Describe the different categories of rapists as identified by A. ...

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Describe the different categories of rapists as identified by A. Nicholas Groth.
 
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Question 2

Describe the objectives of foster care.
 
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Answer to Question 1

Rape is primarily an aggressive act and secondarily a sexual act. That is, it is a sexual expression of aggression, not an aggressive expression of sexuality. It is the mismanagement of aggression; the rapist's gratification (if any) comes not from the sexual act but rather from the expression of anger or control through the extreme violation of another's body. There are a number of typologies for classifying rapists, depending on numerous variables. One straight forward model was developed by A. Nicholas Groth who describes rapists as falling into one of three categories: the anger rapist, the power rapist, and the sadistic rapist.
The anger rapist performs his act to discharge feelings of pent-up anger and rage. He is brutal in the commission of his assault, using far more force than is necessary to gain sexual access to his victim. His aim is to hurt and debase his victim; forced sex is his ultimate weapon.
The power rapist is interested in possessing his victim sexually, not harming her. He acts out of underlying feelings of inadequacy and is interested in controlling his victim. He uses only the amount of force necessary to gain her compliance. Sometimes he will kidnap his victim and hold her under his control for a long period of time, perhaps engaging in sexual intercourse with her numerous times.
The sadistic rapist eroticizes aggression; that is, aggressive force creates sexual arousal in him. He is enormously gratified by his victim's torment, pain, and suffering. His offenses often are ritualistic and involve bondage and torture, particularly to the sexual organs.

We live in a society that promotes aggression and represses sexuality. In the United States, males are socialized to be aggressive, even in seeking sexual gratification. According to Janet Hyde, the confusion of sex and aggression in socialization practices may lead males to commit rape.

Answer to Question 2


If a single mother relinquishes her parental rights, the child is usually placed temporarily in foster care. Some single parents who are unsure about whether to give up parental rights may also place their child in foster care until they make a decision.

The goals of foster care are to protect the children, to rehabilitate the parents, and generally to return the children to their genetic parents as soon as it is feasible. Foster care is the temporary provision of substitute care for children whose parents are unable or unwilling to meet the child's needs in their own home. Except for emergency placement, legal custody of the child is usually transferred, by court action, from the child's parents to the agency responsible for foster placement. Foster parents face the difficult task of being expected to provide love and affection to foster children without becoming too emotionally attached. The placement is temporary, and separating is easier when strong emotional bonds have not been established between foster parents and foster children.