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OPTION #1 EXAMINING CRIMINALS & VICTIMIZATION Under contemporary criminology in Chapter 1, what two theories do you think would be most helpful in understanding the crimes of the author's bogeyman? Are there elements that we still need to know to formulate a better understanding of the bogeyman's behavior? Read Chapter 2. How does the chart above reveal failures in the justice system? How do these failures impact report rates? Discuss reasons why victims of sexual violence do not report crime. What reasons did the author give for not telling anyone about his victimization? If someone came to you with a similar experience like the author's, would advise him or her to report their childhood victimization as an adult? There are thousands of sexual violence crimes committed throughout the world, and many of those criminals are related or have some type of relationship to the victim’s family. In “Stalking the Boogeyman,” David Holthouse describes the horrific rape experience of a seven-year-old child. I believe the two theories that apply in understanding the bogeyman’s crimes are trait theory and developmental theory. In trait theory, criminality is thought to be a result of abnormal biological or psychological characteristics. David Holthouse mentions, “One Fourth of July he told me how much fun he'd just had sticking an M-80 up a cat's ass and lighting the fuse, how the cat had hopped around frantically trying to squeeze out the quarterstick of dynamite before it blew in half” (Holthouse, pg. 2-3). What the boogeyman did to the helpless cat are signs of a serial rapist, showing he had conduct disorders, which connects to his sickening criminal act on David. Developmental theory is a dynamic process which applies to the boogeyman’s life because of his evolution of criminal behavior over time, the frequency, intensity, persistence, and desistence. Furthermore, the chart informs the thousands of numbers of rapes, according to the national crime survey, and only a small number of criminals are incarcerated. As the chart shows, there are failures in the justice system because the number of complaints reported to police, suspects identified, prosecuted, and convicted, associated with rape, keeps on decreasing until a small percentage is imprisoned. Due to cleared crimes, many criminals are not convicted of rape and sent to prison. According to Larry J. Siegel, in the book titled, “Criminology The Core,” he states, “Nationwide, in 2008, law enforcement cleared 45 percent of violent crimes and 17 percent of property crimes by arrestor exceptional means” (29). Failures in the justice system impacts report rates because the measurement of crimes committed are not accurate for future crime statistics. Sexual violence is one of the most underreported crimes in society. Victims are often reluctant to report sexual violence because they believe they will not be believed, don’t trust the police, don’t want to remember the pain they went through, and reported crime not being prosecuted. Ultimately, after the victim suffered rape at the age of seven, he did not want to mention his abominable life experience. First, he was scared because he was threatened that his parents would know about the situation and would be angry with him and the boogeyman would gut him like a salmon at night. Second, he wanted to protect his mother and father from knowing that he

had been raped so they wouldn’t have dark memories of his childhood. The victim’s horrible experience at such an early age is a heartbroken story that should not happen to any children. If someone came to me with that same story, I would advise him or her to report the sexual violence immediately and not stay quiet. Luckily now in day sexual assault victims can visit a hospital for a forensic medical exam and receive psychological assistance. Overall, I applaud that frightened little boy for choosing closure over revenge as an adult! Works Cited: Gallarde, Marlene. “David Holthouse Stalking the Boogeyman Coming to grips with the killer inside me.” Westword , 23 May 2004, http://www.westword.com/content/printVersion/22. Siegel, Larry J. Criminology: The Core . Fourth ed., United States, 2011.

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