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A review of South African perspectives on serial murder
Dissertation (MA (Clinical Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2007.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/29232 A review of South African perspectives on serial murder Beyers, Dave ginx@pixie.co.za Del Fabbro, Giada Alessia Qualitative methodology Criminological review Family systems analysis Psychometric testing Serial murder Interactional approach Psychodynamic perspective Narrative Grounded theory Emotional “cooling off” period UCTD Dissertation (MA (Clinical Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2007. Pistorius (1996) was the first individual to introduce research on serial murder in the South African context with her psychodynamic approach to the phenomenon. Since then, others have followed, namely Labuschagne (1998, 2001) with his search for interactional and communication connections; Du Plessis (1998) from a grounded theory approach; and Hodgskiss (2001) with his assessment of South African offender characteristics and behaviours. Four more studies have been conducted, namely Hook’s post-structural deconstruction of narratives of a person who committed serial murder (2003); De Wet’s psychosocial perspective (2005); Barkhuizen’s intrapsychic object relations approach (2006); and Del Fabbro’s exploration of the phenomenon from a family systems paradigm (2006). To date, no attempt has been made to review these research endeavors. In this article, these studies are reviewed and their strengths and weaknesses with regard to theory, methodology and research findings debated. The author concludes with several recommendations for future research on the phenomenon of serial murder: greater communication between various disciplines (e.g. psychology, criminology, law) investigating serial murder; expansion of Hodgskiss’ research (2001) on offence characteristics for profiling purposes; and the relationship between psychopathology and serial murder. Psychology MA unrestricted 2013-09-07T15:12:31Z 2007-11-12 2013-09-07T15:12:31Z 2006-11-11 2007-11-12 2007-11-05 Dissertation Del Fabbro, GA 2007, A review of South African perspectives on serial murder, MA Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29232> Pretoria http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29232 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11052007-103806/ © University of Pretor application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Qualitative methodology Criminological review Family systems analysis Psychometric testing Serial murder Interactional approach Psychodynamic perspective Narrative Grounded theory Emotional “cooling off” period UCTD A review of South African perspectives on serial murder |
| title | A review of South African perspectives on serial murder |
| title_full | A review of South African perspectives on serial murder |
| title_fullStr | A review of South African perspectives on serial murder |
| title_full_unstemmed | A review of South African perspectives on serial murder |
| title_short | A review of South African perspectives on serial murder |
| title_sort | review of south african perspectives on serial murder |
| topic | Qualitative methodology Criminological review Family systems analysis Psychometric testing Serial murder Interactional approach Psychodynamic perspective Narrative Grounded theory Emotional “cooling off” period UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29232 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11052007-103806/ |