ABSTRACT
In order to more fully appreciate what the rape victim is a victim of, it is helpful to understand the dynamics of the offender. What prompts men to rape? What are such offenders like? Do they progress from less serious to more aggressive offenses? What determines their choice of victims? When faced with such an assailant, what can a potential victim do, to deter him? Will the offender return? These are some of the questions commonly asked about rapists, and it is difficult to provide simple and unequivocal answers to them.
