Sexual and Nonsexual Homicide in Scotland: Is There a Difference?

Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Sara SkottRajan Darjee

Abstract

While a number of previous studies have compared sexual homicides to nonlethal sexual offenses, there have been few studies comparing sexual and nonsexual homicides. This study examines whether sexual homicide offenders differ from nonsexual homicide offenders in Scotland regarding characteristics of the offender, the victim, and the homicide incident. Unlike previous studies, only homicides committed by males against females were examined. Data from a national police database were used to compare 89 male sexual homicide offenders who killed adult females with 306 male nonsexual homicide offenders who had also killed adult females using bivariate and multivariate (logistic regression) analyses. The findings revealed not only some similarities between the two groups, particularly regarding some victim variables, but also significant bivariate and multivariate differences. Sexual homicides appeared to be associated with indicators of instrumentality and sexual deviance. We conclude that sexual homicide offenders might be considered a distinct group of homicide offenders, more similar to sexual offenders than to other homicide offenders.

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Dec 12, 2018·International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology·Julien Chopin, Eric Beauregard
Jan 25, 2019·International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology·Sara Skott
Mar 23, 2019·International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology·Rajan Darjee
Apr 6, 2019·International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology·Wade C MyersWilliam Menard
Nov 18, 2019·Current Psychiatry Reports·Julien Chopin, Eric Beauregard

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