Profiling killers: a revised model for understanding sexual murder
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Research presented concerns sexual murder and homicide investigations, focusing on the definitions of four sexual offender types: power-reassurance, power assertive, anger-excitation and anger-retaliatory. Suspect profiles, homicidal patters, and the behavioral characteristics of the rape offenders are described in order for the investigators to more accurately identify the perpetrators.
Publication Name: International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0306-624X
Year: 1999
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The psychological typology of criminal homicidal aggression
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Issues discussed concern the psychological aspects of homicidal aggression among criminals, focusing on the characterization of murderous aggression based on personality, behavior, and self-control disfunction. Several types of aggression are identified, and include catastrophic, functional-utilitarian, situational-defensive, and habitual non-controlled.
Publication Name: International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0306-624X
Year: 1999
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Sexual homicides and their classification according to motivation: a report from Argentina
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This article discusses the psychiatric profile and motivations of sexual killers. Topics include sexual deviation, alter ego, and attitude.
Publication Name: International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0306-624X
Year: 2000
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