Is Serial Sexual Homicide a Compulsion, Deviant Leisure, or Both? Revisiting the Case of Ted Bundy

Williams, DJ

doi:10.1080/01490400.2019.1571967

Leisure Sciences

2019

DOI: 10.1080/01490400.2019.1571967

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Is Serial Sexual Homicide a Compulsion, Deviant Leisure, or Both? Revisiting the Case of Ted Bundy

DJ Williams

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“…Research on longevity (Yaksic, James, Pettigrew, Allely, Taylor, Geyer, Ioannou, Synnott, Denisov, Vecherin, Bogdanovic, De Silva and Matykiewicz, 2019) suggests, however, that serial murderers benefit more from lucky breaks than preparation, meaning that time to recharge matters less to success than the circumstances of the crime. Serial murderers never truly "cool off" as they fantasize about acting on injustices while attempting to stifle the triggers that compel them forward (Williams, 2019). Pauses between homicides are more mundane than a scenario where offenders "heat up" before acting on intentions and result from a dearth of opportunities, boredom or premature apprehension (Homant and Kennedy, 2014;Yaksic, Konikoff, Allely, Sarteschi, De Silva, Smith-Inglis, Matykiewicz, Giannangelo, Daniels and Keatley, 2019).…”

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Moving past sporadic eruptions, discursive killing, and running amok: recognizing the convergence of the serial and spree killer

Yaksic¹

2019

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Purpose Rapid sequence homicide offenders (RSHOs), formerly spree killers, are an understudied population due to the confusion surrounding their classification in relation to serial murderers. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory, comparative analysis of 56 RSHOs and 60 serial murderers was conducted on US-based data from 2014 to 2018 derived from the Consolidated Serial Homicide Offender Database to determine similarities and differences between the cohorts. Findings RSHOs and serial murderers are similar in that they often kill their victims using a singular method, have limited mobility, kill a similar number of victims both known and unknown to them and are both supremely motivated by domestic anger. There is an inverse relationship between serial murderers and RSHOs: as one group increases in prevalence the other decreases. Practical implications In order to divert men into more pro-social activities, attention must be dedicated to increasing mental health services that provide them with the tools to diffuse their hatred and couple that with effective gun control strategies and ways to enhance the compromised anger management skills of a generation of volatile men. Originality/value Academicians have been hesitant to juxtapose these offenders but based this conclusion on surface-level differences. A reimagining of these categorical structures is needed. The once clear delineation between these cohorts may continue to shrink and synchronize until one subsumes the other.

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Moving past sporadic eruptions, discursive killing, and running amok: recognizing the convergence of the serial and spree killer

Yaksic¹

2019

JCP

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Stranger Danger: Analyzing Offender Behaviors Based on Victim Approach Tactics in Sexual Homicide

Rossouw,

Beauregard,

Chopin

2024

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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Victims of sexual homicide may be deceived by perpetrators who use a friendly approach to gain access to them, making it difficult for the victim to assess the danger posed by the stranger. When investigating sexual homicides committed by strangers, investigators often lack direct information, including how the perpetrator gained access to the victim. To identify potential predictors of the approach method used in sexual homicides, this study analyzed the preferences and behaviors of sexual murderers who target strangers based on their approach method. The results of the logistic regression analysis showed that in comparison to offenders using “blitz” or “surprise” attacks, those using a deceptive “con” approach tended to have more male victims, exploit vulnerability, and exhibit post‐crime organization by relocating the victim's body and successfully disposing of the weapon used in the crime. Their crimes also more frequently involved oral sex and had lower rates of victim beating. This study discusses the investigative implications of these findings.

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Conceptualising dark events: A new framework

Kennell,

Šuligoj

2024

Annals of Tourism Research

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Is Serial Sexual Homicide a Compulsion, Deviant Leisure, or Both? Revisiting the Case of Ted Bundy

Cited by 7 publications

References 52 publications

Moving past sporadic eruptions, discursive killing, and running amok: recognizing the convergence of the serial and spree killer

Moving past sporadic eruptions, discursive killing, and running amok: recognizing the convergence of the serial and spree killer

Stranger Danger: Analyzing Offender Behaviors Based on Victim Approach Tactics in Sexual Homicide

Conceptualising dark events: A new framework

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