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The Causes of Rape: Understanding Individual Differences in Male Propensity for Sexual Aggression (THE LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY.) Kindle Edition

by Martin L. Lalumiere (Author), Grant T. Harris (Author), Vernon L. Quinsey (Author), Format: Kindle Edition
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The Causes of Rape: Understanding Individual Differences in Male Propensity for Sexual Aggression examines why some men are prone to rape, offers probable causes for this inclination, and provides a comprehensive review of scientific studies of coercive sex.

The authors look at evidence from studies in developmental criminology, evolutionary psychology, psychopathology, and psychophysiology and examine the situational and social factors that influence the likelihood of rape. Theories about rape have an unfortunate history of being unconstrained by empirical knowledge, sometimes with the harmful consequence that solutions to the problem of rape are ineffectual. The authors address this situation with a fact-based exploration of this phenomenon, beginning with a review of coercive sex among animal species and an account of rape throughout history and across culture, moving through a discussion of current research on rape, and culminating with a synthesis of research findings that points toward a new explanation of why some men rape. The authors also discuss the practical implications of their research on the assessment and treatment of men who rape.

This empirically exhaustive book will be the new standard text on the phenomenon of rape and will help psychologists, social workers, and legal professionals to develop a better understanding of sexual aggression.

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    January 15, 2005
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  • John Matlock
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Definitive Book
    Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2005
    This book is clearly the definitive book on the subject. Extensively researched this book covers every aspect of enforced sex from the literature (going back to Greek times), from history as in the rape of Nanking and the Russian use of rape in Berlin almost as a matter of policy, and even in the animal kingdom.

    The authors also attempt to identify the causes rape using mental illnesses or more particularily the personality disorders as a contributing factor. Other aspects such as the relationship of pornography with rape are investigated (and in the case of porn it appears that the almost explosive growth of porn in recent years is lowering rape incidence).

    The ending chapters list several areas where treatments have been tried with mixed results, and give several areas where additional research is indicated. This is a splendid work on the subject, and may remain the definitive work unless the directions indicated here point the direction to additional research.
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  • D. Waterman
    2.0 out of 5 stars Fails as an attempt to identify the causes of rape
    Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2013
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    This book is more concerned with establishing the conditions in which rape is more likely to occur, than with identifying the causes of rape. The title is misleading. I find it difficult to understand why such a substantial work fails to answer the question it sets itself. The authors complete neglect of the subjective states of mind that contribute to misogyny and to violence against women is a serious oversight. However, the literature on this subject is extremely thin anyway. I would however suggest that researchers ought to be looking to the conditions surrounding birth and early childhood, especially separation anxiety, as a possible factor in unresolved mother child conflicts and therefore as a contributing factor in rape. For a more detailed examination, I refer readers to my own book, final chapter. See: Daniel Waterman and Casey William Hardison, Entheogens, Society & Law. Available from the Amazon website.
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