Sexual Victimization Theory

Sexual Victimization has several meanings and could happen anywhere. I choose this topic because a case occurred right here in Ocala that was so disturbing, it made the top of my list. According to (Wallace & Roberson,2014) Sexual victimization has several meanings – verbal coercion to have sex with a partner, rape by a stranger, or a woman/man that is being fondled in a bar and forced intercourse when a woman is way too intoxicated to protest. In this case sexual violence along with kidnapping is what took place: (Wallace & Roberson, 2014) Sexual violence is considered any intentional act or omission that results in physical, emotional or financial injury in a sexual context to either a woman or a man. The case I choose to do my research on …show more content…
It is not viewed as a sexual act, rather as an act of violence, aggression, and power by the aggressor. Which Hicks displayed when he had tied the victims hand with the zip tie, choked her and when she tried to fight back by fighting he tried to display his power by pouring motor oil over her face and choking her. According to Groth’s Power rapist theory (Wallace & Roberson, 2014) Power rapes is when the offender seeks power and control over his victim by using force and threats. The sexual assault itself is evidence of conquest and domination – power rapes may be further classified as power-assertive rapes or power reassurance rapes. The victim in the case with Hicks is not the only victim of sexual assault through craigslist, either by fulfilling a fantasy or finding the victim through the website. (Paddon,2016) A Hamilton girl was also a victim of sexual assault through craigslist – A Hamilton man is now facing over forty charges after the seven-year-old daughter of his girlfriend at the time was allegedly made available for sex (through the Craigslist website) and was sexually assaulted by multiple people. (Planty...etc,2013) The Female victims of sexual violence report examines the demographic characteristics of female victims of sexual violence as well as the characteristics of the offender and the incident. The report also includes the relationship of the victim and the offender, if the offender had a weapon or not and the location that the victimization took place. The report examines the changes of percentages over a time of female victims of sexual violence who experienced an injury from the attack and received a formal medical treatment, also if the victimization is reported to the police and received any assistance from the victim service provider. The data are from the