A descriptive and comparative study on adult males who rape or sexually murder another male

• In Event: Poster Session

Abstract

More than 70 years of sexual deviance research has passed, and studies are still mostly focusing on heterosexual sexual violence, with males as offenders and females as victims. Very few studies exist about male offenders who rape male victims, and even fewer about male offenders who rape and murder male victims (sexual homicide). From the little we currently know, male offenders who commit a sexual violence on male victims seem to be different than those who commit a sexual violence on women and children. Thus, this study’s goal is to describe and compare the different characteristics of male sexual offenders who committed rape or a sexual murder on male victims. To achieve this goal, 36 detailed criminal records from France are analyzed using different questionnaires that permits us to collect information about their developmental history, psychopathology, general and sexual lifestyles, criminal history, and modus operandi. Bivariate analyses are used to identify and compare characteristics of sexual offenders and sexual murderers. The results suggest that the two groups differ significantly on several characteristics. These distinctions and their theoretical implications will be discussed during the presentation.

Authors

• Reine-Marie Hayek, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

• Jonathan James, Université de Trois Rivières