Citation

Brodsky SL, Hobart SC. Crim. Justice Behav. 1978; 5(4): 379-388.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1978, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/009385487800500409

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Therapies of all kinds are based upon certain basic assumptions regarding the causes of the client's behavior. These assumptions are frequently not articulated by the treatment agent, and yet they are the premises on which information is gathered, various components of the client's behavior are examined, and, indeed, treatment programs are developed. Various treatment programs for sexual aggressives operate from a set of such assumptions, called blame models. Each blame model hypothesizes why sexual assault occurs. Brodsky and Hobart review four such blame models including the offender blame model, the victim model, the situational model, and a societal model. At present it is unclear as to which model or combination of models best explains the occurrence of sexual assault, but at least the field is beginning to investigate the various models and their relevance to the overall issues of the treatment of the offender and the prevention of rape.

Language: en