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Profiles in the Offending Process of Nonserial Sexual Murderers

Eric Beauregard

School of Criminology, University of Montreal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3C 3J7; phone: 450-478-5977eric.beauregard{at}sympatico.ca

Jean Proulx

School of Criminology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada

The aim of this study was to investigate specific pathways in the offending processes of nonserial sexual murderers and to examine possible relationships with different precrime, per-crime, and postcrime factors. Included in this study were 36 offenders who have committed at least one sexual murder against a female victim and they were classified using cluster analysis. Participants using the sadistic pathway planned their offenses and used physical restraints during the offenses. Furthermore, they mutilated and humiliated their victims. Finally, they hid the bodies of the victims. Participants using the anger pathway had not premeditated the homicide. Mutilation, humiliation, and physical restraints were less predominant with these participants than with those using the sadistic pathway. Moreover, these offenders were more likely to leave the bodies at the crime scenes after the killings occurred. These two profiles are compared with empirical studies addressing sexual homicide.

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 46, No. 4, 386-399 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X02464002
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