Introduction
“Every day, law enforcement officers across America are called to respond to murders. Each homicide case is tragic, but there are few cases more heartrending and more difficult to understand than serial murder.” (Serial Murder. 2010, May 21) Men and women from all racial, ethnic backgrounds and socio-economic statuses have been found to be serial murderers.
Sexual offenses generate fear, disgust, and outrage within society and yet understanding the actions, motives, and reasons of sex offenders is often very complicated and beyond any logical person's comprehension or scope of reality. (White, John H. 2007). One of the main reason’s paraphilias is so hard to understand it that the sexual behaviors and actions are different for …show more content…
It has also allowed the interview process to flow successfully. It can enable an offender to be less embarrassed about the nature of the crime, allow the suspect to feel less powerful because the individual realizes that the investigator has more knowledge about paraphilia then the suspect. It makes that suspect feel that the investigator may understand the behavior behind the acts that were conducted, and lastly, with the investigator’s knowledge about paraphilia it helps establish a rapport with the suspect, in turn, resulting in a productive …show more content…
There are many diagnoses that are not included or specific. Many of an individual’s recurrent, intense sexual urges and sexual fantasies involve clusters of behaviors. In turn, I think that there could be a possibility of dual diagnosis. One of the last weaknesses in this article was that “studies raised the possibility that some behavioral characteristics associated with autism may be implicated in the development of serial killers.” (White, John H. 2007. Pg. 1196) I do believe singling out autism it to board of a spectrum as autism itself is a very board disability. I do believe that this can fall into a category of a dual diagnosis from the DSM very easily. I believe that it is essential that when looking at cases that involve paraphilia it is important to remember one’s mental health
“Every day, law enforcement officers across America are called to respond to murders. Each homicide case is tragic, but there are few cases more heartrending and more difficult to understand than serial murder.” (Serial Murder. 2010, May 21) Men and women from all racial, ethnic backgrounds and socio-economic statuses have been found to be serial murderers.
Sexual offenses generate fear, disgust, and outrage within society and yet understanding the actions, motives, and reasons of sex offenders is often very complicated and beyond any logical person's comprehension or scope of reality. (White, John H. 2007). One of the main reason’s paraphilias is so hard to understand it that the sexual behaviors and actions are different for …show more content…
It has also allowed the interview process to flow successfully. It can enable an offender to be less embarrassed about the nature of the crime, allow the suspect to feel less powerful because the individual realizes that the investigator has more knowledge about paraphilia then the suspect. It makes that suspect feel that the investigator may understand the behavior behind the acts that were conducted, and lastly, with the investigator’s knowledge about paraphilia it helps establish a rapport with the suspect, in turn, resulting in a productive …show more content…
There are many diagnoses that are not included or specific. Many of an individual’s recurrent, intense sexual urges and sexual fantasies involve clusters of behaviors. In turn, I think that there could be a possibility of dual diagnosis. One of the last weaknesses in this article was that “studies raised the possibility that some behavioral characteristics associated with autism may be implicated in the development of serial killers.” (White, John H. 2007. Pg. 1196) I do believe singling out autism it to board of a spectrum as autism itself is a very board disability. I do believe that this can fall into a category of a dual diagnosis from the DSM very easily. I believe that it is essential that when looking at cases that involve paraphilia it is important to remember one’s mental health