Archive for March 30th, 2009
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SEXUAL BEHAVIOR: GENERAL ATTACK.
A general physical attack—not sexual in its outward form, but apparently with a sexual basis—was reported only in the heterosexual aggression cases, and even here the incidence was not high. It happened in about an eighth of the aggression offenses against adult females and half of that in the other two aggression groups. In several [...]
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SEX OFFENDERS: CRIMINALITY
The characteristic image of any sex offender is usually shaped by his specific sex offense. This event, dramatized by arrest and conviction, overshadows all his previous behavior. Not only does it eclipse whatever good he might have done, but also all his nonsexual criminal behavior. This has led to a curious oversimplification of the record. [...]
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MARRIAGE
Our society assumes that the majority of men and women will marry and, generally speaking, it considers marriage evidence of an adequate social and sexual adjustment. It is also taken as evidence of a willingness to assume responsibility, and of a desire to create long-lasting intimate relationships and to conform to the dictates of public [...]
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PREPUBERTAL SEX PLAY: TECHNIQUES
Turning to the question of sexual techniques, simple exhibition and manual touching of genitalia were too omnipresent among those who had heterosexual play to lend themselves to comparative analysis. Conversely, vaginal and anal insertion, with objects other than the penis or finger, were too infrequent. This leaves mouth-genital contact and coitus. The latter is difficult [...]
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PEEPERS: CRIMINALITY
As juveniles the peepers were a very delinquent group, having the second largest percentage (29 per cent) with juvenile convictions, even more than the prison group. The great majority of their convictions stemmed from rather serious offenses, judging from the fact that about 80 per cent of them resulted in commitment for six months or [...]