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Foreign object insertion in sexual homicide cases : an exploratory study
Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2007.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/27458 Foreign object insertion in sexual homicide cases : an exploratory study Theron, A. (Aubrey) gnl@mweb.co.za Labuschagne, Gerard Nicholas Sexual murder Offender profiling Investigative psychology Investigation South african police service Signature analysis Serial murder Foreign object insertion Victimology Murder UCTD Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2007. Foreign object insertion into the vagina of a murder victim is a rare occurrence. When it is encountered it is often seen as an indicator of a sexual murder, or regarded for signature analysis purposes. Due to its rare occurrence it is often only documented in literature in case-study form. In this research seventeen cases of vaginal foreign object insertion were analysed, by far the largest study of this occurrence to date. Cases were only included in the research if the object was still in the vagina when the body was discovered. The research set out to determine the typical victim profile, crime-scene actions, and offender profile, with the intention of assisting in the profiling of these crimes in the future. There were distinct differences amongst the victims in terms of race, occupation, time of death, cause of death, circumstances and area of the crimes. Only six of the seventeen crimes had been solved, yet amongst the eight known offenders certain common characteristics were observed. Social Work and Criminology unrestricted 2013-09-07T11:33:54Z 2008-09-05 2013-09-07T11:33:54Z 2007-09-05 2007 2008-08-22 Dissertation a 2007 E1047/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27458 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08222008-092736/ © University of Pretoria 2007 E1047/ application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Sexual murder Offender profiling Investigative psychology Investigation South african police service Signature analysis Serial murder Foreign object insertion Victimology Murder UCTD Foreign object insertion in sexual homicide cases : an exploratory study |
| title | Foreign object insertion in sexual homicide cases : an exploratory study |
| title_full | Foreign object insertion in sexual homicide cases : an exploratory study |
| title_fullStr | Foreign object insertion in sexual homicide cases : an exploratory study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Foreign object insertion in sexual homicide cases : an exploratory study |
| title_short | Foreign object insertion in sexual homicide cases : an exploratory study |
| title_sort | foreign object insertion in sexual homicide cases an exploratory study |
| topic | Sexual murder Offender profiling Investigative psychology Investigation South african police service Signature analysis Serial murder Foreign object insertion Victimology Murder UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27458 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08222008-092736/ |