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Introduction-Sexual Predators    

The National Center for the Victims of Crime (NCVC) reported that in 1998, 103,845 children, or about 1`49 children per 1`000 were sexually abused. The NCVC also reported that in 1999, the overall crime rate dropped; However, there was a 20 percent increase in rape and a 33.3 percent increase in sexual assualts. Thirty percent of the victims did not know the attacker. Further statistics compiled and reported by NCVC (2001) indicate that the kidnapping of children 17 years or younger, 27 percent involved nonfamily acquaintances and 24 percent involved strangers. The national Women`s Study  (1992)  conducted by the National Center forthe Victims of Crime, reported 683`000 frocible rapes, occur each year, which equals 56`916 per month, or 1.3 per minute (http://www.ncvc.org).

This reporting of sexual assault , rape , and lust homicide has been recognized and documented for decades. These data are reported here  to urge the reader  to understand that the problem is not a fantasy, nor is it minor. It is a social problem  of immense proportion, and society has been un successful in decreasing its frequency and detering the conduct. Although incarcceration rates increase, the rate of  offence is unaffected.

Obviously the solution to the problem has escaped us. Therapeutic intervention, incarceration, involuntary mental health commitments, and chemicalcastration have not made a dent in the incidence of sexual assult, rape, and lust homicide. Resolution of this heinous problem lies in a fresh examination and response. the eithology of sexual assualt is controversial. Clinical, law enforcement, and judicial practitioners disagree as to the etiology and, consequently, the social response. Mental health practitioners identify clinical disorders as the etiology of the conduct, while criminal justice practitioners suggest the etiology is found in control and violence.

They do, however, agree on the same point: No current interventions successfully decrease the incidence of assult or deter persons from performing the behaviour. These pages suggest that the motivation for sexual assult, rape, anf lust homicide is unique to the attacker; the motivations are as authentic as the attackers. Some persons  assualt, rape, and commit lust homicide for control and domination. Others engage in the same behaviours based on motivation  that is inherent to sexual disorders. These disorders are referred to as paraphilias.

More importantly, in most episodes of sexual rape, and lust homicide, the motivation for the attack is demonstrated in the manner in which  the attack was performed. This asumption stems from the theory that all behaviour is motivated  by stimuli that is internal  and external to the attacker and the victim.  in simpler words, the attack happens for a reason; there is purpose and intent. If there were no purpose  for the behaviour, then the behaviour probably would not happen. Therefore, it is critical to ascertain and examine the motivation that precipitated the attack.

The final premise of these ages is that they support a fresh look at sexual assualts. In the majority of all incidents, precursor behaviours existed  that may have predicted the assault. It has been repeatedly established, empirically, that prior behaviour is the best predictor of future behaviour. In retrospect, one can identify precursor behaviours that were predictive of the more serious behaviour. A punch that is thrown in a domestic violence dispute is preceded by threats of harm and demonstrations of violence against inanimate objects. Throwing an ashtray through a window during an intense argument  is a behaviour that has a purpose. The motivation  to throw the ashtray is to demonstrate anger and a threat of harm: " It is an ashtray now, but it could be younext. I am capable of hurting you." The behaviour intends to threaten  and stopthe intense argument.

Unless a person has an immediate and unexpected psychotic break, all behaviour can be predicted by his previous behaviours. A rational, mentally healthy person performs behaviour because the behaviour meets his or her needs. If there were no purpose for the behaviour, it would not be performed. The  American Psychiatric Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth Edition. Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) (2000)  identifies purposefuless and disorganized behaviour as a primary diagnostic criterion of  Schizophrenia (p.300). Consequently, purposeful behaviour  is expected of persons not afficlicted with Schizophrenia and related forms of metal illness.

Behaviour has purpose. It is motivatedby stimuli. Anger aggression can serve as the motivation in a domestic violence dispute; the attacker selects a behaviour  to vent his or her anger and aggression. It is rare when no indications of this potential behaviour were evident from previous encounters . Therefore, the behaviour may be predicted, and if it can be predicted, it can be prevented. This same set of premises can be applied to sexual assault, rape, and lust homicide. These activities or behaviours are precipitated by motivation. If the motivation can be ascertained, the future behaviour can be predicted. A person who comm its rape  has performed in appropriate sexual conduct in less serious behaviours before rape.

His or her, precursor behaviours may have included forced petting with a victim and peeking into windows of people`s residences in hopes of finding them undressing, bathing  or engaged in sexual activity. They may have followed an attractive victim as they go about their daily business. The predator  may have called his victims  telephone  and left no message  just to hear their voice or voice message. The attacker`s precursor behaviour meets their  needs. And the predator will continue this behaviour pattern for as long as they can, unless they are exposed publicly.

Many of the behaviours discussed in the previous paragraphs  are identified as sexual paraphilias  DSM-!V-TR. If the individual experiences "recurrent, intense  sexually arousing fantasies" (p.566) regarding these behaviours, the predator is demonstrating the diagnostic criteria of a paraphilia. These behaviours  are directly precipitated by the specific paraphilia and can produce " interpersonal and interpersoanl difficulty" (p.566) This distress and interpersonal difficulty may be shown in behaviour that is illicit criminal activity. These behaviours may also be predictive offuture behaviour  and / or  a progressive pattern leading to serious criminal offenses.

It isextremely important to note allpersons who are diagnosed with sexual paraphilia  will commit criminal behaviour. Many seek therapeutic  intervention to resolve their interpersonal distress and interpersonal difficulty. ( In many of those who claim to seek therapeutic help, they often declare that the answers to the questions replied to the therapist are untrue, when asked why ? their reply is often, it`s my time I can say what I want). others choose to find consensual partners with whom to engage in thier sexual paraphilia.

However, when an individual acts on a sexual paraphilia in a way that violates the criminal code, itmust be acknowledged  and dealt with accordingly. in the future these pages will thoroughly examine the criteria parahilias that may be linked to sexual assault, rape, lust and homicide, and we will explicitly describe the so called platonic relationships, which are in the arenas of mental and lust rape without the consent of the victims.

Reference: Halting the SexualPredators Among Us: preventing Attack, Rap, Lust and Homicide: Duane L. Dobbert  - Channels

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