Differentiating Contract Killers: A Narrative‐Based Approach

Yaneva, Miroslava; Ιωάννου, Μαρία; Hammond, Laura; Synnott, John

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“…Lastly, it would be worth exploring the psychological narratives of missing persons in order to understand underlying emotions and roles that may contribute to the decision to go missing. A number of studies have shown the importance of narratives with offenders (Ioannou, 2006;Ioannou, Canter, Youngs & Synnott, 2015;Ioannou, Canter & Youngs, 2017;Ioannou, Synnott, Lowe & Tzani-Pepelasi, 2018;Yaneva, Ioannou, Hammond & Synnott, 2018). While behavioural narratives have been explored with missing children (Payne, 1995) and missing adults (Bonny, Almond & Woolnough, 2016) both explorations are focused on behavioural differentiations as opposed to…”

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Suicide and Associated Vulnerability Indicators in Adult Missing Persons: Implications for the Police Risk Assessment

Yong

Tzani

2019

J Police Crim Psych

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Purpose: This research examined the relationship between adult missing persons and suicide, considering a number of possible vulnerability indicators/characteristics of this group of missing persons. Implications for missing person investigations were also explored, particularly for the risk assessment process. Methodology: Data was extracted for ninety-three (N = 93) missing persons cases from one English police force, over a four-year period. These individuals were found dead suspected of suicide. Findings: The findings illustrate a number of vulnerability indicators/characteristics of missing persons who complete suicide. In relation to the initial risk assessment level applied to the missing person report, two vulnerability indicators; a risk of suicide and the presence of a suicide note had an effect on predicting a higher risk assessment level. Limitations: Future research, in order to overcome the present study's limitations, should attempt to collect data from more than one police force in order to increase the sample size. In addition to this, it would be beneficial to use a sample of missing persons who are found safe and well as a Suicide and Associated Vulnerability Indicators in Adult Missing Persons 2 comparative sample to have a better chance in understanding the examined relationship and whether the vulnerability indicators/characteristics are indicative of suicide risk. Practical implications: The findings of this study have practical implications for the risk assessment process and are a step forward in providing empirical evidence applicable to identifying missing persons most at risk of suicide. Social implications: This research has helped to build upon and corroborate existing knowledge of missing persons who complete suicide. Originality: This study provides new empirical evidence on suicide in adult missing persons. The findings demonstrate the subjective and variable nature of the risk assessment process and highlight potential implications on missing person investigations.

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Suicide and Associated Vulnerability Indicators in Adult Missing Persons: Implications for the Police Risk Assessment

Yong

Tzani

2019

J Police Crim Psych

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“…However, it has been reported (Youngs, Ioannou, & Eagles, ) that specialisation is represented through expressive and instrumental offenders, although if this relates to geo‐behaviour remains unclear. It would be useful to examine the criminal narratives of these two groups of offenders as has been successfully applied in other studies (Ioannou, Canter, Youngs, & Synnott, ; Ioannou, Canter, & Youngs, ; Ioannou, Hammond, & Simpson, ; Ioannou, Synnott, Lowe, & Tzani‐Pepelasi, ; Ioannou, Synnott, Reynolds, & Pearson, ; Yaneva, Ioannou, Hammond, & Synnott, ). This would be in respect to their geographic profiles to ascertain if the lack of variation is geographic behaviour is consistent in their offender narrative.…”

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Crime location choices: A geographical analysis of German serial killers

Synnott

Bakker²,

Ιωάννου

et al. 2019

Journal Invest Psychology

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The present study examined whether there are different processes operating in the crime location choices between body‐disposing and non‐body‐disposing serial killers and between sexual serial killers and acquisitive serial killers. A sample of 49 series of solved German serial killings is used to examine the differences in travelled distances between these groups of killers. Nonparametric tests revealed that body‐disposing and non‐body‐disposing serial killers and sexual and acquisitive serial killers did not constitute subgroups of serial killers regarding their spatial behaviour. The results suggest that the compared groups are subjected to the same factors that influence their travelled distances. Furthermore, the possible role of planning and anticipated emotions in crime location choices of serial killers is discussed, as well as the limitations of the study and recommendations for future research.

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“…If they are; then these items would be represented in similar regions and would provide evidence for distinct criminal narrative experiences in PD and psychopathic offenders. A number of studies from have found such MDS models to be productive in recent years (Ioannou, Canter, Youngs & Synnott 2015;Ioannou, Hammond & Simpson, 2015;Youngs, Ioannou & Eagles, 2016;Ioannou, Canter & Youngs, 2017;Ioannou, Synnott, Lowe & Tzani-Pepelasi, 2018;Yaneva, Ioannou, Hammond & Synnott, 2018, Synnott, Ioannou, Coyne & Hemingway, 2018).…”

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The Criminal Narrative Experience of Psychopathic and Personality Disordered Offenders

Goodlad

Ιωάννου

Hunter

2018

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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Given the challenges associated with psychopathic and personality disordered offenders, further insight is needed. One way of doing this is by looking at offending from the first-person perspective. The study investigated the criminal narrative experience (CNE) of this population during the commissioning of crimes. Twenty-two high-risk male offenders were recruited and a questionnaire design was used. The data were analysed using Smallest Space Analysis which revealed four themes consistent with Ioannou, Canter, and Youngs’s CNE framework: depressed victim, distressed revenger, calm professional, and elated hero. Independent samples t tests explored whether personality disorders related to CNE themes, and Pearson’s product–moment correlation was used to explore the relationship between psychopathy and the CNE themes. Borderline personality disorder identified with the depressed victim. Paranoid and schizoid personality disorders did not identify with the calm professional. There was no significant relationship between psychopathy and the CNE themes. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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Differentiating Contract Killers: A Narrative‐Based Approach

Cited by 10 publications

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Suicide and Associated Vulnerability Indicators in Adult Missing Persons: Implications for the Police Risk Assessment

Suicide and Associated Vulnerability Indicators in Adult Missing Persons: Implications for the Police Risk Assessment

Crime location choices: A geographical analysis of German serial killers

The Criminal Narrative Experience of Psychopathic and Personality Disordered Offenders

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