Deck 8: Sexual Battery

Question 1

How do today's sexual battery statutes differ from the common-law definition of rape?

Answer 1

No Answer

Question 2

What recent changes has the FBI made to the definition of forcible rape in the UCR?

Answer 2

No Answer

Question 3

Explain what "spousal immunity" means.

Answer 3

No Answer

Question 4

What is the basis of "spousal immunity"?

Question 5

Distinguish an "absolute exemption" from a "partial exemption."

Question 6

How does "date rape" or "acquaintance rape" contradict popular stereotypes of sexual violence?

Question 7

Discuss the importance of Coker v. Georgia (1977).

Question 8

What is "child rape"?

Question 9

What happened in Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008)?

Question 10

Describe the extent of sexual assault victimization when comparing the Uniform Crime Reports with the National Crime Victimization Survey.

Question 11

What trends become apparent when one compares UCR with NCVS sexual violence data (see Figure 8.1 of your textbook) over the past 40 years or so?

Question 12

Give explanations for the NCVS-UCR discrepancy in rape trends that Figure 8.1 displays.

Question 13

What other information besides the UCR and NCVS is available about sexual violence?

Question 14

Discuss the National Violence Against Women Survey and its findings.

Question 15

What do the terms "incidence" and "prevalence" mean with respect to sexual victimization?

Question 16

Discuss the occurrence of sexual victimization at the national military academies.

Question 17

Give reasons why one should be cautious when dealing with sexual battery statistics.

Question 18

What is "psychopathology," and what does it have to do with sexual violence?

Question 19

What does the word "patriarchy" mean?

Question 20

Why do some observers contend that rape is not a sex offense but a crime of power?

Question 21

What is a "rape myth" and what does it do?

Question 22

According to the text, what two peer networks or rape-prone cultures are linked with reports of "date rape" on college campuses?

Question 23

Define "crisis" in terms of the discussion in your textbook.

Question 24

What three conditions determine the severity and duration of a crisis?

Question 25

Outline the stages involved in the "crisis reaction repair cycle."

Question 26

What happens during the impact phase?

Question 27

What does "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder" (PTSD) mean with respect to sexual battery victimization?

Question 28

Describe the recoil phase.

Question 29

What are some criteria associated with post-traumatic stress disorder?

Question 30

What occurs during the reorganization stage?

Question 31

What is compulsory HIV testing, and what issues does it raise?

Question 32

Why was the old standard of consent (resisting to a person's utmost capacity) unfair to sexual battery victims?

Question 33

Discuss the Antioch College student conduct policy, presented in Box 8.2 of your textbook, and explain what it has to do with the issue of consent.

Question 34

What are "shield provisions," and how do they represent a reform?

Question 35

What does "in camera" mean?

Question 36

What is the purpose behind sex offender registration laws?

Question 37

What is a "sex offender registry," and why do they exist?

Question 38

What kind of macro-level effects would one expect sexual battery legal reforms to generate?

Question 39

What kind of micro-level effects would one expect sexual battery legal reforms to generate?

Question 40

Have sexual battery legal reforms generated any appreciable macro-level and micro-level effects?

Question 41

How have courtroom practices helped or curtailed the impact of legal reform efforts?

Question 42

What is a "SART," and what does it aim to accomplish?

Question 43

Explain the contents of Box 8.3 of your textbook.

Question 44

What are the three major responsibilities of the primary investigating officer in a sexual battery case?

Question 45

Why are sexual battery victims sometimes reluctant to contact the police?

Question 46

Use Box 8.4 of your textbook to explain what a SANE is and what this person does.

Question 47

Distinguish the medical examination from the forensic examination conducted at the hospital.

Question 48

What is a "rape kit," and why is it important?

Question 49

How has the payment for sexual battery examinations become an issue, and how has this issue been resolved?

Question 50

Which of the following was NOT true under former rape statutes?

