Jonathan James

• Professor at University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres

In this chapter, the authors, all of whom are both researchers and clinicians—experienced in forensic or clinical psychology or psychiatry—draw on the scientific literature and their different clinical perspectives to reflect on what can be considered “best practices” in the rehabilitation of perpetrators of sexual homicide. Recommendations are mad...

Notre perception des individus ayant recours aux pratiques sexuelles sadiques a longtemps été influencée par la médiatisation d’infractions sexuelles particulièrement graves, généralement des homicides sexuels sadiques. En effet, la plupart des gens associent le sadisme sexuel à des noms de meurtriers sexuels en série tels que Ted Bundy ou Guy Geor...

The aim of this study was to detect nonserial sexual-homicide offenders whose profile indicates a potential to become serial sexual-homicide offenders. Two Two-Step Cluster Analysis were performed, one for the nonserials (n = 87), and one for the serials (n = 33). Six types of sexual murderers were identified: four types of nonserials (sexual nonsa...

Jusqu’à tout récemment, la population générale avait tendance à croire qu’une femme ne pouvait être l’auteur de comportements sexuels coercitifs. Tandis qu’il est difficile d’identifier les éléments ayant pu alimenter cette croyance, il est possible que celle-ci soit associée à des conceptions erronées concernant les comportements féminins (exemple...

Résumé Dans le discours populaire, pédophile et agresseur sexuel d’enfant sont généralement compris comme étant des synonymes : les pédophiles seraient des individus qui ont commis une agression sexuelle sur un enfant et les agresseurs sexuels d’enfants seraient nécessairement des individus ayant une préférence sexuelle pour les enfants. Bien que l...

Most actuarial tools in criminology have been developed based on male offenders. However, there have been few studies on the nature and extent of crime in the female population. It has been suggested that this gendered difference in the development of robust actuarial tools for the assessment of criminal behaviours is mainly attributable to the fac...

Résumé Notre perception des auteurs d’homicide sexuel a depuis longtemps été influencée par la médiatisation de leur crime les plus extrêmes, ceux qui se distinguent par leurs degrés de violence et de cruauté. En conséquence, l’opinion du public a été façonnée en partie par les questionnements que peuvent provoquer de telles descriptions : Comment...

Purpose The reactive-proactive aggression dichotomy is a valid, reliable, and useful concept widely used in psychology and criminology but paradoxically largely ignored in the field of sexual offending research. The objective of this study was to test whether adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) as well as psychopathology relevant to physical and s...

This chapter reviews clinical, empirical, and theoretical models of sexual homicide. It takes a chronological approach to the way the key features of sexual murderers have been reported. The chapter presents the key findings in each of the phases of development of knowledge about sexual murderers. According to the FBI motivational model, both the s...

This chapter presents the noteworthy explanatory theories and models, and empirical results, related to sexual aggression against women. Sexual offending against women is polymorphic, and comprises sexual violence, sexual misconduct, and sexual exploitation. The chapter focuses on rape and contact sexual aggression. The scientific community's inter...

The primary objective of this study was to describe and compare the modus operandi, and associated contextual and situational factors, of French serial sexual murderers (SSMs) and nonserial sexual murderers (NSMs). A further objective was to verify the generalizability of the conclusions of James and Proulx's 2016 systematic review of the modus ope...

Sexual homicide typically implies a crime involving two people: perpetrator and victim.Thus, multiple-perpetrator and multiple concurrent victim sexual murderers are unusual, empirically invisible due to their exclusion from (or burying within) research samples. The present study examines 21 such cases of male sexual murderers having perpetrated at...

Highlights • Sexual murderers are not different from the criminals described by classic criminology. • Sexual murderers are marginalized individuals who are dissatisfied with their lives. • Nonserial murderers were described as dysfunctional and having alcohol problems. • Serial murderers avoid arousing the suspicion of neighbors and police. • Homi...

The objective of this study was to identify the factors associated with the duration of criminal investigations and determine whether these factors influence the seriality of sexual murderers. To this end, data on the investigation of 62 sexual homicides (homicides committed by a serial sexual murderer = 24; homicides committed by a nonserial sexua...

This book provides the first systematic overview of the theoretical, empirical, clinical, and police issues related to sexual murderers and murder. Bringing together leading researchers, theoreticians, and practitioners from across eight different countries, this is a truly international collaboration and an essential reference text for students, r...

The goal of this current systematic review was to describe the characteristics of the modus operandi of serial and nonserial sexual murderers, and the contextual and situational factors associated with them. It analyzes detailed data on 1836 sexual murderers (serial sexual murderers = 176; nonserial sexual murderers = 1660) taken from 45 empirical...

The goal of this current systematic review is to identify the main characteristics of sexual murderers and the areas in which further research is warranted. It analyzes detailed data on 1836 sexual murderers (serial sexual murderers = 176; nonserial sexual murderers = 1660) taken from 45 empirical descriptive studies carried out between 1985 and 20...