TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Serial homicide: an investigation of behavioural consistency
JO  - Journal of investigative psychology and offender profiling
A1  - Salfati, C. Gabrielle
A1  - Bateman, Alicia L.
SP  - 121
EP  - 144
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
N2  - To examine if serial homicide offenders are consistent across their crimes, a model was developed empirically that could be used to distinguish between crimes that were instrumental and those that were expressive. The first known three offences in each series of 69 US serial homicides committed by 23 offenders, were examined and the instrumental and expressive themes determined. Three models were then explored that test for consistency across these themes. The most liberal model was found to classify all of the offences effectively and to reveal complete consistency across the three crimes for all offenders. The implications of these results for offender profiling and further study of serial homicide are discussed. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 1544-4759
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jip.27
ID  - ref1
ER  -