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The primary reference for the essays will be your assigned textbooks: Criminal Behavior: A Psychological Approach, Chapters 12 and 13

• Identify and define the various types of sexual offenses.
• Explain the possible causes of rape.
• Explain the possible causes of pedophilia.
• Explain the possible causes of exhibitionism, voyeurism, and fetishism.
• Identify and discuss possible treatments for sexual offenders.
• Discuss how theories and concepts examined in this chapter can be applied by the security manager.

In South Africa it is estimated that 50% of all women will be raped sometime during their lifetime. A recent controversial book entitled A Natural History of Rape: The Biological Basis of Sexual Coercion sets out a strictly Darwinian view that men in South Africa are born to rape. Writing recently in the Sciences, the authors, biologist Randy Thornhill and anthropologist Craig Palmer, state their position bluntly: “We fervently believe that, just as the leopard’s spots and the giraffe’s elongated neck is the result of eons of past Darwinian selection, so is rape.” Elsewhere they proclaim: “There is no doubt that rape has evolutionary — and hence genetic — origins.” If so, South Africa must be a hothouse for such genes. Note: Thornhill and Palmer have responded to criticism about their theory by providing an explanation of what they actually meant in their book, A Natural History of Rape: The Biological Basis of Sexual Coercion. See attachment.

Based on your readings, what do you believe is the primary explanation for why men rape? Is it due to a biological predisposition, psychological factors, learned behavior, e.g. social conditioning, or a combination of all these factors? Why is it so important to understand the causes before deciding the deposition of such offenders? Also, do you believe rape and sexual assaults are a problem in the workplace? If so, what should the security manager do to prevent such assaults?

Criminal Behavior: A Psychological Approach

Author: Curt Bartol, Anne Bartol

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Edition: 11th

ISBN: 978-0134163741