The Feminist Theory best explains Kemper’s action towards the women he murdered. This theory best fits has the obsession to kill and rape wasn’t about the sexual act itself as it was about the power and control over women. According to Terry (2013) “Sexual gratification is not considered by most feminists to be the primary motive for rape. Rather, rape is used as just one other tool to dominate and control women, who are considered relatively powerless compared to men and, therefore, subservient to them “(pg. 57). Kemper watched from a young age his mother exert power and control over her husband and him this led to a resentment. Kemper developed anger and rage towards his mother and used the raping and killing of women to take back control.
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Terry (2013), explains Freud’s idea that “Castration anxiety and penis envy result from boys and girls discovering the differences in their genitalia; boys conclude that girls are actually boys whose fathers have cut off their penises, and girls are jealous of boys” (pg. 54). This idea that men fear their fathers are going to cut off their penis is just absurd never have I heard a boy say such a tall tale.
The second theory that is also less prevalent to sex offending behavior is the Routine Activities Theory. Terry (2013), states that sexual behavior will not occur “if they feel that the opportunity to commit the crime presents too much risk, if the reward isn’t big enough, or if too much effort is required” (pg. 63.) Experts will claim that criminals who commit sexual acts such as rape break into home or will commit the act in public like at parks. These instances create a huge risk of being caught and entices the offender and increase the sexual …show more content…
Traditional theories like life course theory state that a behavior will stop if a major life change happens like marriage or having children will stop the behavior. However, with sex offenders it is the opposite it may increase their behavior. Another problem with applying theories to sex offenders is that there are all different reasons why they commit the acts. For example, to some it may be a learned behavior instances in their own life may have taught them how to commit acts. For others it may be physiological there may be some miss conception in the brain that makes them think the way they do and they cannot be reasoned with or taught to believe
Terry (2013), explains Freud’s idea that “Castration anxiety and penis envy result from boys and girls discovering the differences in their genitalia; boys conclude that girls are actually boys whose fathers have cut off their penises, and girls are jealous of boys” (pg. 54). This idea that men fear their fathers are going to cut off their penis is just absurd never have I heard a boy say such a tall tale.
The second theory that is also less prevalent to sex offending behavior is the Routine Activities Theory. Terry (2013), states that sexual behavior will not occur “if they feel that the opportunity to commit the crime presents too much risk, if the reward isn’t big enough, or if too much effort is required” (pg. 63.) Experts will claim that criminals who commit sexual acts such as rape break into home or will commit the act in public like at parks. These instances create a huge risk of being caught and entices the offender and increase the sexual …show more content…
Traditional theories like life course theory state that a behavior will stop if a major life change happens like marriage or having children will stop the behavior. However, with sex offenders it is the opposite it may increase their behavior. Another problem with applying theories to sex offenders is that there are all different reasons why they commit the acts. For example, to some it may be a learned behavior instances in their own life may have taught them how to commit acts. For others it may be physiological there may be some miss conception in the brain that makes them think the way they do and they cannot be reasoned with or taught to believe