RT Article T1 Male-on-Female Sexual Homicides in Sweden, 1990 to 2013: A Population-Based Controlled Study of Incidents, Victims, and Offenders JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology VO 63 IS 9 SP 1557 OP 1574 A1 Sturup, Joakim A1 Rodre, Sara A1 Karlberg, Daniel LA English YR 2019 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1670853365 AB To date, systematic studies of sexual homicides from Europe are scarce, in which none have been conducted in Sweden. This study aims to describe male-on-female sexual homicides in Sweden and differentiate from corresponding nonsexual homicides. Unsolved and solved sexual homicide (n = 33) cases were identified in a database containing all homicides in Sweden between 1990 and 2013 (N = 2,126), and subsequently data from forensic psychiatric evaluations were collected for convicted offenders. Male-on-female sexual homicides constituted 1.6% of all homicides and the clearance rate was 82%, which is comparable with the 83% overall clearance rate but took longer time to solve. Three factors differentiated sexual from nonsexual homicides: strangulation, younger age of the victim, and the absence of eyewitnesses. In solved cases, distance from the offender's home to the crime scene was strongly correlated with time to clearance. A majority of the offenders suffered from personality disorders, while other diagnoses were uncommon. K1 Sexual homicide K1 Violence K1 Rape K1 Sexual offenders K1 Homicide K1 Sexualmord K1 Sexualverbrechen K1 Sexualtaten K1 Sexualstraftaten K1 Studie K1 Schweden DO 10.1177/0306624X18786609