Serial Homicide Flashcards
expressive murder (+CITE)
motivated by emotion, anger, jealousy
often spontaneous or impulsive
personal and individual (Santilla et al, 2011)
previous offences of expressive murder (cite)
violence offences
public disorder offences
sexual offences
traffic and drug offences
(Salfati & Canter, 1999)
instrumental murder
‘rational’ or predatory
motivated by specific goal
often premeditated
may take steps to avoid detection
complex to investigate
instrumental rape
offender kills victim after sexually attacking her
to silence her and avoid detection
characteristics of organised serial homicide offender
high intelligence
family has stable work
charming
socially and sexually competent
inconsistent discipline
situational stress
characteristics of disorganised offender
below average intelligence
socially and sexually inadequate
harsh discipline
does not follow crime in media
poor personal hygiene
not charming
lives alone
organised crime scene
planned
targeted and personalised submissive victim
restrained: body is moved weapon is taken
disorganised crime scene
unknown, depersonalised victim
spontaneous event
physical evidence
body not moved, weapon left
motivational typologies of serial killers
visionary serial killer
power seeking
hedonistic
mission oriented
visionary serial killer
1% of killers
paranoid psychotic
overlap with mission oriented
hallucinations
told to kill
mission oriented
social cleansing
their mission in life
motivated by a sense of duty
strong sense of righteousness
carrying out a larger plan
hedonistic
kill for fun or profit
cost cutters
legal caretakers
lust/thrill
pleasure seeking
gratification
power seeking
gains satisfaction from exercising complete power over victims
the hollywood effect
white, above average intelligence
presented as an american phenomenon
strong sexual component is assumed always to be present
‘causes’ of serial killers
extreme level of maternal deprivation uniformly characterises the childhood experiences of serial killer
disinhibited counterculture
decline in the mental health system
sexual inadequacy and a rich fantasy life
significant damage to the frontal lobes
combination of genetic factors
