Abstract:
This study, Cause related to rape girls under the age of 13, purposes to study in causes of rape against under-13 girls, relationship characteristics between offenders and victim girls and rape against girl prevention guidelines.This qualitative research employed in-depth interviews with 15 sentenced male prisoners committing rape against under-13 girls imprisoned in Klong Prem Central Prison, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Central Prison and Central Correctional Institution for Young Offender, who consented to provide information. The results indicated that there are 3 causes of rape: 1) causes resulted from offenders who lack love, warmth, commitment with the parental family, live without appropriate socialization, resulting in low self-controllability, or offenders having an alcoholic father or stepfather as their role model, failed married life or disappointment with their lovers; 2) suitable victims are girls having body and mental vulnerability, simply be deceived, and familiar with offender; 3) suitable opportunity, time and place is the opportunity to stay with the victim girl in private, deserted places without patrol performed by government officials. There are 3 guidelines for solving such problem: 1) protection in part of offenders, i.e., the parents must give their children love, warmth, socialization, to learn how to honor women, and acts as the role model in good behavior, avoid drinking, taking illegal drugs and viewing pornography; 2) protection in part of girls, i.e., the parents must inspect, avoid to leave the girl to privately stay with men in private places, including teaching girls to understand in their rights that violation against their bodies is prohibited; 3) protection in part of environment and offense opportunity removal, i.e., installation of surveillance camera system, inspection performed by community members and government officials, reduction of risky and deserted area.