The Criminal Sexual Sadist

Hazelwood, Robert R.; Dietz, Park Elliot; Warren, Janet I.

doi:10.1201/9781315316369-23

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“…Previous studies have shown that sadistic offenders tend to select isolated locations to commit their crimes (e.g. Beech et al , 2009; Dietz et al , 1990; Gratzer and Bradford, 1995; Groth and Birnbaum, 1979; Hazelwood et al , 1992). In the current study, a total of three variables related to locations involving risk of detection are included.…”

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“…This is demonstrated in the selection of a stranger victim and through distinctive indications of premeditated behaviors aimed at avoiding detection, such as leaving behind minimal to no evidence. Further research has shown that some of the offense characteristics attributed to sadistic offending included careful planning of the offense and taking the victim to a pre-selected location that ensures that the offender will not be seen or heard and provides little opportunity for the victim to escape (Beech et al , 2009; Gratzer and Bradford, 1995; Groth and Birnbaum, 1979; Hazelwood et al , 1992).…”

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Sadism in sexual homicide offenders: identifying distinct groups

Reale

Beauregard

Martineau³

2017

JCP

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether it is possible to identify different types of sadistic offenders within a sample of sexual homicide offenders (SHOs). Design/methodology/approach The study addresses this research question through the use of two-step hierarchal cluster analysis and binary logistic regression utilizing a sample of 350 cases of sexual homicide from Canada. Findings Results from cluster analysis show that three groups emerge: a non-sadistic group, a mixed group that show evidence of some sadistic behavior and a sadistic group that have high levels of sadistic behavior. Additionally, the sadistic cluster was more likely to destroy or remove evidence at the crime scene than the mixed and non-sadistic cluster and was more likely to leave the victim’s body at a deserted location than the non-sadistic cluster. Originality/value This is the first study to examine the dimensionality of sadism within a sample of SHOs.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Sadism in sexual homicide offenders: identifying distinct groups

Reale

Beauregard

Martineau³

2017

JCP

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“…In half of the studies that compared sexual murderers to nonsexual murderers or sexual offenders who had not committed homicide, sexual sadism was highest among offenders who perpetrated sexual homicide (Krueger, 2010). Indeed, sexual sadism is an important feature of the most violent sexual offenses, such as serial sexual homicide (Sewall et al, 2013;Warren et al, 1996), sexual homicide (Beauregard, 2012;Hazelwood et al, 1992;Hill et al, 2006;Vettor et al, 2014;Yarvis, 1995) and rape/sexual assault (Dietz et al, 1990;Marshall et al, 2002;Vettor et al, 2014). Moreover, deviant sexual interests are significantly associated with sexual offending and general forms of recidivism (Hanson and Bussiere, 1998;Hanson and Harris, 2000;Hanson and Morton-Bourgon, 2005;Woodworth et al, 2013).…”

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Sexual sadism and criminal versatility: does sexual sadism spillover into nonsexual crimes?

DeLisi

Drury

Elbert

et al. 2017

JACPR

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Purpose Sexual sadism is a well-known risk factor for severe forms of sexual violence including sexual homicide and serial sexual homicide. The research is decidedly mixed about the association between sexual sadism and other, nonsexual forms of criminal conduct. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on data from a census of 225 federal sex offenders from a jurisdiction in the Midwestern USA, the current study examined whether sexual sadism had a spillover effect into nonsexual crimes using correlation, ANOVA, and negative binomial regression models. Findings Sexual sadism was strongly associated with diverse forms of nonsexual criminal behavior, and sexual sadists had more extensive and versatile criminal careers than sex offenders without a formal diagnosis. Practical implications Practitioners should be aware of sexual sadism as a criminogenic risk factor. Sexual sadism is associated with sexual deviance and sexual violence. Sexual sadism also has spillover effects where it is associated with nonsexual offending. Originality/value Sexual sadism can be a useful risk factor for other forms of crime and recidivism and has broad application in applied correctional and research settings.

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“…29 The woman's response to the paraphilic interest of the man may also be conceived by the gradual assimilation of behaviour that integrates the sadist's sexual fantasies into her own behaviour. 30 What is striking is that most women within this type of abusive relationship are successful professionally when they meet the abuser. 31 Sexual sadists often prefer professional women as they have the desire to prove that they can transform an independent, competent woman, who comes from a nice middle-class family, reducing her to a 'sexual slave' willing to join them in any act no matter how degrading or humiliating.…”

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“…33 A further intrinsic and prominent feature of abuse within this context relates to the process of transformation women undergo from relatively normal patterns of living to completely bizarre, destructive and dangerous forms of exploitation and perversion. 34 Hazelwood, Warren and Dietz state: 35 Having met, seduced and transformed a 'nice' woman into a sexually compliant and totally dependent individual, the sadist has validated his theory of women.…”

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Recent Trends in Explaining Abuse within Intimate Relationships

Stevens

2014

The Journal of Criminal Law

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This article reflects upon abuse within intimate relationships with specific emphasis on research pertaining to the phenomena of coercive control, Stockholm syndrome and the compliant victim of the sexual sadist, advanced in order to explain the non-physical aspects of abuse within intimate relationships. The battered woman syndrome is accordingly revisited with specific emphasis on the nonvisible aspects of abuse within intimate relationships which are often underestimated and overlooked. The latter is illustrated against the backdrop of the controversial South African case of S v Visser which was the first South African criminal case where these theories were addressed.Keywords: Stockholm syndrome; Coercive control; Intimate abuse; Battered woman syndrome; Sexual sadist Abuse within intimate relationships has been a phenomenon since time immemorial. Domestic abuse is most frequently typified in terms of the physical manifestations of abuse. As such the general approach followed in terms of the assessment of abuse is that of an incident-specific approach in which the severity of abuse is measured against the level of force or amount of injuries inflicted. More often than not, the psychological and, concomitantly, the emotional impact and manifestations of abuse are overlooked.The reality, however, is that a domestic assault is often part of a much larger system of controlling, coercing, intimidating and violent behaviours employed by an abusive partner to control the victim. Such abuse within the intimate sphere comprises a much wider purport than merely the physical manifestation thereof, if this exists.This article provides a prelude to the fairly novel phenomena of coercive control, the Stockholm syndrome and the compliant victim of the sexual sadist as alternative approaches towards assessing abuse within intimate relationships and the subsequent impact on the victim who either retreats towards the abuser or commits other criminal offences as a result of the abusive relationship. The latter phenomena will be addressed against the backdrop of the trial of Cézanne Visser in South Africa in 2009.

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The Criminal Sexual Sadist

Cited by 5 publications

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Sadism in sexual homicide offenders: identifying distinct groups

Sadism in sexual homicide offenders: identifying distinct groups

Sexual sadism and criminal versatility: does sexual sadism spillover into nonsexual crimes?

Recent Trends in Explaining Abuse within Intimate Relationships

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