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Psychological Profiling of Offender Characteristics from Crime Behaviors in Serial Rape Offences16 Lynden Avenue, Carlingford, Sydney, NSW 2118, Australia
School of Marketing and Management, University of New England, Armidale NSW 2580, Australia
School of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2580, Australia Criminal psychological profiling has progressively been incorporated into police procedures despite a dearth of empirical research. Indeed, in the study of serial violent crimes for the purpose of psychological profiling, very few original, quantitative, academically reviewed studies actually exist. This article reports on the analysis of 62 incidents of serial sexual assault. The statistical procedure of multidimensional scaling was employed in the analysis of this data, which in turn produced a five-cluster model of serial rapist behavior. First, a central cluster of behaviors were identified that represent common behaviors to all patterns of serial rape. Second, four distinct outlying patterns were identified as demonstrating distinct offence styles, these being assigned the following descriptive labels brutality, intercourse, chaotic, and ritual. Furthermore, analysis of these patterns also identified distinct offender characteristics that allow for the use of empirically robust offender profiles in future serial rape investigations.
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 46, No. 2,
144-169 (2002) This article has been cited by other articles:
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