@article{ref1,
title="The organized/disorganized typology of serial murder: myth or model?",
journal="Psychology, public policy, and law",
year="2004",
author="Canter, David V. and Alison, Laurence J. and Alison, Emily and Wentink, Natalia",
volume="10",
number="3",
pages="293-320",
abstract="Despite weaknesses in the organized/disorganized classification of serial killers, it is drawn on for &quot;offender profiles,&quot; theories of offending, and in murder trials. This dichotomy was therefore tested by the multidimensional scaling of the co-occurrence of 39 aspects of serial killings derived 100 murders committed by 100 U.S. serial killers. Results revealed no distinct subsets of offense characteristics reflecting the dichotomy. They showed a subset of organized features typical of most serial killings. Disorganized features are much rarer and do not form a distinct type. These results have implications for testing typologies supporting expert opinion or to help understand variations in criminal acts, as well as the development of a science of investigative psychology that goes beyond offender profiling. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)<p />",
language="",
issn="1076-8971",
doi="10.1037/1076-8971.10.3.293",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/1076-8971.10.3.293"
}