Chapter 1 Sex Behaviors and Crimes in the US
Sexual predator a person who has been convict4ed of or pleaded guilty to commit a sexually oriented offences and who is likely in
the future to commit more
Habitual sex offender determined by the sentencing court to have previously convicted of or plead guilty to one or more sexual
offences
Sexually oriented offender person who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to committing a sexual oriented offense
mores those behaviors that must be followed to prevent the destruction of society
folkways are those normal, habitual ways of behaving
Types of Homo:
Secret Homo a homo who prefers to keep his/her sexual orientation hidden from others
sometimes may attempt to keep their orientation from themselves
Blatant homo in dress, speech and mannerisms, makes no attempt to disguise his/her orientation
they go to places where homos go, they invite identification and labeling
Adjusted Homo who is quite content to be gay
accept their sexual orientation so they don’t suffer over their choices of sexual partners
they may admit being gay when the question is asked but they do not flaunt that they are gay
Institutional Homo a homo who does not have a selfimage as being gay
become involved in homo experience b/c of the situation they find themselves in
when they aren’t in that situation, they turn back to straight
Homosexual Prostitute male who offers his sexual favors to other males for pay
ages 1517
many come from lower SOS and suffer physical abuse as a child
Homosexual Pedophile a homo who desire to have sex only with samesex children
4 standards used to explain what is normal the statistical, cultural, religious and subjective standards
The Statistical Standard
if more than 50% of population practice a certain sexual behavior, it’s considered normal
using statistical standard can be dangerous b/c it can define lawbreaking as normal
Roman shower vomiting on partner, usually after drinking urine or wine
The Cultural Standard
laws are legally sanctioned folkways and mores
community rules and state laws limiting the actions and behavior of its members often arise from the needs of society
o a culture ten arise from the needs and ensure that the members obeys those rules
Religious Normalcy
for some, religious standard is the most important
The Subjective Standard
most important in any person’s life
this standard legitimizes behavior in the same fashion as statistical, cultural and religious standards, but at a personal level
4 Elements of Sexual Behavior
elements true in either normal or deviant sexual behavior
Fantasy
to be sexual, one must have a sexual fantasy
not all fantasies are sexual, some take form of revenge, love lost, hatred, etc
Symbolism
a fetish is an inanimate object to which one has attached sexual feelings
partialism is an isolated part of the body to which sexual feelings had been attached
o a lot of people have partialisms, can be male or women
when the fetish or partialism must be a part of a sexual encounter, it is often a sign of unhealthy attraction to that symbol
Ritualism
for sex offenders, the element of ritualism is one hat has increased almost to the point of addiction
some might make them repeat the same phases or even call them a different name
Compulsion
the feeling and need to rape
compulsivity can be so overwhelming that emotions and caring for the partners go missing
Chapter 2 Theories of sexual Deviance
1 those convicted of sexual offence are often required to register with the state and certain restrictions on the place they can live
and the people they can associate with
a list of sexual offenders has their person info available, addresses, pictures and a list of previous offending behaviors
4 approaches are the psychiatric and social learning models and the constitutional and sociobiological schools of thought
Psychological Models of Deviance
Psychological Models emphases the individual and environmental influences on the personality, both criminal and social
also considers the mental processes that mediate the relationship between the individual and his/her environment
focus on the individual’s personality and identity
they believe once the personality traits are identified, it is possible that others sharing the same characteristics ma be prone to
engage in similar acts given the right social circumstances
ex of psychological models is the file developed by FBI to classify offenders into organized and disorganized killers
o designed to help law enforcement officials to understand why an offender committed a specific type of crime
o organized or disorganized offenders are likely to engage in similar types of crimes with similar signatures or unique
pattern
Psychiatric Models of Sexual Deviance
The Psychiatric Model follows the tradition psychoanalytic perspectives advanced by its founder, Sigmund Freud
exploring and examining positive motivations and drives of offenders
begin with the assumption that all people are born with innate drives to fulfill their urges
o drives include motivation to eat, sleep, engage in sexual behavior to satisfy themselves and to populate the species
according to Freud, there are three integral parts of the human psyche that control human behavior and compose the building
blocks of an individual’s personality
ID
contains the unconscious and instinctual parts of the personality and contains the savage impulses of the individual that seeks
instant gratification
most of these impulses lies in the area of sex and aggression
Ego
an insulating layer that attempts to protec
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