Deck 26: Convicted Rapists Vocabulary of Motive

Question 1

Scully and Marolla, in explaining Scott and Lyman's distinction between excuses and justifications, note that excuses

A) admit act was wrong but deny responsibility for it.
B) admit act was wrong and accept responsibility for it.
C) deny act was wrong and deny responsibility for it.
D) deny act was wrong but accept responsibility for it.

Answer 1

admit act was wrong but deny responsibility for it.

Question 2

Scully and Marolla, in explaining Scott and Lyman's distinction between excuses and justifications, note that justifications

A) accept responsibility for act and admit act was wrong.
B) accept responsibility for act but deny act was wrong.
C) deny responsibility for act but admit act was wrong.
D) deny responsibility for act and deny act was wrong.

Answer 2

accept responsibility for act but deny act was wrong.

Question 3

According to Scully and Marolla, rapists who are deniers tend to use all of the following justifications EXCEPT

A) nice girls don't get raped.
B) use of alcohol and drugs
C) women are seductresses.
D) women mean "yes" when they say "no".

Answer 3

use of alcohol and drugs

Question 4

According to Scully and Marolla, rapists who are admitters

A) admit to the act but feel it was a minor case of wrongdoing.
B) deny the act of rape was wrong.
C) blame the victim rather than themselves.
D) blame themselves rather than the victim.

Question 5

Excuses offered by rapists for their act include all of the following EXCEPT

A) most women eventually relax and enjoy it.
B) nice guy image.
C) use of alcohol and drugs.
D) emotional problems.

Question 6

Scully and Marolla point out that an analysis of rapists' justifications and excuses share the following common element

A) point to the need for better training among law enforcement personnel regarding rapists' motives for rape.
B) provide strong evidence that underlying rapists' vocabularies of motive are deep-seated personality disorders.
C) are buttressed by the cultural view that women are sexual commodities, dehumanized and devoid of autonomy and dignity.
D) make clear that there is never a good justification for committing rape.

Question 7

Identify and discuss three rapists' justifications for their acts. Why do rapists offer such accounts? Explain.

Question 8

Identify and discuss three rapists' excuses for their acts. Why do rapists offer such accounts? Explain.

Question 9

Scully and Marolla identify a typology of admitters and deniers in their study of convicted rapists. Explain and contrast these two groups of rapists providing examples of their rationales.