Over the years, researchers and law enforcement professionals have tried to achieve
uniformity in the use of the term “serial murder,” but such efforts have rather proved futile …

A small body of literature has suggested that, rather than being more likely to engage in
offending or violent behavior, individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may actually …

Relying on a sample of 1,381 US-based multiple homicide offenders (MHOs), we study the
duration of the careers of this extremely violent category of offenders through Kaplan–Meier …

Techniques of neutralization are used by petty and serious criminals to verbally account for
their behavior, mitigate responsibility, and socially construct identity. Since serial killers often …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 For over two centuries, psychopathy has stood as perhaps the most
formidable risk factor for antisocial behavior, crime, and violence. The Routledge International …

This heuristic study examined potential serial sexual homicide offenders (SSHOs), an
unacknowledged offender group comprised of aspiring and probable SSHOs, and …

An analysis is offered of a confession given to detectives by a serial killer who, at the time of
his arrest, admitted to the murder of 15 men. Qualitative analysis, using Sykes and Matza's …

Abstract The “cooling-off period”, or inter-murder interval, has been used to differentiate
between serial, spree, and mass murderers for decades. The present research examines the …

The current research reports 61 male serial homicide offenders' Minnesota Multiphasic
Personality Inventory--2 (MMPI-2) results. Offenders had an average MMPI-2 profile code of …

Killer Data examines the phenomenon of serial murder using data collected from
international sources to review offender patterning with a focus on contemporary cases. This …