A) only sexual intercourse constituted rape
B) in general, the husband could not be prosecuted if the accuser was his spouse
C) only males could be suspects
D) only women could be victims
E) the victim did not have to show a lack of consent

Question 51

Which of the following terms describes a jurisdiction that does not recognize "marital rape" under any condition?

A) an absolute exemption
B) a shield law
C) spousal inclusion
D) co-sanguinity exemption
E) common law rejection

Question 52

Which of the following terms best describes the most common form of sexual battery?

A) stranger rape
B) acquaintance rape
C) stalking rape
D) obsessive rape
E) spousal rape

Question 53

When a sexual battery involves two people who know one another socially, that incident would be classified as what?

A) non-acquaintance rape
B) anger rape
C) impulsive rape
D) sadistic rape
E) date rape

Question 54

Which of the following United States Supreme Court cases banned the death penalty as an appropriate sentence in sexual battery cases involving an adult victim?

A) Furman v. Georgia
B) Gregg v. Georgia
C) Coker v. Georgia
D) Kennedy v. Louisiana
E) In re Gault

Question 55

What do rape statistics based upon the National Crime Victimization Survey typically find?

A) considerably fewer incidents than the FBI Uniform Crime Reports
B) considerably more incidents than the FBI Uniform Crime Reports
C) high reporting rates to the police
D) most victims are over 34 years old
E) most suspects are over 34 years old

Question 56

Which of the following is a reason for the discrepancy between the UCR and the NCVS in the amount of forcible rape uncovered?

A) the dark figure of crime
B) the UCR is an official statement issued by the FBI whereas the NCVS is considered to be nonofficial
C) the UCR does not track local rape statistics
D) actually, there is very little difference between the two data sources
E) the proliferation of rape crisis counseling centers

Question 57

Studies on date rape usually yield quite high estimates. Which of the following issues contributes to these elevated numbers?

A) many estimates are based on "lifetime" occurrences or span several years
B) failure to distinguish "date rape" from "sexual coercion"
C) most study groups are confined to college students or other select groups
D) some respondents whom researchers regard as victims did not see themselves as victims
E) all of the above contribute to elevated counts

Question 58

Psychopathology encompasses mental imbalances that cause abnormal behavior.

Question 59

Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the National Violence Against Women Survey?

A) it surveyed both male and female respondents
B) a comparison of incidence and prevalence figures revealed a substantial number of repeat victims
C) the survey showed that intimate partners were a substantial offender group
D) it confirmed that physical assault and stalking are also problematic
E) all of the above are correct

Question 60

Some observers contend that unofficial sexual battery statistics can be inflated by several research practices. Which of the following is NOT one of those habits?

A) asking respondents about incidents that have ever happened to them
B) focusing solely on college students as subjects
C) adopting a feminist interviewing approach
D) using questions that ask about lifetime experiences instead of specific time intervals
E) all of the above can contribute to inflated sexual battery statistics

Question 61

Which of the following theoretical orientations looks at imbalances within the offender for an explanation of sexual assault?

A) learned helplessness
B) psychopathology
C) sociocultural explanations
D) sex-role expectations
E) backlash to the women's movement

Question 62

Which of the following theoretical orientations looks at male domination, power, and control as an explanation of sexual assault?

A) learned helplessness
B) psychopathology
C) sociocultural explanations
D) non-traditional sex-role expectations
E) backlash to the women's movement

Question 63

Which of the following statements is NOT a rape myth?

A) Women provoke rape by their appearance and behavior.
B) The reason most rapists commit sexual battery is for power.
C) Only bad girls get raped.
D) Any healthy woman can resist a rapist if she really wants to.
E) Many women secretly wish to be raped.

Question 64

Which of the following is NOT a stage in the crisis reaction repair cycle?

A) reinstitution
B) reorganization
C) recoil
D) impact
E) all of the above are stages in the crisis reaction repair cycle

Question 65

During the impact stage, it is not advisable to do which of the following?

A) comfort and reassure the victim
B) preserve the crime scene
C) issue a description of the suspect
D) allow the significant other to question the victim for details
E) check for life-threatening conditions

Question 66

The "rape trauma syndrome" is considered to be which of the following?

