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nonrapist en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + rapist.

Meanings

1. One who is not a rapist.
   • Because crime is not a specialized activity, a potential criminal (in other words, a person with low self-control) will tend to commit a crime if the opportunity presents itself. Thus, a rapist is more likely than a nonrapist to (mis)use drugs and to commit robberies and burglaries. 2015, Piers Beirne, James W. Messerschmidt, “Social Learning Theory and Social Control Theory”, in Criminology: A Sociological Approach, 6th edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, part II (Criminological Theory), page 154, column 1:
   • Rapists in general were significantly less accurate in reading women’s negative cues than a control group of nonrapists; among rapists, the ability to read negative cues was less accurate among the more violent rapists than the less violent. 2012, John Randolph Fuller, “Criminal Offenses Against People”, in Think Criminology (CRJU; 202), Special Edition for Community College of Baltimore County, Boston, Mass.: McGraw-Hill Learning Solutions, →ISBN, part 3 (Typologies of Crime), page 226, column 2:
   • All outsiders and abused children do not become rapists; but many rapists grew up under circumstances which deprived them of the civilizing influences and the rewards that mold the lives of nonrapists. 1979, Edward M. Brecher, “Foreword”, in A. Nicholas Groth, H. Jean Birnbaum, Men Who Rape: The Psychology of the Offender, New York, N.Y.: Basic Books, →ISBN, page viii:

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