TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Male-on-female sexual homicides in Sweden, 1990 to 2013: a population-based controlled study of incidents, victims, and offenders
JO  - International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
A1  - Sturup, Joakim
A1  - Rodre, Sara
A1  - Karlberg, Daniel
A1  - von Vogelsang, Eva
A1  - Rying, Mikael
A1  - Caman, Shilan
SP  - 1557
EP  - 1574
VL  - 63
IS  - 9
N2  - To date, systematic studies of sexual homicides from Europe are scarce, in which none have been conducted in Sweden. This study aims to describe male-on-female sexual homicides in Sweden and differentiate from corresponding nonsexual homicides. Unsolved and solved sexual homicide ( n = 33) cases were identified in a database containing all homicides in Sweden between 1990 and 2013 ( N = 2,126), and subsequently data from forensic psychiatric evaluations were collected for convicted offenders. Male-on-female sexual homicides constituted 1.6% of all homicides and the clearance rate was 82%, which is comparable with the 83% overall clearance rate but took longer time to solve. Three factors differentiated sexual from nonsexual homicides: strangulation, younger age of the victim, and the absence of eyewitnesses. In solved cases, distance from the offender's home to the crime scene was strongly correlated with time to clearance. A majority of the offenders suffered from personality disorders, while other diagnoses were uncommon.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-624X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X18786609
ID  - ref1
ER  -