Which is an example of a "panic creator" type of obscene phone call?
a. The phone caller breathes heavily into the phone so that his victim hears him as he masturbates.
b. The phone caller calls a crisis center and, while relaying a false story to a female volunteer, masturbates.
c. The phone caller pretends he is a graduate student giving a "sexual behavior survey" for a research study and requests that his victim reveal private sexual information about herself as part of the survey.
d. The phone caller falsely informs the victim that he is holding someone close to her hostage and that if she wants the hostage freed, she must undress and masturbate.
ANS: D
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