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Sex Worker Homicide Series: Profiling the Crime Scene.

Marina Sorochinski¹, C Gabrielle Salfati²

¹1 Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY, USA.

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|April 5, 2019

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Serial homicide investigations involving sex workers are complex due to offender variability. This study analyzes victimology and crime scene actions to improve investigative linkage and crime analysis.

Keywords:

classification crime scene analysis crossover linking profiling serial homicide serial sexual assault sex workers

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Criminology
Forensic Psychology
Criminal Investigation

Background:

Serial homicide investigations present unique challenges, particularly when victims are sex workers.
Offenders targeting sex workers often display significant variability in victim selection and behavior.
Misconceptions can hinder effective crime analysis and investigative linkage.

Purpose of the Study:

To differentiate demographic and crime scene action patterns between homicide series with exclusively sex worker victims and mixed-victim series.
To identify victimology and crime scene action differences between sex worker and mixed-victim series.
To determine within-series similarities linking sex worker and non-sex worker victims in mixed-victim serial homicides.

Main Methods:

A large-scale review of international media sources was conducted.
Solved serial homicide cases including at least one sex worker victim were identified.
Data from 83 series (44 exclusively sex worker victims, 39 mixed victims) were analyzed.

Main Results:

Significant variability exists in offender victim selection and behavioral patterns.
Homicide series exclusively targeting sex workers differ demographically and in crime scene actions from mixed-victim series.
Understanding within-series similarities is crucial for linking crimes and overcoming investigative challenges like linkage blindness.

Conclusions:

The variability in offending patterns complicates investigations and crime analysis.
Findings underscore the need for nuanced approaches to differentiate and link serial crimes involving sex workers.
Implications for theoretical understanding, psychological profiling, and practical investigative strategies are discussed.