LibGuides: PSY-6517 v1: Lesson 6 Resources

Lesson 6 Resources

Investigative Psychology: Offender Profiling and the Analysis of Criminal Action

Canter, D. V., & Youngs, D. (2009). Investigative psychology: Offender profiling and the analysis of criminal action. Wiley.

Read Chapter 12.

This chapter examines sexual offending behavior, including offender characteristics and a discussion on victimology.

Access the RedShelf book from your course in the Getting Started module or from the Bookshelf link on the top navigation bar.

Linking Serial Sexual Offences: Moving Towards an Ecologically Valid Test of the Principles of Crime Linkage
Woodhams, J., Tonkin, M., Burrell, A., Imre, H., Winter, J. M., Lam, E. K. M., ten Brinke, G. J., Webb, M., Labuschagne, G., Bennell, C., Ashmore, H. L., van der Kemp, J., Lipponen, S., Pakkanen, T., Rainbow, L., Salfati, C. G., & Santtila, P. (2019). Linking serial sexual offences: Moving towards an ecologically valid test of the principles of crime linkage. Legal & Criminological Psychology, 24(1), 123–140. https://doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12144
In this article, researchers assess the validity of crime linkage in offender profiling as it relates to serial sexual offending.
The Role of Sexual, Sadistic, and Misogynistic Fantasy in Mass and Serial Killing
Murray, J. L. (2017). The role of sexual, sadistic, and misogynistic fantasy in mass and serial killing. Deviant Behavior, 38(7), 735–743. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2016.1197669
This article examines motivations and sexualized fantasies as they relate to serial offending with an examination of well known cases.
Female Sex Offenders: An Analysis of Crime Scene Behaviors
Almond, L., McManus, M. A., Giles, S., & Houston, E. (2015). Female sex offenders: An analysis of crime scene behaviors. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 32(24), 3839-3860.
In this article, the criminal behaviors as presented in crime scenes are discussed relative to a less researched group, female sexual offenders.
Profiling and Serial Crime: Theoretical and Practical Issues in Behavioural Profiling
W. A. Petherick (Ed.). (2009). Profiling and serial crime: Theoretical and practical issues in behavioural profiling (3rd ed.). Anderson Publishing.
Read Chapter 15.
This chapter focuses on serial offending in sexually based crimes, including serial rape and assault, prevalence, evolutionary perspectives, and theoretical ideas.