CHAPTER 1 Why Study Serial Crime? 1
Why Study Serial Crime? 2
Fear of Crime 5
Problems of Generalizing 9
Investigation 12
Conclusion 14
CHAPTER 2 Normalcy of the Sadistic Serial Killer 17
Lack of Empathy 18
Presentation of Self 21
Compartmentalization and Dehumanization 22
Need for Power 24
Conclusion 24
CHAPTER 3 Serial Rape 27
Defining Rape 30
Defining Serial Rape 31
Typologies of Serial Rapists 36
Investigating Serial Rape 40
Criminal Profiling and Linkage Blindness 42
Conclusion 46
CHAPTER 4 Adult Sexual Offenders: An Overview 49
The "Typical" Offender 50
Adult Sex Offenders with Adult Victims 50
Adult Sex Offenders with Child Victims 55
Rehabilitation 64
Recidivism 65
Difficulties with Convicting Sex Offenders 66
The Internet and Childhood Sexual Offending 68
CHAPTER 5 Cyber "Pedophiles:" A Behavioral Perspective 71
Paraphilias and Sexual Ritual Behavior 72
The Distinction Between a "Pedophile" and a Child Molester 74
Typology of Sex Offenders 75
The Motivation Continuum 77
Computer Offenders 79
Recognizing Preferential Sex Offenders 81
"Expert" Search Warrants 84
Staleness of Probable Cause 86
"Concerned Citizens" Assisting Law Enforcemeut 86
CHAPTER 6 The Status of Serial Stalking: Persons, Processes,and Palliatives 89
What Is Stalking? 96
The Nature of Stalking 100
Characteristics of Stalker Behavior 103
Why Do Stalkers Stalk? 105
The Characteristics of Stalkers and Their Victims 107
Outcomes of Stalking 111
System Responses 115
Conclusion 119
CHAPTER 7 Serial Arson 123
Defining Arson 123
Serial Arson 129
Motivations 132
Pyromania 135
Other Factors 137
Juveniles 138
Conclusion 143
CHAPTER 8 Muti Murder: Murder for Human Body Parts 145
Types of Traditional Healers in South Africa 146
DefiningMuti Murder 147
Sacrificial Murder or Muti Murder? 147
Historic Context 148
Epidemiology 149
The Offenders 150
The Victims 152
Body Parts and Their Uses 153
What Crimes Can the Offenders Be Charged With? 160
Conclusion 161
CHAPTER 9 Criminal Profiling 163
History 164
Jack the Ripper 165
The Lindbergh Kidnapping 166
Adolph Hitler 168
The Mad Bomber 169
Inductive/Deductive Analysis 170
Types of Profiling 172
Offender Profiling: A Proposed Definition 180
The Use of Criminal Profiling in South Afiica 181
Conclusion 184
CHAPTER 10 The Use of a Linkage Analysis as an Investigative Tool and Evidential Material in Serial Offenses 187
What Is Linkage Analysis? 188
Why Use Linkage Analysis? 190
What Does the Research Say? Is Linking Possible? 192
Information Required to Compile a Linkage Analysis 196
Factors That Can Influence a Signature or Linkage Analysis 198
Legal Principles Under Which Linkage Evidence Is Admissible 200
Case Example: The Newcastle Serial Murders 203
Case Example: The Quarry Serial Murders 208
Conclusion 215
CHAPTER 11 The Missing Missing: Toward a Quantification of Serial Murder Victimization in the United States 217
Doing the Math 219
Missing Persons as Uncounted Serial Murder Victims 221
Quantifying the Missing 223
The Missing Missing 226
Unidentified Dead 228
Misidentified and Elsewhere Classified Dead 231
Conclusion 235
CHAPTER 12 Targeting the Serial Offender: Task Force Structuring and Organization 239
Serial Offenders 240
Task Forces 242
Media Relations and Task Force Communication 247
Investigative Analysis 249
Previous Studies Regarding Task Forces 251
Conclusion 253
CHAPTER13 Conclusion 255
APPENDIX A Estimates Related to Prevalence of Serial Stalking 265
References 271
Author Index 293
Subject Index 299