NCJ Number
147089
Journal
Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume: 21 Issue: 1 Dated: special issue (March 1994) Pages: 95-114
Date Published
1994
Length
20 pages
Annotation
Sixty incarcerated rapists were subtyped according to the Massachusetts Treatment Center Rapist typology as either "nonsexual" (opportunistic and vindictive subtypes) or "sexual" (nonsadistic and sadistic subtype).
Abstract
Subjects were then tested using the circumferential penile plethysmograph, assessing their erectile responses to verbal descriptions of consenting sex and rape. Additionally, the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised was scored for each subject, and institutional files were summarized and coded. The index offenses committed by the nonsexual subtypes were more violent and resulted in greater victim injury; the offenses of the men in the nonsexual subtypes were more likely to be impulsive; the men in the sexual subtypes were more socially isolated at the time of the offense. Relative sexual arousal to rape descriptions was greater among the sexual subtypes than among the nonsexual subtypes. These results are discussed in terms of two separate cognitive-behavioral processes leading to rape. There are two nonparaphilic processes, and there are two nonparaphilic processes. Among the vindictive rapists, the rape can be viewed as an expression of anger toward women; among the opportunistic rapists, the rape is primarily an impulsive act. 1 table and 29 references