This timely volume offers comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of serial homicide, which has been on the increase since the 1990's. It provides an understanding of these criminal acts and their perpetrators. The book uses a holistic approach and highlights accurate means of early identification and future risk. It is an invaluable resource for mental health professionals and all those who study and work with this criminal phenomenon.
Chapter
1. Editors Introduction: Understanding Serial Homicide Scope,
Vision, and Structure.- Part I. Introduction to Serial Homicide.
Chapter
2.
Definitions, Historical Perspectives, & Prevalence of Serial Homicide.-
Chapter
3. Researching Serial Homicide: Methodological Frameworks,
Constraints, and Emerging Trends.- Part II. Comparative Perspectives,
Typologies, and Subtypes of Serial Homicide.
Chapter
4. Serial and
Single-Victim Sexual Homicide Offenders: A Comparative Review.
Chapter
5.
Sexual Versus Nonsexual Serial Homicide.
Chapter
6. Gendered Patterns in
Serial Homicide: Female Offenders in Comparative Perspective .
Chapter
7.
Serial Murder in Healthcare: A Distinct Subtype.
Chapter
8. Typologies of
Serial Homicide Offenders.- Part III. Psychological and Biological
Foundations.
Chapter
9. The Psychopathology in Serial Homicide .
Chapter
10. Biological/Neuroscience Explanations for Serial Homicide.
Chapter
11.
Social Context: Family, Support Systems, and Early Life in the Making of
Serial Killers.- Part IV. Criminal Careers, Victimology, and Crime Scene
Behavior.
Chapter
12. The criminal career of serial (sexual) homicide
offenders and the phenomenon of criminal escalation .
Chapter
13.
Victimology of Serial Homicide: Understanding the Dynamics from Victim
Selection to Criminal Investigation.
Chapter
14. Serial Murder Spatial
Behavior: Data, Theory, and Application.
Chapter
15. Dismemberment and
Mutilation in Serial Homicide Offenders.
Chapter
16. Trophy-Taking in Serial
Homicide: Psychological Underpinnings and the PRIME Model.- Part V.
Investigative Challenges and Case Linkage.
Chapter
17. Interviews with
Serial Murderers: What is Revealed?.
Chapter
18. Evidence-Based Crime
Linking: A Framework to Overcome Linkage Blindness.
Chapter
19. Working the
Clock: Integrating Temporal Expression into Serial Homicide Analysis with
VORTEX .
Chapter
20. Serial Homicide Cold Cases: Issues with Identifying and
Linking Serial Homicide Offenses.
Chapter
21. Wrongful Convictions in Serial
Homicide: Investigative Failures, Systemic Bias, and Paths to Reform.-
Chapter
22. Detecting deception in serial homicide offenders.- Part VI. Legal
and Criminal Justice Responses.
Chapter
23. The Adjudication of Serial
Killers.
Chapter
24. Serial Murderers in Prison.
Chapter
25. From
Understanding to Action: Future Agenda for Serial Homicide.
Sneha Gupta, M.S., M.A., LL.B., is a doctoral student in clinical psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. She earned her Masters degree in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and is a qualified lawyer in India. Her research centers on serial homicide and serial sexual homicide, with a particular focus on cultural differences in behavioral expression, personality pathology, and paraphilic disorders. She has conducted empirical research on serial offending and continues to investigate the psychological dimensions of repetitive violent behavior. She has contributed to peer-reviewed scholarship on serial homicide, ethics and morality in psychology, and forensic psychological issues, including legal standards for the admissibility of evidence and pathways to false allegations of sexual abuse.
Marina Sorochinski, M.A., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the Division of Criminal Justice and Homeland Security at the Collins College of Professional Studies, St. Johns University. She specializes in applying psychological principles and rigorous empirical methods to improving police investigations and has expertise in analyzing behavioral patterns in violent crimes through the lens of investigative psychology. Her research encompasses the development of linkage models and evidence-based profiling for serious violent offenses, and her contributions have been recognized through various scholarships and awards, including a prestigious research fellowship from the National Institute of Justice.
William ODonohue, Ph.D. is a professor of clinical psychology in the department of psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. He has published over 90 books and has continuous grant funding for over 28 years. He has published on sexual abuse, sexual deviance, trauma, domestic personality disorders, and other forensic-related topics.
