Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Homicide Studies

This book provides the first systematic overview of the theoretical, empirical, clinical, and police issues related to sexual murderers and murder. Bringing together leading researchers, theoreticians, and practitioners from across eight different countries, this is a truly international collaboration and an essential reference text for students, researchers and professionals interested in sexual homicide, as well as an exhaustive source of guidelines for the assessment and treatment of sexual murderers. This book is divided into five sections:

• Section One, Theories and Research, presents a detailed review of theoretical models and empirical studies of sexual homicide.
• Section Two, Sexual Sadism, discusses theoretical, empirical, and clinical considerations, and reviews the literature on the characteristics of sadistic sexual aggressors.
• Section Three, Clinical Issues, discusses the assessment and management of sexual murderers at each phase of the judicial process: at trial, during incarceration, and during follow-up in the community.
• Section Four, Policing Issues, discusses research and practical issues related to police activities surrounding a sexual murder. Topics include investigation, offender and geographical profiling, behavioural linkage, and police interrogation of the murderers.
• Section Five, New Directions, presents new directions for the study of sexual homicide and discusses the limits of current knowledge related to sexual murderers and their crimes.

Offering a broad and comprehensive approach, this handbook is an indispensable source of information on theory, research, clinical assessment, treatment and police issues related to sexual murderers and murder.

Jean Proulx is a professor in, and the Director of, the School of Criminology and Researcher at the International Centre for Comparative Criminology at the University of Montreal, Canada, and a researcher and forensic psychologist at the Philippe-Pinel Institute of Montreal

Eric Beauregard is a Professor in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, Canada

Adam Carter is a Forensic Psychologist and Head of Offences Specialism for Extremism and Gang Affiliated Offending, Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, UK

Andreas Mokros is Chair of Personality Psychology, Assessment, and Consulting in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, FernUniversitat in Hagen, Germany

Rajan Darjee is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology and Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health (Forensicare), Australia

Jonathan James is a clinical psychologist and a doctoral candidate at the School of Criminology, University of Montreal, Canada