Am J Psychiatry 1988; 145:1438-1441
Copyright © 1988 by American Psychiatric Association
Blitz rape and confidence rape: a typology applied to 1,000 consecutive cases
DC Silverman, SM Kalick, SI Bowie and SD Edbril
Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA 02215.
The case records of 1,000 consecutive rape victims seen at a crisis center
were analyzed to identify important categories of rape victimization. The
most noteworthy finding was a replication and extension of the blitz rape
and confidence rape typology. The distinction between these two types of
rape corresponded to a series of significant differences in the victims'
characteristics, the rape settings, the victims' activities before they
were raped, the assailants' characteristics, and the victims' immediate
responses to the assaults. The authors discuss the implications of these
differences with respect to specific strategies of outreach and treatment
for victims of different types of rape.
