Contents

Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgments

1. The Study of Murder 2. Growing Up to Murder: The Social Environment and Formative Events 3. Preoccupation with Murder: Patterned Responses 4. Antecedent Behaviors and the Act of Murder 5. After the Murder 6. A Motivational Model for Sexual Homicide 7. The National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime 8. Crime Scene and Profile Characteristics of Organized and Disorganized Murderers 9. Criminal Profiling from Crime Scene Analysis 10. The Role of Forensic Pathology in Criminal Profiling James L. Luke, M.D. 11. Interviewing Convicted Murderers 12. The Police Artist and Composite Drawings Horace J. Heafner 13. The Victim's Family and Its Response to Trauma 14. Victims: Lessons Learned for Responses to Sexual Violence Daniel L. Carter, Robert A. Prentky, and Ann W. Burgess 15. Murderers: A Postscript

Appendix: VICAP Crime Analysis Report Index About the Authors