Sex-Related Homicide and Death Investigation:
Practical
and Clinical Perspectives, Second Edition
Author: Vernon J. Geberth, M.S., M.P.S., B.B.A.,
FBINA
Lieutenant Commander (Retired), New York City Police
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- Introduction
- Remember: Do it right the first time.
You only get one chance.
— Vernon J. Geberth,
M.S., M.P.S., 1980, Homicide and Forensic Consultant, Author of Practical
Homicide Investigation®, and the Series Editor of Practical Aspects of
Criminal and Forensic Investigations.
In Practical Homicide
Investigation, renowned author and investigator Vernon J. Geberth
provided thousands of law enforcement professionals with invaluable techniques
for investigation of sudden and violent death. Now he shares his practical and
clinical expertise related to the unique characteristics of sex-related
homicide and death investigations.
Renowned for being THE definitive
source on these types of cases, this volume has been revised and expanded to
provide additional case histories to emphasize the essential procedures and
techniques on which to build a solid, prosecutable case.
This
comprehensive volume is an incredible compilation that exhausts the subject.
Vern's remarkable experience and unmatched expertise have given him
unparalleled insight into the investigation of sexually deviant crimes and the
psyche of those who perpetrate violent sex related crimes.
—
Michigan Assistant Attorney General Donna Pendergast
Sex-Related
Homicide and Death Investigation is truly a chronicle of practical and clinical
case studies, combined with invaluable investigative guidelines, that takes the
reader to another level of knowledge in this unique field. It represents an
accomplishment that no other author has yet achieved.
— Legendary
criminal profiler Robert K. Ressler, commenting on the First Edition
In
typical Vernon Geberth style, we do not merely read of sexual murder…We
are thrust into the horror…transported to the crime scene. We live it,
smell it, experience it and feel it.
— From the Foreword by Larry
Welch, Retired Director of the Kansas Bureau of
Investigation
What’s New in the Second
Edition:
- A completely revised
chapter on human sexuality and sexual deviance: Research versus
Reality
- A completely
revised chapter on the Significance of Fantasy in sex-related events
- A completely new
chapter on the infamous 30-year BTK investigation
- New case histories
and/or research added to fourteen of the fifteen chapters
- New research
developed from the Working Group of Human Asphyxia (WGHA)
- A revised chapter
on Criminal Personality Profiling and Investigative Analysis
- An analysis of the
typology of offenders and the "Signature Aspect" of specific crimes
- A total of 386
full-color photographs and illustrations representing an additional 126 new
photos
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- Contents
- Human Sexuality and
Sexual Deviance: Research and Reality
Human Sexuality
What Are the
Goals/Objectives of the Human Brain?
Artificial Human Estrus
Mammalian
Monogamy
The Sociosexual Template
Human Sexual Arousal and Response
System
Father of the Human Sexuality "Field"
Human Sociosexual Arousal
and Response System
Sexual Deviance
Appendix: Paraphilias Quick
Reference
The Investigative Significance of Fantasy in Sex-Related
Incidents
Human Sex Drive
Photographs and Magazine Pictures
Fantasy Drawings and Their Significance in Criminal Investigative Analysis
Fantasy Writings of Sexual Sadists
Consenting Partners Used to
Reinforce the Fantasy
Fantasy and Linking Criminal Events
Prosecution
Presentation of Psychosexual Evidence
Domestic Violence Lust Murder: A
Clinical Perspective of Sadistic and Sexual Fantasies Integrated into Domestic
Violence Dynamics
Fantasy and Search Warrants
Journal of a
Serial Rapist: A Case Study
Introduction
The Suspect
The
Journal
Investigative Analysis and Opinion
Sexual Asphyxia and
Autoerotic Fatalities
Introduction
Clinical Definition
Literature Definition
Sex, Age, and Race
Hypoxia
Atypical
Autoerotic Deaths
Asphyxial Deaths: The Pathology of Autoerotic Death
Reality of Asphyxial Death: Videotaped Cases
Equivocal Death
Investigations
Sexual Asphyxia: The Psychosexual Aspects of Autoerotic
Activity
Female Victims of Autoerotic Fatality
Female Autoerotic
Fatality Reported as a Homicide
Female Autoerotic Fatality Reported as a
Suicide
Atypical Female Autoerotic Case
Equivocal Death Investigation
Notification and Advising the Surviving Family of the Mode of Death
A
Case History
Investigative Considerations
Determining the Involvement
of Sexual Asphyxia: Autoerotic Checklist
The Crime Scene
Investigation
Legal Considerations
Document the scene: photos,
videotape, and diagrams
Physical Evidence
Trace Evidence
The
Concept of Linkage
The Primary Crime Scene
Preliminary Steps
Secure
and Protect the Crime Scene and Area
Specific Duties of First Officers
Preliminary Investigation at the Scene
Preliminary Medical Examination
at the Scene
Implementing Crime Scene Procedures
Direction of Uniform
Personnel at the Scene
Formulating the Crime Scene Search
The Search
Release of the Scene
The Search Process
Sex-Related Crime Scene
Checklist
Investigative Assessment: Criminal Personality Profiling.
