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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Purcell, Catherine E.

Contributor:

Arrigo, Bruce A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex crimes--Psychological aspects.

Sex crimes.

Psychosexual disorders.

Serial murderers--Psychology.

Serial murderers.

Criminal psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston, MA : Academic Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 al

Contents:

Table of Contents; About the Authors; 1: Introduction; OVERVIEW; SEXUAL HOMICIDE AND SERIAL MURDER: TOWARD THE NEED FOR INTEGRATION; ON PARAPHILIA AND LUST MURDER: A PRELIMINARY REVIEW; ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK; 2: Paraphilia and Lust Murder; OVERVIEW; UNDERSTANDING SEXUALITY: FROM NORMATIVE TO ABNORMAL TO PATHOLOGICAL; DEFINITION OF PARAPHILIA; ETIOLOGY OF PARAPHILIA; LUST MURDER OR EROTOPHONOPHILIA; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION; 3: Sexual Homicide and Serial Murder: What Do We Know?; OVERVIEW; BACKGROUND ON THE MOTIVATIONAL AND TRAUMA CONTROL MODELS; THE CLASSICAL CONDITIONING MODEL

THE MOTIVATIONAL MODELTHE TRAUMA CONTROL MODEL; LIMITATIONS OF THE CLASSICAL CONDITIONING, MOTIVATIONAL, AND TRAUMA CONTROL MODELS; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION; 4: An Integrative Model: What Do We Need?; OVERVIEW; SUPPORT FOR AN INTEGRATIVE MODEL ON SERIAL MURDER AND SEXUAL HOMICIDE; DEFINING THE ELEMENTS OF THE INTEGRATIVE TYPOLOGY; AN INTEGRATIVE THEORETICAL TYPOLOGY OF LUST MURDER; THE LIMITS OF THE INTEGRATIVE THEORETICAL TYPOLOGY ON LUST MURDER; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION; 5: The Case of Jeffrey Dahmer; OVERVIEW; METHODOLOGICAL CONCERNS; HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF JEFFREY DAHMER

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION6: Dahmer, Paraphilia, and Lust Murder: Testing the Models; OVERVIEW; THE MOTIVATIONAL MODEL; THE TRAUMA CONTROL MODEL; THE INTEGRATED PARAPHILIC MODEL; THE PARAPHILIC CONTINUUM; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION; 7: In Search of Meaning: On Theory Construction and Model Building; OVERVIEW; THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS: COMMENTS ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL APPROACH; SIMILARITIES AMONG THE MODELS; DIFFERENCES AMONG THE MODELS; UNIQUE FEATURES AMONG THE MODELS; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION; 8: Implications and Conclusions; OVERVIEW; PSYCHOPATHY, CRIME, AND LUST MURDER: A PRELIMINARY REVIEW

THE INTEGRATIVE TYPOLOGY: SPECULATIVE AND PROVISIONAL IMPLICATIONSGENERALIZING FROM THE INTEGRATIVE TYPOLOGY; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-168) and index.

ISBN:

9780080462578 (Electronic Book)

OCLC:

475999673