Superhomicide offenders: Nosology, empirical features, and linkages to sexual and multiple murder typologies

M DeLisi - Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The nosology for criminals who murder multiple victims is at once well‐established and
controversial, perhaps because theorists have largely segregated such offenders from the …

The dark figure of murder and unsolved homicides in the USA

M Minkler, M DeLisi, J Marquart… - Journal of Criminal …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to use a novel data set of 636 murderers sentenced to death in
California to investigate homicide offenses that are committed but not prosecuted or officially …

Homicide and Criminal Justice Policy

DP Mears, MC Stafford - Routledge Handbook of Homicide Studies - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter provides a conceptual framework—through a series of questions—for thinking
about, guiding, and evaluating criminal justice policy on homicide. We discuss theory and …

Condemned Homicide Offenders and Externalizing Psychopathology

DJ Peters, T Bonner, M DeLisi - Routledge Handbook of Homicide … - taylorfrancis.com
Previous research shows that homicide offenders exhibit above-average externalizing
psychopathy that is strongly correlated with criminal career. However, it is unknown whether …

The Normal and the Pathological

M DeLisi - Routledge Handbook of Homicide Studies - taylorfrancis.com
Drawing on Durkheim's concept of the normal and the pathological, the current chapter
leverages 25 years of consultant, practitioner, and research experiences to inform four …