Social Factors and Sexual Violence in Thailand

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to study the factors that cause sexual violence. Considering social problems and economic problems as factors because they can affect people behavior and interaction. We use sociology theories and criminology theories to describe all factors that cause the sexual violence, according to crime triangle theory and concentrate on factors that push the offender to commit a crime.
From the study, we found the social problem that mentioned in this article: patriarchy society which buried in society, drugs and alcohol, entertainment media production, and economic problem. Moreover, we suggest the solution for administrators and social membership to prevent sexual violence in the society by changing social structure and erasing false myth about rape and victim blaming.