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Sexual Homicide

A Motivational Model

ANN W. BURGESS

University of Pennsylvania

CAROL R. HARTMAN

Boston College

ROBERT K. RESSLER

FBI Academy

JOHN E. DOUGLAS

FBI Academy

ARLENE McCORMACK

University of Lowell

The findings from this exploratory study are reported in terms of the descriptive background characteristics of 36 sexual murderers, their behaviors and experiences in connection with their developmental stages, and the central role of sadistic fantasy and critical cognitive structures that support the act of sexual murder. A five-phase motivational model is presented: (1) ineffective social environment, (2) formative events, (3) critical personal traits and cognitive mapping process, (4) action toward others and self, and (5) feedback filter.

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 1, No. 3, 251-272 (1986)
DOI: 10.1177/088626086001003001
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