Stefanska, Ewa ORCID: 0000-0002-5685-0763, Beech, A. R. and Carter, A. J. (2016) A systematic review of the literature comparing male non-serial sexual killers and sexual aggressors: examining homogeneous and heterogeneous characteristics of these groups. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 22 (3). pp. 323-341. ISSN 1355-2600 (Print), 1742-6545 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2015.1126657)

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Abstract

This systematic review considers what is known about the characteristics of sexual killers and sexual aggressors. The aim was to identify which characteristics have consistently been shown to be similar (homogeneous) and which are different (heterogeneous) across these two groups. Ten studies, including approximately 300 sexual killers, were analysed. Only studies where the samples were directly compared and where sexual killers were male, predominantly non-serial and perpetrated against adult female victims were included. Results indicate that levels of loneliness and anger appear to be more prevalent in the sexual killer sample while mental health disorders, criminal history, family structure and history of sexual abuse as well as some crime scene behaviours seem to be similar across the two groups. The results of this review have also highlighted some methodological problems inherent to these types of studies and these issues are discussed from the perspective of improving research on these crimes.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sexual killers; homicide; sexual aggressors; offender characteristics; crime scene behaviour
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM)
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Last Modified:	12 Aug 2021 09:47
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/33552

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