RESEARCH INTO VIOLENT BEHAVIOR - OVERVIEW AND SEXUAL ASSAULTS - HEARINGS BEFORE THE HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PLANNING, ANALYSIS, AND COOPERATION, JANUARY 10-12, 1978

• NCJ Number: 55729
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 935 pages
• Corporate Author: US Congress
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: 95TH CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION

Annotation

THE PRESENT STATE OF RESEARCH INTO VIOLENT BEHAVIOR INCLUDING SEXUAL ASSAULT IS EXPLORED THROUGH HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE HEARINGS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND RESULTS ARE IDENTIFIED, FUTURE RESEARCH RECOMMENDED.

Abstract

AS PART OF AN EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION OF CRIME AND JUSTICE RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD, THE SUBCOMMITTEE CONDUCTED A SERIES OF HEARINGS ON RESEARCH INTO VIOLENT BEHAVIOR. TESTIMONY BY CRIMINOLOGISTS, PSYCHIATRISTS, REPRESENTATIVES OF WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, AND OTHER EXPERT WITNESSES FOCUSES ON THE PRACTICAL NEED TO CONCENTRATE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM RESOURCES ON THE RECIDIVIST VIOLENT CRIMINAL, THE NEED FOR MORE RESEARCH, THE GENERAL STATUS OF RESEARCH INTO VIOLENT BEHAVIOR, PREDICTION OF DANGEROUS AND REPEAT OFFENDERS, AND THE EFFECTS OF THE SYSTEM ON THE PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE. SEXUAL ASSAULT TOPICS INCLUDE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT TECHNIQUES FOR RAPISTS, VICTIMOLOGY, CRISIS INTERVENTION FOR RAPE VICTIMS, CHILD MOLESTERS, AND DIAGNOSTIC MEASUREMENTS CURRENTLY IN USE FOR DIFFERENTIATING THE RAPIST FROM THE NONRAPIST FROM A PHYSIOLOGIC STANDPOINT. REFERENCES, APPENDIXES, AND SOME STATISTICAL TABULAR DATA PROVIDED. (LWM)