Men Who Rape: The Psychology of the Offender

by A. Nicholas Groth

The standard reference on the psychology of rape, Men Who Rape presents a comprehensive clinical profile of sexual offenders with extensive information on counseling, prevention, and psychiatric treatment.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Research, Gender

248 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

Reviews

[Marshall · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a no nonsense, clinical overview of rape, of both the offenders and the victims. It was very difficult to read, as it is full of stories of actual rapes, gets inside the minds of some very sick men, and shows the trauma of the victims after the assault. Although this was distressing for me, I was glad they didn't pull any punches here, because averting our eyes from horrors only perpetuates those horrors.

This book does a good job at dispelling many of the common myths about both rapists and rape victims. It's a fairly objective, balanced, honest treatment of the subject, but a few times it was clear that they were catering to the radical feminists in their audience.

There were no "eye opening" moments in this book. It mostly just confirmed what I already suspected and filled it out with actual data.

[Farahdiba Khan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was informative. The book was published in 1979 and I wonder what the current studies on rape is.

This book is useful for mostly the professional people working as lawyers, law enforcements and psychiatrists. Maybe writers and journalists will find this book useful as well.

One thing I liked the most that the book mentioned is how rapists don't always succeed to ejaculate on the victims. There has been cases where absence of semen has led to cases being rejected as a rape and the victim fails to get the justice s/he seeks.

[Nathan Battey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Deals more with Grabbers as opposed to groomers. Contends that rape is not really about sex but revolves around anger, power, or both. Was written in the 1970s, so it is a bit dated and some of the theoretical arguments suffer from small sample size and limited available research. While somewhat cutting-edge when written, it could use an update. As stated by other reviewers, it does a good job dispelling commonly held myths about both offenders and victims of rape.

[Dey Debasmita · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had started reading this book end of 2019. But due to some mental inconsistency i could not finish the whole book. And I decided to keep it unfinished till i hold back of my mental peace. I read few pages earlier and i really liked the way the writer has explained the tendency and the psychology behind each rape.

[Julie EVHS · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book provided me a clear understanding as to why men rape, which is based on three primary reasons: power, anger, and sex desire (least accepted). I used this book for my research paper in English and it somewhat helped. I was able to explain why men behave that way, since the book provided many detailed examples and explanations.