ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 5

The Sexually Sadistic Serial Killer
Warren, JI
Janet I. Warren, Associate professor of Clinical Psychiatric Medicine, Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, University of Virginia, Virginia

Dietz, PE
Park E. Dietz, Clinical professor of Psychiatry, and Biobehavioral Sciences, U.C.L.A. School of Medicine, President, Threat Assessment Group, Inc., and President, Park Dietz & Associates, California

Hazelwood, RR
Robert R. Hazelwood, FBI (Retired), Vice-president, The Academy Group, Virginia

(Received 29 January 1996; accepted 28 March 1996)

Abstract

This article explores characteristics and crime scene behavior of 20 sexually sadistic serial murderers. The pairing of character pathology with paraphilic arousal to the control and degradation of others is examined as it manifests itself in their murders. Commonalities across murders and across murderers are highlighted, i.e., the execution of murders that are well-planned, the use of preselected locations, captivity, a variety of painful sexual acts, sexual bondage, intentional torture, and death by means of strangulation and stabbing.

Keywords:
forensic science, forensic psychiatry, sexual sadism, serial murder, paraphilia, criminal profiling

Paper ID: JFS14033J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS14033J
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