Societal Acceptance of Crime 8 Rape: Blaming Victims and Excusing the Behavior of the Offender-Juiper Publishers

This article is my professional opinion in response to the major cases of rape and alleged police misconduct against criminals. As a forensic psychologist of over 28 years, educator and researcher, and a respected author, I have had enough. Societal ignorance has gotten out-of-control! We, as a society, appear to be lowering the threshold of accountability. We hold some offenders less accountable for their actions than others, despite the same crimes being committed. And what is this lower accountability based on: often ignorance, wealth, and race, rather than on facts. I will speak to the issues of objectification of women, rape, and the role of alcohol in violent crimes. I will also address the issue of respecting law enforcement and holding criminals accountable for their own behavior rather than blaming those who have to respond to the criminal's behavior. One important fact to remember is that sociopaths (environmentally created psychopath) and psychopaths (biologically created) lack conscience and care little if any for the safety or rights of others. Despite this, however, they still know right from wrong- they simply do not care!

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