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domestic violence
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any violence occurring between family members
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intimate partner violence
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any violence occurring between intimate partners who are living together or separated. Also known as spousal violence.
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patriarchy
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broad set of cultural beliefs and values that support the male dominance of women
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social learning theory
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a theory of human behaviour based on learning from watching others in the social environment and reinforcement contingencies
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observational learning
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learning behaviours by watching others perform these behaviours
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instigators
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in social learning theory, these are events in the environment that act as a stimulus for acquired behaviours
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regulators
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in social learning theory, these are consequences of behaviours
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family-only batterer
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a male spousal batterer who is typically not violent outside the home, does not show much psychopathology, and does not possess negative attitudes supportive of violence
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dysphoric/borderline batterer
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a male spousal batterer who exhibits some violence outside the family, is depressed and has borderline personality traits, and has problems with jealousy
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generally violent/antisocial batterer
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a male spousal batterer who is violent outside the home, engages in other criminal acts, has drug and alcohol problems, has impulse-control problems, and possesses violence-supportive beliefs
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mandatory charging policies
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policies that give police the authority to lay charges against a suspect where there is a reasonable and probable grounds to believe a domestic assault has occured
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rape trauma syndrome
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a group of symptoms or behaviours that are frequent after-effects of having been raped
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post-traumatic stress disorder
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Anxiety disorder that can develop in response to exposure to an extremely traumatic event. Symptoms include frequent, distressing, and intrusive memories of the event, avoiding stimuli associated with the traumatic event, and persistent anxiety or increased arousal smptoms.
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voyeurs
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people who obtain sexual gratification by observing unsuspecting people, usually strangers who are either naked, in the process of undressing, or engaging in sexual activity
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exhibitionist
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someone who obtains sexual gratification by exposing genitals to strangers
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rapist
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person who sexually assaults victims over 16 years of age
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pedophile
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person whose primary sexual orientation is toward children
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child molester
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someone who has actually sexually molested a child
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intra-familial child molesters
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People who sexually abuse their own biological children or children for whom they assume a parental role, such as a stepfather or live-in boyfriend. Also known as incest offenders.
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extra-familial child molester
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someone who sexually abuses children not related to the abuser
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anger rapist
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a rapist, as defined by Groth, who uses more force than necessary to obtain compliance from the victim and who engages in a variety of sexual acts to degrade the victim
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power rapist
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a rapist, as defined by Groth, who seeks to establish dominance and control over the victim
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sadistic rapist
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a rapist, as defined by Groth, who obtains sexual gratification by hurting the victim
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fixated child molester
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a child molester, as defined by Groth, who has a long-standing, exclusive sexual orientation preference for children
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regressed child molester
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a child molester, as defined by Groth, whose primary sexual orientation is toward adults, but whose sexual interests revert to children after stressful event or due to feelings of inadequacy
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penile phallometry
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a measurement device placed around the penis to measure changes in sexual arousal
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relapse prevention
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a method of treatment designed to prevent the occurrence of an undesired behaviour
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