[...]... present book and other literature on serial murder: Hunting Serial Predators is empirically and theoretically supported by solid research, data, and analysis The other books involve no analysis and are mainly semi-autobiographical accounts of serial murder cases that draw unsubstantiated conclusions Also, the other books rely solely on anecdotal accounts of serial murder cases, and do not provide any useful... organized and disorganized serial murder typology It is concluded that most classifications of serial murderers are inherently flawed due to weak operational definitions, and unsubstantiated assumptions made about offender actions and characteristics As an alternative to the rigid classification models, it is suggested that a Facet Theory approach to modeling the crime scene actions of serial murderers may... predications about aspects of crime scene behavior and how those actions relate to background characteristics can only be, at best, vague and limited to general factors Until there is a classification model of serial murderers’ crime scene actions that is built from the ground up, based on empirical and repeatable studies, then it will not be possible to make significant advances in any of these three areas:... 8.9 Characteristics of Offenders’ Ages Characteristics of Killers’ Age and Victim Offender Relationship Characteristics of Serial Murderers’ Gender Characteristics of Serial Murderers’ Ethnicity Serial Killers’ Employment History Serial Killers’ Marital Status Serial Killers’ Educational Status Serial Killers’ Mental History Serial Killers’ Sexual History 8.9.1 Offenders’ Sexuality 8.9.2 Pornography... middle, and last offenses Chapter 11 analyzes 38 mid-frequency crime scene actions from the SSA analysis, using POSA analysis in order to better understand the possible interplay between the facets, behavioral and attachment, and the four thematic classifications highlighted in Chapter 10 Chapter 12 describes a final analysis carried out on a more limited sample of 38 crime scene actions, using SSA to model... rural area Dr Godwin is also the author of journal articles on psychological and geographical profiling He has worked as a consultant to police and others in developing psychological and geographical profiles He has lectured in the U.S and Europe on serial murder, cyber stalking, and criminal investigative analysis Dr Godwin received his undergraduate degree from Trevecca Nazarene University; his Master's... committing serial murders; 3) Will these relate to background characteristics? Finally, 4) is there consistency across behavioral actions and offenders over time? The book is divided into seven parts: An introductory section; a data acquisition and methodology section; a descriptive section; an empirical research section; an applicability section; and a concluding section A summary of each chapter of... xviii based on clear rules and verifiable data However, important questions must be asked before any attempt is made to classify serial murderers The development of a classification model of serial murder requires that questions need to be answered by research, rather than relying solely on the work experiences and hunches of a few selected investigators Given that any classification system of serial murderers... This chapter outlines descriptive statistics with the background character© 2000 by CRC Press LLC ix istics of the murdered victims For example, the victims’ ages, races, and genders are covered Chapter 8 provides an examination of 107 American serial murderers, of whom 11 are a part of a team Examined are the possible characteristics that make up the serial murder sample with reference to characteristics... and conventional statistics to model elements of crime scene behavior and background characteristics Each of the four thematic classifications were compared with background characteristics describing the killers’ criminal, sexual, personal history, and age data Chapter 14 describes the application of the Facet Model of serial murder to real-life solved serial murder cases Chapter 15 describes how the . Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Godwin, Grover Maurice Hunting Serial Predators: a multivariate classification approach to profiling violent behavior/ Grover Maurice Godwin p class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt=""