Teenage serial homicide offenders: a typology.

Although serial homicide literature covers a variety of serial homicide offender classifications, to date, there has been a limited amount of research conducted on teenage serial homicide. Only two studies have attempted to explain teenage serial homicide, and no study has yet to create a typology of the youthful offender. Using a sample of 43 male teenage serial homicide offenders in Canada and the United States between the years of 1970-2005, this study constructs a typology on teenage serial homicide offenders. Single motive offenders were divided into three subcategories: lust offenders, profit offenders, and rage offenders. Multiple motive offenders were divided into two subcategories: exploitive offenders and lust-rage offenders. Each subcategory includes motive, offender characteristics, murder method, victim selection, contact with victim, murder location and spatial mobility. Such findings are discussed and explanations of each are given.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Criminology

Grantor

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2014

Author dc:creator

• Guminny, Bailey

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Hinch, Ron

• Serial homicide
• Youth homicide
• Teenager

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10155/487

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ontariotechu.scholaris.ca:10155/487