Homicidal sex offenders: psychological, phallometric and diagnostic features

Firestone, Philip; Bradford, John M. W.; Greenberg, David M.; Larose, Michel R.

doi:10.1016/s1353-1131(99)90030-5

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“…Unlike our cases, half of them are intoxicated and one out of three is under the influence of drugs [2,33]. In addition, 30 to 50% of sexual murderers have been exposed to severe and disruptive family problems, including parental alcohol abuse, sexual abuse, mental health problems and crimes [2,35,36]. Moreover, they are often suggested to have childhood and adolescent antisocial behaviour [2,3].…”

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“…Moreover, they are often suggested to have childhood and adolescent antisocial behaviour [2,3]. Indeed, some studies suggested that they have a history of violent crimes in 50% of cases among them 25% have a history of sexual crimes [34,35].…”

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“…Although the literature emphasizes the importance of psychiatric co-morbidity, personality disorders (antisocial, psychopathic) and sexuality problems (paraphilias, sexual sadism) among sexual murderers [35], certain contextual factors are important to understand the lethal outcome of a sexual assault. In fact, there are other reasons for death in case of sexual homicide like accidental death, excessive use of force to perform rape and the presence of a lethal weapon at the moment of sexual assault [37,38].…”

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Sexual Homicide Committed by a Family Member: Report of Two Cases and Discussion of Its Motivation Factors

Youssef¹,

Wiem²,

Zouheir³

et al. 2017

J Forensic Med

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Sexual homicide is a distinctive form of homicide and an extreme form of sexual violence. This phenomenon has been well addressed in psychiatric, psychological and forensic literatures. Nevertheless, sometimes it is difficult to understand the motivations behind a sexual homicide mainly when it occurs within the closed family environment.We report two cases of women's sexual homicide committed by a family member, other than a sexual partner or an ex-partner. The sexual character was confirmed by laboratory evidences which also allowed the offender identification. In both cases, the offenders did not have any history of violence conviction and were not under substance abuse influence. In addition, psychological autopsy has not revealed any psychiatric disorder of the offenders.In this paper, we describe the findings, we discuss the characteristics of this type of murder and its motivation factors related to our socio-cultural and legislative context.

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Sexual Homicide Committed by a Family Member: Report of Two Cases and Discussion of Its Motivation Factors

Youssef¹,

Wiem²,

Zouheir³

et al. 2017

J Forensic Med

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“…Çoğu cinsel seri katil belli bir dereceye kadar cinsel sadistik davranış sergilemektedir (17, 35,41). Çeşitli olay yeri davranışlarının %50'ye yakın oranda DSM cinsel sadizm tanısını doğruladığı (37) ve parafilik bozuklukları yansıttı-ğı gösterilmiştir (42).…”

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Serial Murder and Sexual Sadism

Kılıç¹,

Balcıoğlu²

2013

Adli Tip Derg

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“…In 75%, there were 3 or more sexual diagnoses versus only 6% in those committing only incest. 101 Although pedophiles interact with their victims on a child's level, the incestuous men prefer to elevate their victims to an adult status.…”

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Review of Medical Reports on Pedophilia

Hughes

2007

Clin Pediatr (Phila)

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The present report is a review of all 554 papers published on Medline on pedophilia. The first discussion is the history of the disorder from ancient Greece to the present time, especially the influence of the liberal country of the Netherlands, the North American Man-Boy Love Association, and the sexual crisis in the Catholic Church. One important question is the relationship between homosexual pedophilia and adult homosexuality. Evidence for and against this relationship is presented. Next discussed are the characteristics of the victim and the long lasting serious effects of sexual abuse. Laboratory correlations are included, especially phallometric tests in order to objectively measure the physical responses to sexual stimuli. Electrophysiological and radiographic tests are also mentioned, including electroencephalography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and positron emission tomography scans. An important section is the characterization of pedophiles with emphasis on their frequent previous sexual abuse, their past, their present, and their anticipated future. The final topic is treatment of this disorder with surgery, medication, behavioral therapy and the combination of medication and behavioral therapy.

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Homicidal sex offenders: psychological, phallometric and diagnostic features

Cited by 53 publications

References 32 publications

Sexual Homicide Committed by a Family Member: Report of Two Cases and Discussion of Its Motivation Factors

Sexual Homicide Committed by a Family Member: Report of Two Cases and Discussion of Its Motivation Factors

Serial Murder and Sexual Sadism

Review of Medical Reports on Pedophilia

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