Sex-Related Homicide and Death Investigation

The use of a linkage analysis as evidence in the conviction of the Newcastle serial murderer, South Africa

“…Keppel (1995Keppel ( , 2000a and Keppel and Weis (2004) refer to signature analysis. Signature is seen by Keppel as the offender's personal expression on the crime scene, the actions that go beyond what is necessary to commit a crime (Douglas & Munn, 1992;Geberth, 2003;Keppel, 1995). Keppel (2000b) further describes the signature as the offender's personal expression, or an imprint that he or she feels psychologically compelled to leave at a crime scene.…”

Sexual Homicide

“…However, a typical profile would include the following (adapted from Geberth 2003). Serial killers can be white, black, Hispanic, Asian or Native American; in fact, they could be of any ethnic group.…”

“…They thrive on self-gratification and the murders express their control; sometimes for the pleasure of possessing the power of life and death over another person. 'The serial killer is a 24 hour a day killing machine always on the prowl for a victim' (Geberth 2003). Schlesinger (2000) in quoting Kraft-Ebing repeats the suggestion that despite the diverse clinical pictures, serial homicides consist of three fundamental components: (i) sexual sadism; (ii) intense fantasy; and (iii) a compulsion to act out the fantasy.…”

Where are our Daughters, Mothers, Sisters, and Wives?: A Typological Analysis of Missing Women and Girls in Greater China, 1900–2000s

“…Hence, if the demographic and socioeconomic factors that can lead to sexual violence are singled out and analyzed thoroughly, then helping females to avoid being victimized will be not merely an ideal or slogan, but will become more practical, i.e., informing women of the necessary measures that should be taken to avoid being victimized by (sadistic) males. Based on the assumption that female victimology is caused by a few predictable factors, some writers address the patterns and dynamics of sexual violence (Cling 2004;Hodgson and Kelley 2004); some portray the central features of sex crimes Holmes 2002b, 2002c); some detail the typologies and processes of forcible rape (Amir 1971;Scully 1990); while some focus on the motivations and geographic locations of sexual homicide (Geberth 2003;Ressler et al 1988;Schlesinger 2003).…”