A) a form of post-traumatic stress disorder
B) a form of therapeutic intervention
C) a short-term reaction
D) triggered by pre-victimization events
E) a rare or infrequent physiological disorder

Question 67

If an HIV test determines that a person is seropositive, what is that person considered to be?

A) a hepatitis carrier
B) an AIDS carrier
C) an active tuberculosis patient
D) infected with syphilis
E) cancerous

Question 68

The historical standard of expecting that a sexual assault victim would fight her attacker and demonstrate that she offered the "utmost resistance" was interpreted as an example of what?

A) victim precipitation
B) victim provocation
C) lack of victim consent
D) offender mens rea
E) offender's state of mind

Question 69

What does the term "shield provision" mean?

A) newspapers cannot publish the victim's name or address
B) the person is entitled to assistance under the Witness Protection Act
C) television news reporters may not display any pictures or videos showing the victim's face
D) defense lawyers cannot bring up the victim's sexual history unless it is relevant
E) criminal charges can be filed only if the victim passes a lie-detector test

Question 70

What does an in camera proceeding mean?

A) all sexual battery trials must be conducted in public
B) television news reports may not display any pictures or videos showing the victim's face
C) television news reports may display any pictures or videos showing the victim's face
D) a sexual battery victim's testimony at a deposition may be videotaped and replayed at trial to spare the victim the ordeal of testifying on the stand in open court
E) the court hears and rules on the relevancy of sensitive evidence in private

Question 71

What macro-level impact have sexual battery legal reforms exhibited?

A) victims report more satisfaction with how prosecutors have conducted their cases
B) victims report more satisfaction with how defense lawyers have conducted their cases
C) conviction rates have soared
D) reporting rates have skyrocketed
E) there is no evidence of any dramatic change

Question 72

What effect have evidentiary reforms regarding sexual battery had?

A) significantly impacted the number of cases reported to the police
B) significantly impacted the number of cases prosecuted by the state attorney
C) significantly impacted the number of prisoners housed by correctional authorities
D) been declared unconstitutional because they violate the offender's rights
E) had very little, if any, impact on the criminal's justice system

Question 73

Which of the following representatives typically is NOT a member of a SART (Sexual Assault Response Team)?

A) police dispatcher
B) victim advocate
C) forensic nurse
D) prosecutor or state attorney
E) criminal court judge

Question 74

What is the first responsibility of an officer who responds to a sexual battery incident?

A) determine whether there are any immediate medical needs
B) arrange to transport the victim promptly to the hospital for an examination to determine if a sexual assault did indeed occur
C) encourage the victim to shower and change clothes in order to feel better and regain a sense of composure and self-esteem
D) get the victim to sign an affidavit stating that he or she intends to cooperate in the prosecution of the suspect
E) notify next-of-kin so this person can provide emotional support to the victim

Question 75

In terms of sexual battery cases, to what does the term "STD" refer?

A) sexual trauma development
B) sexually transmitted disease
C) standard details of the case
D) standard defenses that suspects usually invoke
E) any indication that situational developments do not corroborate the issue of consent

Question 76

A "rape kit" is designed to accomplish what?

A) help police officers provide emotional first aid to victims at the crime scene
B) help prosecutors maintain an up-to-date listing of relevant court decisions in their circuits
C) help judges determine appropriate punishments under sentencing guidelines
D) guide physicians and/or SANEs during the forensic portion of the medical examination
E) help mental health counselors guide victims through the crisis recovery process

Question 77

Which of the following terms does NOT belong on this list?

A) hospital
B) SANE
C) forensics nurse
D) post-traumatic stress disorder
E) rape exam kit

Question 78

Historically, a man could not rape his wife.

Question 79

An absolute exemption is what occurs when a rapist has diplomatic immunity.

Question 80

Falsely promising marriage to get a person to have sex is only sexual assault if there was also threats or physical force.