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International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
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Power, Anger, and Sadistic Rapists

Toward a Differentiated Model of Offender Personality

Angela Pardue

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Bruce A. Arrigo

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, barrigo{at}email.uncc.edu

The extant research on rapists repeatedly indicates that particular offender types can be specified. These include the power, anger, and sadistic assailants. Despite such classifications, limited empirical or anecdotal efforts have undertaken the task of exploring the personality features of each rapist type. This article endeavors to fill this gap in the literature. Using the heuristic analytical lens and the case study method, the high-profile crimes of Gilbert Escobedo (power type), Paul Bernardo (anger type), and Jeffrey Dahmer (sadistic type) are reviewed. As the article discloses, unique personality features were exhibited. Moreover, each rapist type displayed a number of convergent as well as divergent character traits. Given these findings, the article concludes with a series of summary observations relevant for future research on rape and personality as well as prospects for clinical diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

Key Words: anger rapist • power rapist • sadistic rapist • offender personality • differentiated model

This version was published on August 1, 2008

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 52, No. 4, 378-400 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X07303915
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