Profile of a Female Perpetrator

This is another one of the promised articles for calendar year 2008, and it took more research than usual. There’s less data on female sexual offenders than on male offenders, and the data that exists is interpreted in many ways. The information below is culled from a number of sources (see the source list at [...]

Profile of a Male Perpetrator

Four major types of rapists are consistently identified by law enforcement experts, profilers, and psychologists. The vast majority of research has been done on male perpetrators, and this information reflects studies of men. The four rapist types are:

Anger-excitation rapist
Anger-retaliation rapist
Power-assertive rapist
Power-reassurance rapist

When people say, “Rape isn’t about sex, it’s about power,” they’re especially correct about [...]

Profile of a Child Molester

This post is one of several promised subjects for posting during 2008. Most of this information is taken from interviews and writings by molesters themselves (from interviews others have done), and some is taken from research on child sexual predators.
Myths and Facts About Child Molesters

Myth: Anyone who would molest a child is seedy-looking or looks [...]

Marital Rape

Marital or spousal rape is rape committed by one spouse against the other. This type of rape has historically been controversial because of the assumption that marriage takes away either spouse’s right to refuse to have sex.
As you read the following paragraphs, you may think to yourself, “Where did this information come from? What’s the [...]

Washington State’s Confidentiality Program

NEW RESOURCE FOR WASHINGTON STATE…
Through a new TV commercial I just became aware of a Washington State service called the Address Confidentiality Program (ACP). If you’re fleeing from domestic abuse, stalking, or a sexual assault, you may be able to access this program to keep your new address and contact information strictly confidential.
There are certain [...]

Blog Plans for 2008

Coming Posts:

“Getting safe and getting help: Stalking” [the second in a series of two "get safe" posts--the first one was "Getting safe and getting help: Sexual Assault" posted on 12/7/07]
“Profile of a Male Perpetrator”
“Profile of a Female Perpetrator”
“Profile of a Child Molester”

Write in with ideas of other related topics you’d like to see covered in [...]

Getting safe and getting help: Sexual Assault

When you’ve just been sexually assaulted there are only three basic things that absolutely have to be done:

Get away from your attacker
Go to a safe place
Call 911 for help (it’s extremely helpful to also call a supportive friend or family member at this point)

But here’s a complete list of steps that will make this miserable [...]

Sexual Assault Resources Specifically for Men

That men are raped is not in question. The same as for female rape victims, many ignorant people in society hold bigoted or erroneous views about male rape victims:

Men can protect themselves, so he must’ve wanted it or else he would’ve stopped it.
Now that he’s been raped, he’s homosexual.
He was homosexual anyway, so it’s all [...]

Define Sexual Assault

I wish some of this material could be posted directly here, but it is all under full copyright. Resources are not available to purchase the material or the rights to republish it. But here are direct links to the exact information.
Definition of Rape
Any type of penetration (using body parts, objects, etc.) of any body orifice [...]

Sexual assault stats from the National Center for Victims of Crime

Visit the sexual assault statistics page on the National Center for Victims of Crime website.
Also visit their Resources page for helpful links and contact information to assist sexual assault victims.
This site contains a solid information set of statistics and resources for many other types of crime as well as sexual assault (including statistics and resources [...]

General Rape Victim Profile and Costs of Rape

[Originally posted on Saturday, August 05, 2006 at 10:42 AM PDT]
This information comes from the OVC (Office for Victims of Crime) website. Click here to view the information directly. The information can be listed here without violating copyright because it is for educational purposes.

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigations’s Uniform [...]

Help for Victims of Sexual Assault

[Originally posted on Friday, August 04, 2006 at 8:14 PM PDT]
This information is taken from the Office for the Victims of Crime website. You can find the information below by clicking here. According to the website, “These documents may be freely distributed and used for non-commercial, scientific and educational purposes.”For information on rights and [...]