RT Article
T1 Revisiting the Organized/Disorganized Model of Sexual Homicide
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 44
IS 12
SP 1604
OP 1619
A1 Mjanes, Karin
A2 Beauregard, Eric
A2 Martineau, Melissa
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1701029278
AB This study examined the organized/disorganized model to determine if support exists for two discrete offender types among a sample of 350 Canadian cases of sexual homicide. Variables related to crime scene characteristics and the offender’s modus operandi were tested using latent class analyses. Results suggest that sexual murderers can be separated into two distinct profiles that share similarities with the organized/disorganized dichotomy in terms of the detection avoidance strategies, control, and type of violence used by the offender. The latent class results show further support for the FBI model in relation to the offender’s approach, sexual acts, and postmortem activities.
K1 Sexual homicide
K1 Criminal profiling
K1 Typology
K1 Offense characteristics
K1 Latent class analysis
DO 10.1177/0093854817736554