A heuristic study of the similarities and differences in offender characteristics across potential and successful serial sexual homicide offenders

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enzo Yaksic ◽  
Marissa Harrison ◽  
Daniel Konikoff ◽  
Robyn Mooney ◽  
Clare Allely ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Homicide ◽  
Offender Characteristics ◽  
Heuristic Study ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Serial Sexual Homicide

Characteristics of non-serial sexual homicide offenders: a review

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 25-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam J. Carter ◽  
Clive R. Hollin
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Homicide ◽  
Serial Sexual Homicide

scholarly journals Exploring the Similarities and Differences in Offender Characteristics Across Aspiring, Probable, and Successful Serial Homicide Offenders: The Importance of an Inclusive Approach to the Study of Homicide

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enzo Yaksic ◽  
Daniel Konikoff ◽  
Dan Gordon ◽  
Robyn Mooney ◽  
Clare Allely ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Identification ◽  
Developmental Trajectory ◽  
Serial Killers ◽  
Insufficient Evidence ◽  
Pivotal Point ◽  
Serial Homicide ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Offender Characteristics ◽  
Inclusive Approach ◽  
Similarities And Differences

The current study examines potential serial homicide offenders (SHOs), a previously unacknowledged offender group comprised of aspiring and probable SHOs, and compares them to successful SHOs. Data on 17 aspiring, 46 probable, and 16 successful SHOs were collected. The study results indicate that potential serial killers share more in common with successful SHOs than they do with one-off homicide offenders. While there is overlap among these groups, there is insufficient evidence to suggest discreet transitions among categories or that being a potential SHO is the final step on a pathway towards becoming a successful SHO. Potential SHOs cannot reliably be thought of as prospective SHOs if all things were equal. An as yet identified factor, such as resiliency, still separates potential SHOs from successful SHOs. Early identification and timely intervention is important to interrupt impending murders by potential SHOs and halt them at this pivotal point in their developmental trajectory.

Body Recovery After the “First 48”: Implications for Sexual Homicide Investigations

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kylie Reale ◽  
Eric Beauregard
Keyword(s):  
Forensic Evidence ◽  
Sexual Homicide ◽  
Crime Commission ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Offender Characteristics ◽  
Avoidance Strategies ◽  
Recovery Times ◽  
The Relationship

There is a lack of research examining the relationship between body recovery times and the “first 48,” despite the risk of forensic evidence deteriorating and the difficulty in forming leads without a body. The study explores factors influencing body recovery—both during and after the critical 48-hr investigative window—in sexual homicide cases. Offender characteristics, victimology, contact scene and body recovery locations, and forensic awareness strategies are used to predict body recovery after the “first 48.” Findings suggest that certain offenders can delay body recovery past the first 48 because they utilized detection avoidance strategies during the crime-commission process.

Object Relations and Defense Mechanisms of a Psychopathic Serial Sexual Homicide Perpetrator: A TAT Analysis

2001 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Porcerelli ◽  
Michael F. Abramsky ◽  
Stephen Hibbard ◽  
Ray Kamoo
Keyword(s):  
Object Relations ◽  
Defense Mechanisms ◽  
Sexual Homicide ◽  
Serial Sexual Homicide

The Motivation Behind Serial Sexual Homicide: Is It Sex, Power, and Control, or Anger?*

2006 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 900-907 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wade C. Myers ◽  
David S. Husted ◽  
Mark E. Safarik ◽  
Mary Ellen O'Toole
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Homicide ◽  
Power And Control ◽  
And Control ◽  
Serial Sexual Homicide

Sexual homicide and violent offenders

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Beauregard
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Criminal Career ◽  
Sexual Assaults ◽  
Modus Operandi ◽  
Lethal Outcome ◽  
Sexual Homicide ◽  
Unique Type ◽  
Offender Characteristics

This essay explores whether the sexual murderer is a unique type of sex offender. Two competing hypotheses of sexual homicide are outlined: the unique type hypothesis and the situational hypothesis. The essay discusses the heterogeneity of sexual murderers and reviews the different typologies of sexual homicide and the most common types. Differences and similarities between sexual murderers and non-homicidal sex offenders are reviewed, focusing on offender characteristics, criminal career, situational factors, and modus operandi/crime characteristics. The essay examines the factors leading to a lethal outcome in sexual assaults by looking at the most important factors, and the combinations of factors, leading to the death of the victim. Misconceptions about the modus operandi of sexual murderers are discussed along with the main behaviors they use to commit their crime. Finally the essay explores the differences between serial and non-serial sexual murderers.

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