de Heer Brooke
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
J Interpers Violence. 2016 Feb;31(4):598-619. doi: 10.1177/0886260514556110. Epub 2014 Dec 1.
Prior research on rapes reported to law enforcement has identified criminal sophistication and the use of force against the victim as possible unique identifiers to serial rape versus one-time rape. This study sought to contribute to the current literature on reported serial rape by investigating how the level of criminal sophistication of the rapist and use of force used were associated with two important outcomes of rape: victim injury and overall severity of the assault. In addition, it was evaluated whether rapist and victim ethnicity affected these relationships. A nation-wide sample of serial rape cases reported to law enforcement collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was analyzed (108 rapists, 543 victims). Results indicated that serial rapists typically used a limited amount of force against the victim and displayed a high degree of criminal sophistication. In addition, the more criminally sophisticated the perpetrator was, the more sexual acts he performed on his victim. Finally, rapes between a White rapist and White victim were found to exhibit higher levels of criminal sophistication and were more severe in terms of number and types of sexual acts committed. These findings provide a more in-depth understanding of serial rape that can inform both academics and practitioners in the field about contributors to victim injury and severity of the assault.
先前针对向执法部门报案的强奸案的研究已确定，犯罪手法的复杂性以及对受害者使用暴力可能是连环强奸与一次性强奸的独特识别因素。本研究旨在通过调查强奸犯的犯罪手法水平和暴力使用情况如何与强奸的两个重要结果相关联，即受害者受伤情况和袭击的总体严重程度，为当前关于已报案连环强奸案的文献做出贡献。此外，还评估了强奸犯和受害者的种族是否会影响这些关系。对联邦调查局（FBI）收集的向执法部门报案的全国范围内的连环强奸案样本进行了分析（108名强奸犯，543名受害者）。结果表明，连环强奸犯通常对受害者使用的暴力有限，且犯罪手法复杂程度较高。此外，犯罪者的犯罪手法越复杂，他对受害者实施的性行为就越多。最后，发现白人强奸犯与白人受害者之间的强奸案犯罪手法复杂程度更高，在实施的性行为数量和类型方面也更严重。这些发现为连环强奸案提供了更深入的理解，可为该领域的学者和从业者提供有关受害者受伤情况和袭击严重程度的影响因素的信息。
