Chapter 8: Crimes of a Sexual Nature

1. Sexual deviance definitions may vary due to culture, education and gender

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: A

2. How does forensic psychology differ from clinical psychology in regards to sexual deviance

  1. The distress caused by the deviant sexual desires is of greater concern to the forensic psychologist
  2. The illegal nature of the sexual activities is of the utmost concern to a forensic psychologist
  3. Exploring the cultural differences in sexual deviation is the greatest concern for the forensic psychologist
  4. Individual differences across those that engage in sexual deviation is the greatest concern

Answer: B

3. Legislation about sexual crime  focuses on issues of issues of ability to provide consent

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: A

4. The legal age of consent can vary substantially by

  1. Country
  2. Personal opinion
  3. Voir Dire
  4. Puberty

Answer: A

5. Sexual abuse of children differs from paedophilia in what key way

  1. Paedophilia  is a medical term to denote a sexual attraction by an adult to a child whereas sexual abuse refers to an actual crime that has taken place
  2. Paedophilia indicates sexual abuse of a minor in some jurisdictions but not others
  3. Sexual abuse is statistically less common than Paedophilia
  4. There is no difference between sexual abuse and Paedophilia

Answer: A

6. Rape and  sexual assault by penetration are the same thing

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: B

7. Which of the following is not a possible reason for why someone might not be able to provide consent to sexual activity even if they are meet the legal age of consent

  1. Mental illness
  2. Mental disorder
  3. Intellectual impairment
  4. Frotteurism

Answer: D

8. Exclusive paraphilia differs from optional paraphilia and preferred paraphilia  because exclusive paraphilia is a consequence of a person unable to become sexually aroused in the absence of paraphiliac content

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: A

9. Which is not a chronophilia?

  1. Erotophonophilia
  2. Hebephilia
  3. Paedophilia
  4. Gerotonophilia

Answer: A

10. Which is a type of child sex offender?

  1. Regressed offender
  2. Sadistic offender
  3. Fixated offender
  4. All of the above

Answer: D

11. Varying cultural practices demonstrate that at some times and in some circumstances child prostitution was accepted.

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: A

12. Sexual Offences Act (2003) makes provision for the protection of children only.

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: B

13. Which of the following is not a sexual offence included  in the Sexual Offences Act (2003)

  1. Grooming
  2. Indecent exposure
  3. Titivating
  4. Voyeurism

Answer: C

14. Medical models of atypical sexual behaviour or desire regard it as

  1. An incurable disease
  2. A disease to be treated
  3. A result of  anomalous sexual imprinting
  4. The result of an overactive imagination. 

Answer: B

15. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders defines non-normative sexual behaviour as the result of mental illness.

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: B