Dr. Carl Ransom Rogers is a very well-known American humanistic psychologist, who is known for his theories and concepts about psychotherapy and client-centered therapy. He was one of the main people who founded humanistic psychology. He is ranked one of the sixth most renowned psychologists of the 20th Century. Dr. Rogers was devoted to his work and he always saw the good in everything and everyone. Rogers believed that all people had a desire to be their best self and had a natural desire to change for the better.…
In “Sex Crimes I: Rape and Sexual Assault”, the author, Laurence Miller, discusses rape as a product of nurture. He argues that rape is mainly caused by societal and cultural upbringing. On the other side, Randy Thornhill and Craig T. Palmer, authors of “Why Men Rape”, argue that nature is the main cause of rape. They believe that rape is an evolutionary adaptation. Although both “Sex Crimes I: Rape and Sexual Assault” and “Why Men Rape” have similar views discussing high rape rates, the articles differ vastly in determining the specific nature or nurture aspects of rape, for example, whether rape is an act of sex or violence.…
Psychological influences that contribute to the rape of women include mental disorders and higher aggression levels in men. There are, “A wide variety of psychiatric and personality disorders have been diagnosed among sexual offenders, most frequently some type of antisocial…
To begin, the influence of attitude is one that I think is very strong in this example, and countless other examples of police brutality against African American males. According to our class notes, attitude can be defined as “Relatively stable ideas about whether something is good or bad.” In the Alton Sterling case specifically, I believe that the officer’s attitudes towards Sterling’s race and demeanor may have had a profound affect on why they reacted the way in which they did. Furthermore, if the two white officers had any type of racist attitudes or beliefs regarding African Americans, this may have largely led to them being more quickly to act more violently towards — and eventually kill — Sterling.…
“People often picture child sex offenders as unclean men with a long beard and a black trench coat. This, however, is typically not the case” (“Inside the Mind”). The image of the common sex offender is very misconstrued. Many times they are not rough and gritty men, but more so clean cut gentlemen. Many people tend to think that a child molester is a strange man that swoops up a child out of nowhere but, the truth is that most offenders know their victims before they assault them.…
Why the World Needs Terry Baker? Majority of people's lives they are told that the old are wise. Most people would say this is true about Terry Baker. Terry has many qualities that make significant to this world. She is significant to this world for she is loyal, she is determined in everything she does, and she is helpful to every person she meets.…
Assignment #1 Question 1: Offenders are typically drawn to certain types of victims through target congruence. Target congruence theory suggests that some people are victimized more than once, and there are three elements that could possibly be the explanation to this. The three elements are target vulnerability, target gratifiability, and target antagonism. Target vulnerability suggests that victims possess characteristics which hamper their ability to resist or deter victimization. Target gratifiability suggests that victims possess characteristics, skills, or attributes that an offender wants to have or manipulate.…
Child sexual abuse is a heinous crime which has been committed since ancient civilization and is still happening every day in today’s world. It is a form of child abuse that includes sexual activity of an adult with a minor. It is such a crime that can devastate the victim’s whole life. A child who goes through sexual abuse can be mentally destroyed. These dangerous effects of abuse vary from child to child.…
Physcologists say that a person who experiences any form of abuse are more likely to repeat the cycle of abuse then the average person is, many victims of rape or sexual abuse at a young age also often have violent sexual fantasies when older because their psyche was unable to properly process the effect of the trauma, potentially causing urges to rape when older. Many rapists also experience some form of Cognitive Distortion that cause them to rationalize their behaviour. These Cognitive Distortions are categorized into four descriptions, the first being the belief that women cannot be understood, the belief that if a women is dressed ‘sexy’ they want to partake in intercourse and when they say no they are merely ‘teasing’. The second is the idea that women are sex objects, if their body responds to the stimuli the rapist is causing then they are convinced the women wants it, they do not believe it is rape unless they beat the victim. Male entitlement is another way rapists will convince themselves that they have done nothing wrong, it is the idea that women should meet a man's sexual demands when told to do…
In Charlotte NC their have multiple sexual violins with in every year. Most of the rapist goes for younger girls or boys. The rapist goes for the smaller people because they can over power them. There has been a lot of rapes when there are children under ten-years old getting raped. Now in the year 2015 rapist have been sent to jail for a long time, most have been sentenced in jail for life or more than 15 years.…
Biological, Sociological, and Psychological Theories It is not secret that people are out committing crimes every day in the streets of our communities. Over the years there have been many theories developed in order to help understand why it is that people decide to take part in some of these criminal acts, while some people stand together and claim that this is a result of poor parenting and others arguing that it is due to the environment that the child is around. Regardless of one’s point of view, it is very clear that crimes are occurring and that biological, sociological, and psychological theories have been developed in an attempt to help understand why it is that some individuals take part in these crimes. There are many things that…
In the last 50 plus years sexual abuse has become an epidemic in our society. Many families deal with this burden on a daily basis. Society is at a loss when it comes to the type of offense committed as not every situation is the same. Sexual offenders are not seen as a part of society after an offence is committed. Male, female, and juvenile offenders have many similarities and differences along with the way the offenders are treated and prosecuted.…
Hopkins explains that this is for the reason that sexually abused children are swayed to be placed with families that have less contact with social…
Juvenile Justice The topic of whether or not juveniles who commit murder should be tried as adults and given life sentences has always been controversial. The country is divided in half when it comes to this topic. In the United States, about 2500 individuals are serving life sentences without parole for crimes they committed when they were adolescents. This only involves the states who do allow juveniles to serve life sentences.…
The goals can be financial, pleasure, or some other beneficial result. The Rational Choice Theory perspective as presented by Cornish and Clark (1985) is based upon three concepts; (one) criminal offenders are rational and make choices and decisions that benefit themselves; (two) a crime- specific focus is required; and (three) there is a distinction between choices related to criminal involvement and decisions related to criminal events. The theory of rational choice theory examines offender decision making and the factors that affect it such as assessments of risks, rewards, and morality of various behaviors (Clarke, 1983). The balance between likely risks and rewards influences offenders target selection (Clarke, 1983). According to Brantingham and Brantingham (1984), the level of risks is one of the factors that make a target good or bad.…