“…Thus, to be considered as sexual, a homicide has to present at least one of the following criteria: victim’s attire (e.g., torn clothing exposing the victim’s genitals) or lack of attire, exposure of the sexual parts of the victim’s body, sexual positioning of the victim’s body, insertion of foreign objects into the victim’s body cavities, evidence of sexual intercourse, and evidence of substitute sexual activity, interest, or sadistic fantasy. Previous studies highlight the strong heterogeneity of sexual homicides and sexual offenders (see e.g., Beauregard & Proulx, 2002, 2007; Beauregard et al, 2007; Beech et al, 2001, 2005; Chopin & Beauregard, 2020a; Higgs et al, 2017). Specifically, some research focuses on victims’ characteristics such as age and found strong differences in terms of offender profile and crime-commission process.…”