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- The study hypothesizes that stranger rape victims' statements will show varying levels of violation, categorized from personal to physical to sexual violations.
- It suggests that these offenses can be classified into four main themes: hostile, controlling, stealing, or involving.
- Analysis of crime scene data from 112 incidents supports the idea of a composite model of rape that emphasizes hostility and pseudo-intimacy over traditional notions of power and control, impacting how rape is classified, investigated, and how victims are treated.
Article Abstract
It is hypothesized that stranger rape victim statements will reveal a scale of violation experienced by the victim, ranging from personal violation, through to physical violation, and finally, at the most extreme level, sexual violation. It is also hypothesized that offences can be differentiated in terms of one of four themes: hostile, controlling, stealing, or involving. To test these hypotheses, crime scene data from 112 rapes were analyzed by the multi-dimensional scaling procedure Smallest Space Analysis. The results provide empirical support for a composite model of rape consisting of four behavioral themes as different expressions of various intensities of violation. The results also suggest that stranger rapes may be less about power and control than about hostility and pseudo-intimacy. The proposed model has implications for the classification of rape, the investigation of sexual crimes, and the treatment of victims.
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