Deck 6: Sexual Offenders

Question 1

Sexual predators are _____________.

A) anyone who has sexually assaulted a child.
B) anyone who has perpetrated a sexual crime.
C) legally designated sexual offenders found to be mentally ill and dangerous.
D) sexual offenders who expose their genitals to unwilling individuals.

Answer 1

legally designated sexual offenders found to be mentally ill and dangerous.

Question 2

Which of the following is a characteristic of sexual offender recidivists?

A) Single victims
B) Familiar victims
C) Employed at the time of the offense
D) Commission of juvenile sexual offense

Answer 2

Commission of juvenile sexual offense

Question 3

Which of the following is true of phallometric measurement?

A) Results cannot ever be faked
B) It is not used when assessing child molesters
C) There are some questions about its reliability and validity
D) Individuals respond to open ended questions during the administration

Answer 3

There are some questions about its reliability and validity

Question 4

Which of the following is true of female sexual offenders?

A) Their crimes are probably over reported in comparison to men.
B) They are more likely than men to use force against their victims.
C) They have higher rates of trauma and overall psychopathology.
D) Their motivations for committing these crimes tend to be less personal.

Question 5

All of the following are components of successful programs used to treat sex offenders except:

A) general violence
B) relapse prevention
C) a cognitive-behavioral approach
D) addressing underlying self-esteem deficits

Question 6

Which psychological measure has the most difficulty assessing specifically whether a person expressed any sexually deviant behavior or sexually deviant thoughts?

A) MMPI-II
B) Sex fantasy inventory
C) Phallometric measure
D) Multiphasic Sex Inventory-II

Question 7

The primary goal of sexual offender forensic assessment is to _____________.

A) assess the offender for mental illness
B) determine whether a crime was committed
C) determine whether an individual is guilty or innocent
D) assess the offender for recidivism and treatment responsiveness

Question 8

More juvenile sexual offenders ________________ than adult sex offenders.

A) use violence
B) do not know their victim
C) have been sexually victimized
D) select victims slightly older than they are

Question 9

Which type of sexual offender is most likely to recidivate?

A) Voyeurists
B) Exhibitionists
C) Intrafamilial child molesters
D) Extrafamilial child molesters

Question 10

Studies on the effectiveness of treatment for sexual offenders has been criticized for all of the following reasons except:

A) poor comparison groups
B) there are too few well-controlled studies
C) follow-up studies did not find the same differences found by the original studies
D) researchers appear to be biased in their selection of more or less dangerous offenders

Question 11

Which of the following is an example of a cognitive distortion, specific to sexual offending, found among sexual offenders?

A) Viewing nude bodies is sexual arousing
B) A four year-old victim wore suggestive clothing
C) Sexual offenders are more likely to reoffend than non sexual offenders
D) The goals of sexual offending is sexual gratification and control of the victim

Question 12

Paraphilias are _____________.

A) illegal in all states.
B) sexual deviations resulting from the use of illicit substances.
C) mental illnesses that focus on sexual attraction to illegal activities .
D) sexual disorders in which sexual arousal occurs because of atypical objects or individuals.

Question 13

Which of the following is true regarding the different risk assessment measures used for sexual offenders?

A) Study outcomes are independent of the variables used to assess outcome
B) Research suggests that these measures are suitable for use across all types of situations
C) Different studies have found superiority for each of the major measures over the others
D) Research has clearly found that these instruments lack appropriate reliability and validity

Question 14

______________________ laws require that sexual offenders live a minimum distance from locations typically seen as high risk to them recidivating.

A) Residency
B) Registration
C) Notification
D) Sexual predator

Question 15

Which of the following is a structured approach to assessing sexual violence?

A) SVR-20
B) SORAG
C) HCR-20
D) Static-99

Question 16

The detected recidivism rate of sex offenders has been found to be about ________ 4-5 years after release.

A) 13%
B) 32%
C) 47%
D) 51%

Question 17

Which is true regarding the assessment of sexual violence in juvenile sexual offenders?

A) Base rates for juvenile sexual violence is relatively high.
B) There is more information available to use for juvenile assessments.
C) The reliability and validity for juvenile risk assessment measures is limited.
D) There are no measures available for the assessment of sexual violence in juveniles.

Question 18

Which of the following is true in regard to priests who sexually offend?

A) They tend to perpetrate on young children, not older children.
B) Police are less likely to investigate allegations against them.
C) The majority of them have been abused as children themselves.
D) Sexual offenders are more prevalent among them than the general public.

Question 19

Which form of treatment focuses on denial and minimization of the crime and creating empathy for the victim?

A) Pharmacological
B) Relapse prevention
C) Psycho-educational
D) Cognitive-behavioral

Question 20

SSRIs __________________.

A) reduce testosterone levels in sexual offenders
B) reduce sexual interest because of their common side effects
C) have been fount to hold little promise in the treatment of sexual offenders
D) are rarely used for treatment in sexual offenders because of the poor treatment compliance

Question 21

According to the text, a consequence of this type of law is a decrease in the reporting of incest offenses because families do not want to face the possibility of negative publicity.

A) residency laws
B) sexual predator laws
C) place of employment laws
D) registration and notification laws

Question 22

The three primary types of laws passed in the past decade regarding sexual offenders include all of the following, except ___________.

A) residency laws
B) sexual predator laws
C) place of employment laws
D) registration and notification laws

Question 23

Identify the ways in which deviant sexual urges can be assessed.

Question 24

Which of the following is true of the members of the clergy convicted of sexual crimes?

A) The majority of their victims are pubescent boys.
B) There is a greater prevalence of sexual victimization among perpetrators.
C) They commit sexual crimes because of the sexual celibacy required of them.
D) There are more sexual offenders in the clergy than in the general population.

Question 25

All of the following are mentioned as target areas for sexual offender psychological assessment, except ______________.

A) cognitive distortions
B) sexual fantasies
C) victim empathy
D) relapse prevention

Question 26

According to Hanson and Bussiere's 1998) meta-analysis, the strongest predictor of sexual recidivism is ______________.

A) prior sexual offenses
B) deviant sexual preferences
C) low motivation or failure to complete treatment
D) the lack of empathy for the victim

Question 27

Female sex offenders resemble male sexual offenders in which way?

A) Prior abuse
B) Anger levels
C) Presence of mental illness
D) Higher rates of male victims than female victims

Question 28

Define and distinguish between the terms child molester, pedophile, hebephile, rapist, and sexually violent predator.

Question 29

Does research support the use of actuarial measures in the field?
3. Identify the most important risk factors for assessing sexual violence.

Question 30

What are the three primary types of laws in relation to sexual offenders?

Question 31

Components of potentially successful treatment programs for sexual offenders include all of the following, except __________.

A) relapse prevention
B) sexual dysfunctions
C) targeting underlying deficits
D) a cognitive-behavioral approach

Question 32

All of the following is true of online child pornography offenders, except:

A) The majority of online child pornography offenders previous history of violence.
B) Compared to contact offenders, online child pornography offenders have greater psychological barriers.
C) The majority of online child pornography offenders will commit a new sexual offense during a 1.5-6 year follow-up.
D) When compared to offenders convicted of soliciting minors online for sex, online child pornography offenders had greater levels of sexual deviation.