CRM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Aggravated Sexual Assault

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 101
• Professor: Daniel Alati

Document Summary

Instrumental crime: to prove financial or social position (e. g. robbery) Expressive violence: to vent rage, anger, or frustration. Crimes of passion (e. g. , domestic violence, murder, assault) Rape became known as sexual assault in 1983; marital exemption was abolished in 1983. Sexual assault is any unwanted act of a sexual nature; includes sexual exploitation, unwanted sexual touching, rape, or injuring or endangering the life of the victim. Gendered violence: the concept that forms of violence tends to be committed against women, by men, such as sexual assault, stalking, and domestic violence. Anger rape -> occurs when sexuality becomes a means of expressing and discharging pent-up anger and rage. Power rape -> involves an attacker who does not want to harm his victim as much as he wants to possess her sexually. Sadistic rape -> involves both sexuality and aggression; bound up in ritual, may torment his victim.