Untangling sexual homicide: A proposal for a new classification of sexually motivated killings

Ewa B. Stefanska, Nicholas Longpré, Sinead Bloomfield, Derek Perkins and Adam J. Carter

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2020, vol. 71, issue C

Abstract: The study aimed to develop an empirically driven checklist guiding clinicians in the decision-making process that would enable them to determine the functional role of the killing in a newly proposed classification of sexual homicides.

Keywords: Sexual murderers; Direct/ indirect; Classification; IRT; Checklist (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2020.101729

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