![]() ![]() For example, several of the individuals von Krafft-Ebing cited not only killed their victims, but filled their mouths with dirt, pulled their hairpins out, pressed their hands together, subjected them to humiliation and torture, and often took something from them of little value. Since the early case studies of sexual murder by von Krafft-Ebing, 1 offenders have been reported to engage in various crime scene behaviors that are unnecessary in the commission of the homicide. Implications of these findings for forensic assessments and criminal investigations are discussed. In fact, the results suggest that the crime scene conduct of this group of offenders is fairly complex and varied. ![]() ![]() The notion that serial sexual murderers engage in the same rituals and leave unique signatures at every scene was not supported by our data. In a national sample of 38 offenders and their 162 victims, we examined behavioral and thematic consistency, as well as the evolution and uniqueness of these crime scene actions. Notwithstanding numerous anecdotal case reports, ritual and signature have rarely been studied empirically. Ritual and signature are fantasy-driven, repetitive crime scene behaviors that have been found to occur in serial sexual homicide.
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