Psychological profiling of offender characteristics from crime behaviours in serial rape offences

Title
Psychological profiling of offender characteristics from crime behaviours in serial rape offences
Publication Date
2002
Author(s)
Kocsis, Richard
Cooksey, Ray Wagner
Irwin, Harvey Jon
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Sage Publications, Inc
Place of publication
United States of America
DOI
10.1177/0306624X02462003
UNE publication id
une:4107
Abstract
Criminal psychological profiling has progressively been incorporated into police procedures despite a dearth of empirical research. Indeed, in the study of serial violent crimes for the purpose of psychological profiling, very few original, quantitative, academically reviewed studies actually exist. This article reports on the analysis of 62 incidents of serial sexual assault. The statistical procedure of multidimensional scaling was employed in the analysis of this data, which in turn produced a five-cluster model of serial rapist behavior. First, a central cluster of behaviors were identified that represent common behaviors to all patterns of serial rape. Second, four distinct outlying patterns were identified as demonstrating distinct offence styles, these being assigned the following descriptive labels brutality, intercourse, chaotic, and ritual. Furthermore, analysis of these patterns also identified distinct offender characteristics that allow for the use of empirically robust offender profiles in future serial rape investigations.
Link
Citation
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 46(2), p. 144-169
ISSN
1552-6933
0306-624X
Start page
144
End page
169

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