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Psychological/biological abnormality
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Particularly pertinent in very severe violent crimes
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Evolutionary factors/human instinct
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Aggressive instincts and violence seen in the animal world, humans unique when it comes to murder
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Substance abuse
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Direct physiological and social effects of drugs, motivation and drug addiction to compel violent behavior
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Socialization/upbringing
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History of absent or criminally deviant parents, physical abuse victimized by severe discipline.
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Cultural values/subculture of violence
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Standard of conduct, peer group influence, national values
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Rape facts
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Vast majority of offenders are male, decade-long slow decline in the number of rapes reported,
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Rape as a group conflict/destruction
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Rape used during wartime, women as the spoils of war
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Gang rape
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Form of in-group bondingDesecrating the out group reinforces bonds among the in group
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Serial rape
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One individual rapes multiple women
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Acquaintance rape
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Only 25 percent of rapes are committed by strangersInvolve someone known to the victim including family members and friends
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Statutory rape
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Can be consensualUnderageThe person, for whatever reason, can not give consent
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Evolutionary/biological causes of rape
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Rape may be instinctualNaturally selected for the propensity to rape
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Social learning
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Not innateMen and boys are taught that dominance is important
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Sexual motivation
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Is rape a dominance issue or an issue of sexual drive?Sex as a resource
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Nature of murder
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More common in urban areasBoth victims and offenders tend to be males ))When women kill men, its a retaliatory crime)
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