The
Investigative Checklist
Collection and Preservation of Physical
Evidence in Sex-Related Death Investigations
Introduction
General
Types of Evidence
Procedures for Collection of Evidence
Field Test
Reagents
Tests for the Presence of Body Fluids
Collection of Specific
Types of Evidence
Application of DNA Technology
Interpersonal
Violence-Oriented Disputes and Assaults and Sex-Related Domestic Violence
Murders
Introduction
Classifications
Lethality Indicators
Rape- and Sodomy-Oriented Murders
Introduction
Investigative Strategy
Cold Case Homicide Linked through CODIS
Categories of Rapists
Typical Sexual Killer
Lust Murder and
Deviant-Oriented Assaults
Anatomy of Lust Murder
Psychodynamics
Organized Offenders
Disorganized Offenders
Case Histories of Lust
Murders
Serial Murder
Definition
Introduction
Homosexual Serial Killers
The Serial Killer Profile
A Clinical
Perspective
Investigative Considerations
Sex-Related Child
Homicides and Child Abduction Cases
Introduction
Homosexual
Pedophile Murder
Missing Person Reports Involving Children
Policy
Introduction to Child Abduction
Public Response
Standard Operating
Procedures
Additional Investigative Considerations
Cause of Death
Investigation Procedures
The Canvass
The Search
Victims
Suspects
Important Sites
The Amber Alert Plan
Sex Slave
Torture and Serial Murder Case
Introduction
David Parker Ray
Roy Yancy
Legal Maneuvers
The BTK Investigation
Introduction
The Original Btk Serial Murders
The Btk Killer
Reemerges
Dennis Lynn Rader: The BTK Killer
Synopsis of the BTK
Confessions
Search Warrant Evidence
Disposition
Investigative Analysis: Criminal Personality Profiling and the
Signature Aspect
Introduction
Criminal Investigative Analysis
Crime Scene Forensics
Criminal Personality Profile
Investigative
Assessment: The Profiling Process
Clinical Considerations and Descriptions
of Behavior
Crime Scene and Profile: Characteristics of Organized and
Disorganized Murderers
Criminal Personality Profiling: The Signature Aspect
in Criminal Investigation
The Frequency and Characteristics of Sexual
Posing in Homicides
Investigative Application of the "Signature" Aspect
Psychopathic Sexual Sadism: A Clinical Study
Introduction
Historical Perspective and Definitions
Sexual Sadism
Interview
Statement of Serial Killer: A Sexual Sadist
A Psychology of Evil
Interview Strategies and Techniques
Case Documentation Of Psychopathic
Sexual Sadism
Risk Assessment
Literature Review
Index
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- Author Biography
- Vernon J.
Geberth, M.S., M.P.A., B.B.A., FBINA, is a former lieutenant commander of
the New York City Police Department with over 40 years of law enforcement
experience. He has personally investigated, supervised, assessed, researched,
and consulted on over 8,000 death investigations. In addition, Commander
Geberth has been the recipient of more than 60 awards for bravery and
exceptional police work and is a member of the Honor Legion of the City of New
York Police Department. He is also a Fellow in the American Academy of Forensic
Sciences (AAFS). Commander Geberth is a nationally renowned lecturer, author,
educator, consultant, and expert witness on the subject of death
investigations.
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- Publication &
Pricing
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ISBN
978-1-4398-2655-3, June, 2010, 736 pp $139.95.
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