SOC 2106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Contract, Aggravated Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2106
• Professor: Sam Alvaro

Document Summary

Types of rapists (groth and birnbaum, 1979) o. Get the job by boss making them sleep with them - no physical, use of other means for coercion. Pressured so you have to keep the secret - ring leader. Easiest crime to get away with because it"s only taking someone"s word against another. Canadian college women survey (1993) o o o. Probably due to increase in date rape drug. Walk once a year in december to remember those attack in mtl. In 67% of cases, women alleged harassment by men. Sexual assault is common as part of domestic violent. Sexual consent was seen as part of the marriage contract. Charter of rights and freedom - changed everything, even our legal code. Resulted in under-reporting, under-charging, and reluctance to convict. 1983, rape was replaced by three degrees of sexual assault: Grabbing someone"s butt in a bar - most common types of sexual assault.