NCJ Number
11118
Date Published
1971
Length
403 pages
Annotation
PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS AND RELATIONSHIPS OF THE RAPE OFFENDER AND VICTIM, THE MODUS OPERANDI, AND LIKELY SITUATIONS OF RAPE OCCURRENCE.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR'S FINDINGS ARE BASED ON STUDY OF EXISTING LITERATURE, AS WELL AS ON HIS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF ALL CASES OF FORCIBLE RAPE REPORTED IN THE PHILADELPHIA POLICE DEPARTMENT FILES FROM 1958 TO 1960. CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE OFFENSE, SUCH AS GROUP RAPE, FELONY RAPE, VICTIM-PRECIPITATED RAPE, AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALCOHOL AND RAPE, ARE EXAMINED. HE CONCLUDES WITH A SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY OF CAUSATION WHICH PROPOSES THAT RAPE RESULTS FROM A SUBCULTURE OF VIOLENCE IN WHICH AGGRESSION IS EMPHASIZED AND CONDONED. A THIRTY PAGE LIST OF REFERENCES IS PROVIDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)