Types of Rapists
Types of Rapists
Types of Rapists
Ms.Amith Bse-
sens
TYPES OF RAPISTS
Motivation
• Insecure
• To possess, not
harm
• Feels inadequacy with women – much self-
doubt
• Rape to restore self-
confidence
• Confirmation of manhood – ensure she
enjoyed it
• Often done in conjunction with
another crime Method of Attack
• Threat of weapon, but often without having one, and any use of
weapon will be
one of
opportunity Behavior
• Reassures victim's
safety
• Will often attempt to instigate the victim to talk dirty to him, but he will
rarely
speak obscenely
Apologetic/expression
of guilt Involves victim in
sexual activity
Low aggression
exhibited
• Does not cause unnecessary
physical harm
Selects victim in advance
• Victim in close proximity of
rapist
• Attack for short period of time; longer with more
compliance
• Contacts victim post
attack
• Often believes the experience was
pleasurable for the victim Personal Information
• Average education level is 10th grade
. Most often single and living with one or
both parents
• Few friends and no sex
partner
• Aggressive and possibly seductive
mother . Will tend to terminate the rape
if victim resists
• Most likely of all rapists to be dissuaded if scream, cry,
plead, or fight
2. Power Assertive (a.k.a. entitlement, exploitative, can be a “date
rapist”) Motivation
• Insecure, but comes across to have no self-
doubt
• To possess, not harm, but harm often occurs
• Feels inadequate with women -
overactive ego
• Restore self-
confidence
• Confirmation of manhood – rapes because he is a man and
entitled to
• Express virility and personal
dominance Method of Attack
• Mainly verbal threats .
Control, mastery, humiliation
• Force with a weapon, but often only to ensure
cooperation
• Desires little victim interaction; rapist’s pleasure in
primary
• Stereotypically known as
“macho” Behavior
• Use of obscene language .
Explicit sexually; demanding
• Often repeatedly attacks single
victim
• Sexually punishes by pulling, pinching,
biting
• Bondage often
employed
• Similar with anger retaliatory – goal is to humiliate
victim
• Moderate to high aggression
exhibited
• Non-lethal goal, but death can occur due to brutality
employed
• Tends to be unorganized as has little control over impulses,
but weaponry
planning can show organization
• Victim selected in advance at times, but often opportunistic
• Finds victim often at single bar
locations
• Selects safe location, victim dependent; often transports
victim to assault
locatio
n
• Victim held captive during
rape
• Desire to leave victim physically and
emotionally traumatized Personal Information
• 69% raised in single-parent
family
• 74% physically abused as
a child
• High school
dropout
• Serial marriages – has existing
consistent sex partner
• Dishonorable discharge from the
military
• Domestic problems (in attempt to validate
macho image)
• Image
conscious
• Masculine type job – construction,
police officer
Anger Rapists – Goal to
Torture