According to the Crime Classification Manual (2006), Personation is unusual behavior by an offender, beyond that necessary to commit the crime. An offender’s personal expression becomes their personation as an offender acts it out repeatedly this personation becomes his/her signature. A signature is the repetitive ritualistic behavior that a serial offender demonstrates from crime to crime. The violent serial offender often exhibits another element of criminal behavior during an offense: his signature, or calling card (Douglas, 2006). As time goes by it is possible that the offender will become more aggressive in his crime, his anger might escalate.
The case I will be using is that of Timothy Spencer. He was convicted of the sexual murders
The case I will be using is that of Timothy Spencer. He was convicted of the sexual murders