| This study investigated the difference between sexual and non-sexual homicides, in terms of the offender's specific behaviours at the crime scene, the thematic crime scene style (expressive or instrumental), and the victim target. Further investigation included an analysis of the distance the offenders travelled to commit the crime, the offender's characteristics in terms of their age and their previous criminal history. A sample of 247 British single offender-single victim homicide cases were analysed using Multidimensional statistics. The results of this analysis show that there is a marked difference between offenders who committed a sexual homicide and those who did not. This difference was reflected across the spectrum of the variables analysed. Results are discussed in terms of implications for classification of homicide and sexual homicide, as well as the potential of this research for offender profiling. |
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