Rape—A Comparison of Group Offences and Lone Assaults

Wright, Richard; West, D. J.

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“…Victim resistance has been reported to result in increased verbal and physical aggression (Davies, 1991), a reduction in sexual behaviour (but conversely an increase in sexual behaviour for sexual sadists), and a decrease in 'ingratiating social behaviours' (Davies, 1992, p. 191) by offenders in sexual offence series. Studies of victim resistance in rape and robbery offences report different victims using verbal protests, running away, and fi ghting offenders (Block & Skogan, 1986;Greenfi eld, 1997;Wright & West, 1991). Burgess and Holmstrom (1976) report the use of additional behaviours, such as stalling, fl attery, and bargaining, by some victims of rape.…”

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Incorporating context in linking crimes: an exploratory study of situational similarity and if‐then contingencies

Woodhams

Hollin

Bull

2008

Journal Invest Psychology

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Section: Situational Similarity Between Crimesmentioning

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Incorporating context in linking crimes: an exploratory study of situational similarity and if‐then contingencies

Woodhams

Hollin

Bull

2008

Journal Invest Psychology

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“…Whilst the studies by Wright and West [1981] and Amir [1971] are useful in describing the similarities between offences, they do not clearly reveal whether, or how, offences differ. Similarly, they provide little in the way of theoretical significance to the behavioural variation in sex offending.…”

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Behavioural coherence in violent group activity: An interpersonal model of sexually violent gang behaviour

Porter

Alison

2004

Aggressive Behavior

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This study provides an analysis of offender-victim interactions in 223 cases of sexual violence committed in gangs. Cases were derived from archival sources such as law reports. A multivariate analysis revealed four interpersonal themes (dominance, submission, co-operation, and hostility) previously identified in studies of lone sexual assault [Alison and Stein, Vicious Circles: Accounts of stranger sexual assault reflect abusive variants of conventional interactions. J Forensic Psychiatry 12: 2001]. These themes have also been identified in many other forms of human relating [Wiggins, An informal history of the interpersonal circumplex tradition. J Pers Assess 66: [217][218][219][220][221][222][223][224][225][226][227][228][229][230][231][232][233] 1996] and conform to a structure known as the interpersonal circumplex. The circumplex has previously been used to conceptualise the relationships between individuals in terms of dynamic interactions that are mutually influencing. Thus, dominance elicits submission and submission elicits dominance. Each interpersonal style could be further subdivided according to the use of either verbally or physically abusive strategies. Point-Biserial correlations with other aspects of the offence (e.g., mobility of the group, post-offence treatment of the victim) provided additional support for these conceptually different themes and demonstrated that gang rape represents a distorted and violent form of interpersonal relating. Further, this dynamic interaction emerges not just at an individual level, but at a group level, suggesting that the thematic concepts underpinning the interpersonal circumplex can be extended to group activity and sexually aggressive behaviour. Aggr. Behav. 30:449-468, 2004. Previous descriptive studies of gang rape have examined the frequency of various behavioural occurrences within group sexual assaults. Both Wright and West [1981] and Amir [1971] revealed that a large proportion of group rapes involve force and subsequent injuries to the victim, with approximately one-fifth involving the use of a weapon. Furthermore, a

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“…Offenders' school performances are relatively weak and truancy is common (Bijleveld et al, 2007, De Wree, 2004. Not much is known about the personality characteristics of juvenile male group sexual assault offenders, and some researchers reported that their personality Group sexual offending by juvenile females 6 profiles appear average and not different from other, non-sexual offenders (De Wree, 2004, Woods, 1969, Wright & West, 1981. Sexual abuse victimization of offenders themselves is reported to be low (between six and eight per cent) (Bijleveld & Hendriks, 2003, Hauffe & Porter, 2009).…”

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“…This is an important gap as we know from previous research that there may be important differences between (adult) sexual offenders who act alone and sexual offenders who operate with co-offenders (Bijleveld & Hendriks, 2003;Hauffe & Porter, 2009;Wright & West, 1981) In fact, adult female sexual offenders very often co-offend. The co-offenders is usually a man, who is often their intimate partner.…”

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Group Sexual Offending by Juvenile Females

Wijkman¹,

Weerman

Bijleveld

et al. 2014

Sex Abuse

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This study examined all group sexaul offending cases in the Netherlands between 1995 and 2009 (N=26) in which at least one juvenile female offender (N=35) had been adjudicated. Information from court files showed that the majority of juvenile female group sexual offenders have (inter)personal problems and (sexual) abuse experiences. The aims of the offender groups in committing the offense could be categorized in three themes: harassing the victim, sexual gratification, and taking revenge.The reasons why juvenile female offenders participated in a group could be categorized into group dynamics versus instrumental reasons.The findings are contrasted with findings on juvenile male group sexual offenders. Implications of the findings for research and treatment are discussed.

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Rape—A Comparison of Group Offences and Lone Assaults

Cited by 41 publications

References 3 publications

Incorporating context in linking crimes: an exploratory study of situational similarity and if‐then contingencies

Incorporating context in linking crimes: an exploratory study of situational similarity and if‐then contingencies

Behavioural coherence in violent group activity: An interpersonal model of sexually violent gang behaviour

Group Sexual Offending by Juvenile Females

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