Differentiating Perpetrator and Non-Perpetrator Behavior in Alcohol and Non-Alcoholic Sexual Assaults

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a female who experienced more forms of sexual assault (54%) before attaining the same age as that of a male. It is also a fact from the article that people who are known to the victims perpetrate most of the acts of sexual assaults, and it is common among dating partners. The study compared non-perpetrators and perpetrators in one case and similarities and difference between those who perpetrate the crimes while drunk and those who do it while not drunk.

Purpose of the Study

Analysis of the article that was done by Zawacki et al. (2003) that was titled "Perpetrators of Alcohol-Involved Sexual Assaults: How Do They Differ from Other Sexual Assault Perpetrators and Non-perpetrators," indicate that around 50% of sexual assault cases involve alcohol. The authors are of the views that most of the scholars have concentrated on studying sexual assault crimes to differentiate between crimes that involve alcohol and those that do not involve alcohol. The purpose of this study was to ...

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the beliefs about alcohol was tested to differentiate men who commit sexual crimes while drunk from men who commit sexual crimes while not drunk and those men who did not commit sexual crimes (Zawacki et al. 2003). The second hypothesis was to test the assumption that alcohol-involved sex offenders reported sexual assault crimes usual while drunk, or while in drinking sexual situation and among those who believe that alcohol increase human sexuality as compared to non-perpetrators and those who committed sexual offenses while sober.

Methodology

The study participants were 356 male students at a university in an urban environment with their age ranging from 19 years to 48 years with a ...

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