1)
Objectives
6(1)
About this Study
7(1)
Admitting Serial Rape
8(1)
Statements of the Sample
9(2)
Chapter One
Definition of Serial Rape
11(1)
The Victim
11(1)
How Many Victims Are There?
12(1)
Why Females Don't Report Serial Rape
13(4)
Myths About Rape
General Myths About Serial Rape
17(1)
Submitting when Sexually Attacked
17(3)
Population Increases Cause More Serial Rape
20(1)
Legalizing Prostitution Would Result in Less Forcible Rape
21(1)
Since Criminals Disrespect Law and Order, They Commit Crimes
22(1)
More Money and More Cops Means Greater Crime Control
22(2)
Violent Crime is Declining
24(2)
If We Lock Up Criminals, Rape Will Be Deterred
26(5)
Rival Causes of Serial Rape
An Overview: The Causes of Serial Rape
31(1)
Social Role Inequalities and Cultural Perspectives
31(1)
Psychological Predisposition
32(1)
Biological Perspectives
32(1)
Social Learning
33(1)
Subcultural
33(6)
Summary
39(1)
Motives of Serial Rape: Lust, Righteous, and Peer Rape
Motives of Serial Rape
39(8)
Lust Rape Motives
39(1)
Righteous Rape Motives
40(3)
Peer Rape Motives
43(4)
Motives of Serial Rape: Control/Anger, Supremacy, Fantasy Rape, and Unclear
Control and Anger Rape Motives
47(1)
Supremacy Rape Motives
48(2)
Fantasy Rape Motives
50(1)
Unclear Rape Motives
51(1)
Summary
52(5)
Victim Selection Techniques
Victim Selection
57(3)
Easy Prey
57
Young Girls as Easy Prey
56(2)
Middle Class Females as Easy Prey
58(1)
Occupational Tracking and Easy Prey
58(1)
Shoppers as Easy Prey
59(1)
Females Who Decrease Their Defense Capabilities
60(1)
Random
61(2)
Situational Targeting
63(2)
Confusing Statements
65(1)
Target Conclusions
66(3)
Violence and Serial Rape
Overview of Violence
69(1)
Descriptions of Violence
70(7)
Unclear Violence Level
72(1)
Nonviolence
72(1)
Intimidation
72(1)
Moderate Violence
73(1)
Limited Violence
74(1)
Ultimate Violence
75(2)
Conclusion
77(2)
Excessive Force
Assumptions of Human Behavior
79(1)
Excessive Force Offenders
80(4)
An Evil Role
84(5)
Chapter 9
Inside the mind of a serial rapist
89(8)
Chapter 10
Conclusions
97(6)
Appendix 1
About the Prison
103(4)
Appendix 2
Student Interviewers
107(1)
Criminal Validity
108(1)
Appendix 3
Types of Questions
109(2)
Appendix 4
Who were the offenders in this study?
111
Data Collection
110(1)
Interviews
110(7)
Appendix 5
Race of the victims
117(2)
References 119(8)
Index 127

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