The psychology of lust murder : paraphilia, sexual killing, and serial homicide / Catherine E. Purcell and Bruce A. Arrigo.

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9780123705105

9780080462578

9781280633522

Title:

The psychology of lust murder : paraphilia, sexual killing, and serial homicide / Catherine E. Purcell and Bruce A. Arrigo.

Author:

Purcell, Catherine E.

Personal Author:

Purcell, Catherine E.

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1 online resource (xiii, 173 pages) : illustrations

Contents:

Preliminary TOC -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: On Paraphilia and Lust Murder -- Chapter 3: On Sexual Homicide and Serial Murder: What Do We Know? -- Chapter 4: An Integrative Model: What Do We Need -- Chapter 5: The Case of Jeffrey Dahmer -- Chapter 6: Dahmer, Sexual Deviance and Lust Murder: Testing the Models -- Chapter 7: In Search of Meaning: On Theory Construction and Model Making -- Chapter 8: Implications and Conclusions.

1. Introduction -- 2. Paraphilia and lust murder -- 3. Sexual homicide and serial murder : what do we know? -- 4. An integrative model : what do we need? -- 5. The case of Jeffrey Dahmer -- 6. Dahmer, paraphilia, and lust murder : testing the models -- 7. In search of meaning : on theory construction and model building -- 8. Implications and conclusions.

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Subject Term:

Sex crimes -- Psychological aspects.

Psychosexual disorders.

Serial murderers -- Psychology.

Criminal psychology.

Added Author:

Arrigo, Bruce A.

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2006

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The Psychology of Lust Murder systematically examines the phenomenon of paraphilia (i.e., aberrant sexuality) in relationship to the crime of lust murder. By synthesizing the relevant theories on sexual homicide and serial killing, the authors develop an original, timely, sensible model that accounts for the emergence and progression of paraphilias expressed through increasingly violent erotic fantasies. Over time, these disturbing paraphilic images that, among other things, involve rape, body mutilation and dismemberment, torture, post-mortem sexual intercourse, and cannibalism, are all actualized. Thus, it is the sustained presence of deviant sexuality that contributes to and serves as underlying motive for the phenomenon of lust murder (a.k.a. erotophonophilia). Going well beyond theoretical speculation, the authors (Dr. Catherine Purcell, a forensic psychologist and Dr. Bruce Arrigo, a criminologist) apply their integrated model to the gruesome and chilling case of Jeffrey Dahmer. They convincingly demonstrate where and how their conceptual framework provides a more complete explanation of lust homicide than any other model available in the field today. The book concludes with a number of practical suggestions linked to clinical prevention, diagnosis, and treatment strategies; police training, profiling, and apprehension efforts; as well as legal and public policy responses to sexually violent and predatory assailants. Comprehensive in its coverage, accessible in its prose, and thoughtful in its analysis, The Psychology of Lust Murder is a must read for any person interested in the crime of erotophonophilia and those offenders responsible for its serial commission.

Author Notes

Bruce A. Arrigo, Ph.D., is Professor of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte. He holds additional faculty appointments in Psychology, in Public Policy, and in Public Health Sciences. Dr. Arrigo has (co)authored or (co)edited) 30+ books and 175+ scholarly papers in the areas of justice and social welfare at the intersection of law, mental health, and society. He also is the founding and current editor-in-chief of the Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and has served as a consultant to the Correctional Service of Canada, the National Institute of Justice, the National Science Foundation, and Savant Learning Systems.

About the Authors	p. XI
1 Introduction
Overview	p. 1
Sexual Homicide and Serial Murder: Toward the Need for Integration	p. 3
On Paraphilia and Lust Murder: A Preliminary Review	p. 5
Organization of the Book	p. 7
2 Paraphilia and Lust Murder
Overview	p. 11
Understanding Sexuality: From Normative to Abnormal to Pathological	p. 12
Definition of Paraphilia	p. 16
Etiology of Paraphilia	p. 16
Lust Murder or Erotophonophilia	p. 25
Summary and Conclusion	p. 30
3 Sexual Homicide and Serial Murder: What Do We Know?
Overview	p. 33
Background on the Motivational and Trauma Control Models	p. 34
The Classical Conditioning Model	p. 36
The Motivational Model	p. 39
The Trauma Control Model	p. 45
Limitations of the Classical Conditioning, Motivational, and Trauma Control Models	p. 49
Summary and Conclusion	p. 50
4 An Integrative Model: What Do We Need?
Overview	p. 53
Support for an Integrative Model on Serial Murder and Sexual Homicide	p. 54
Defining the Elements of the Integrative Typology	p. 55
An Integrative Theoretical Typology of Lust Murder	p. 57
The Limits of the Integrative Theoretical Typology on Lust Murder	p. 63
Summary and Conclusion	p. 64
5 The Case of Jeffrey Dahmer
Overview	p. 67
Methodological Concerns	p. 68
Historical and Biographical Account of Jeffrey Dahmer	p. 73
Summary and Conclusion	p. 83
6 Dahmer, Paraphilia, and Lust Murder: Testing the Models
Overview	p. 85
The Motivational Model	p. 86
The Trauma Control Model	p. 93
The Integrated Paraphilic Model	p. 101
The Paraphilic Continuum	p. 105
Summary and Conclusion	p. 111
7 In Search of Meaning: On Theory Construction and Model Building
Overview	p. 113
The Comparative Analysis: Comments on the Organizational Approach	p. 114
Similarities Among the Models	p. 121
Differences Among the Models	p. 128
Unique Features Among the Models	p. 132
Summary and Conclusion	p. 136
8 Implications and Conclusions
Overview	p. 137
Psychopathy, Crime, and Lust Murder: A Preliminary Review	p. 139
The Integrative Typology: Speculative and Provisional Implications	p. 144
Generalizing from the Integrative Typology	p. 153
Summary and Conclusions	p. 154
References	p. 159
Index	p. 169

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