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100 _aPolaschek, Devon L. L.
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245 _aA descriptive model of the offence chain for rapists
_cPolaschek, Devon L. L.
246 _aThesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology.
260 _c1999
300 _a223 p.
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500 _aThesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology. Available for loan from Victoria University Library.
520 _aThis study developed a preliminary descriptive model of the offence chain in rapists. Qualitative, primarily interview-based, data was obtained from 24 incarcerated New Zealand European rapists. The main source of data was a verbal description of the offence developed by the offender during interviews with the researcher. This description included the cognitive, affective, motivational and behavioural features of the sexual violation offence. It was analysed using grounded theory methodology. The resulting model demonstrates how rapes unfold over time and includes both offender behaviour and offender responses to victim behaviour. The model uses a number of variables to determine which path the offender followed, such as whether the offender believed the act was a sexual assault, the nature of the pre-offence relationship to the victim (stranger versus non-stranger), the level of force used in the offence, and the degree of victim injury. Using the model, analysis of the offenders' individual offence patterns indicated that they could be summarised in terms of three paths: seeking sexual gratification to enhance positive mood, escaping negative effect through sexual gratification, and redressing harm to self by harming others.
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_aBEHAVIOUR
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_aJUSTICE
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_aRAPE
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_aSEX OFFENDERS
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_aTHESES
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650 2 4 _aSEXUAL VIOLENCE
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_cTHESIS
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