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1. Applying a Research-Based Assessment Model to Child Sexual Abuse Investigations: Model and Case Descriptions of an Expert Center

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Julia Korkman, Merja Oksanen, Taina Laajasalo, Emma Peltomaa, Tom Pakkanen, Lampenius Tuulikki, and Eeva T. Aronen

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medicine.medical_specialty, 05 social sciences, Poison control, Human factors and ergonomics, 16. Peace & justice, Suicide prevention, Occupational safety and health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 5. Gender equality, Child sexual abuse, Family medicine, Research based, Injury prevention, 050501 criminology, medicine, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Center (algebra and category theory), Psychology, Applied Psychology, 050104 developmental & child psychology, 0505 law
Abstract

The aims of this study were twofold: First, to describe a comprehensive assessment model utilized in a center specializing in child sexual abuse (CSA) investigations, and second, to describe the na...

Published
2018
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2. Behavioural crime linking in serial homicide

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Angelo Zappalà, Pekka Santtila, Maria Valkama, Dario Bosco, Andreas Mokros, and Tom Pakkanen

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media_common.quotation_subject, Sample (statistics), Self-control, Criminology, Impulsivity, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Variation (linguistics), Homicide, Offender profiling, Juvenile delinquency, medicine, Crime scene, medicine.symptom, Psychology, Law, Social psychology, General Psychology, media_common
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The present study aimed to identify dimensions of variation in serial homicide and to use these dimensions to behaviourally link offences committed by the same offender with each other. The sample consisted of 116 Italian homicides committed by 23 individual offenders. Each offender had committed at least two homicides. As some offenders had worked together and some murders involved more than one victim, there were 155 unique pairings of offenders and victims. Dichotomous variables reflecting crime features and victim characteristics were coded for each case. Using Mokken scaling, a nonparametric alternative to factor analysis, seven dimensions of variation were identified. Five of the dimensions described variations in the motivation for the killings. Three of these were concerned with aspects of instrumental motivation whereas two of the motivational scales described variations in sexual motivation. The two remaining dimensions dealt with the level of planning evident in the crime scene behavio...

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2008
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