Summary: The Unknown Offender

The unknown offender committed three sexual assaults that occurred in the Sherbrooke area, where the victims were pulled into dark allies before their sexual assaults. The unknown offender seemed to compliment the victims and used enough force to make the victims comply. He never used enough force to kill his victims. Therefore it is important to examine his psychological factors and his personality characteristics. The unknown offender could correspond with the power reassurance rapist typology. These rapists exhibit feelings of inadequacy and can rape in order to feel masculine (Robertiello & Terry, 2007). They are concerned with harming their victims and tries to use the least intrusive way of committing a sexual assault. The unknown offender

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