SEX CRIMES AND SEX OFFENDERS Assignment 2

Define terms: 

1.      Attachment   

2.      Attachment Theory   

3.      Belief  

4.      Callousness  

5.      Castration Anxiety  

6.      Classical Conditioning   

7.     Cognitive Biases  

8.      Cognitive Distortions  

9.      Cognitive Schemas  

10.  Commitment   

11.  Crossover  

12.  Deterministic Cause  

13.  Ego  

14.  Experiential Learning   

15.  Grooming   

16.  Hormones   

17.  Id    

18.  Impulsivity   

19.  Involvement   

20.  Lack of Empathy   

21.  Narcissism   

22.  Neurotransmitters   

23.  Operant Conditioning   

24.  Penis Envy  

25.  Personality Pathology  

26.  Probabilistic Cause   

27.  Psychosexual Development   

28.  Rape Myths  

29.  Sadism  

30.  Self-Regulation Model of Sexual Offending  

31.  Superego  

32.  Vicarious Learning        


ANSWER THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:     


1.      Discuss two broad categories of theories regarding sex crimes and sex offenders: (1) sex-crime/sex-offender specific and (2) crime in general.   


2.      Discuss several single-factor sex-crime/sex-offender specific theories: biological, behavioral, cognitive, and psychological.   


3.      Provide an overview of several multiple-factor sex-crime/sex-offender theories: precondition theory, quadripartite theory, and integrated theory.   


4.      Provide an overview of several criminological theories that have been relied upon to explain sex crimes/sex offenders: social control (bonding) theory, self-control theory, routine activity theory, and social learning theory.   


5.      Describe a logic model of sex-offender characteristics and behaviors.

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