CRIM 316 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Sex And The Law, Sexual Coercion, Etiology
9 Jan 2019
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Etiological models vary greatly in terms of conceptual risk factors, types of motivations underlying sex offending, type of underlying trait/propensity explaining perpetration of ex offending. For decades, description, explanation, sociolegal response to phenomenon of sex offending have generated much debate & controversy w/i scientific community. Currently, no theoretical model has established itself as leading explanation of sex offending. No consensus/universal definition of what constitutes sex offence. Sex offences include broad range of behaviors, all of which include. At centre of all sex offences - notion of consent/lack thereof. Social sciences concerned by range of behaviors referred to as sex offences. What is considered sex crime from criminal law perspective does not necessarily constitute sexual deviance from psychiatric perspective. In north america, since 1970s, legal def of rape has been subject of much reflection & legal reform. Historically, def of rape referred to use of physical force to restrain woman for purpose of having sex w/ penetration.
