Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Police Sex-Related Criminal Homicides: Sexually Motivated Police Serial Killers

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Aggressors in Blue

  • 328 Accesses

Abstract

Sexual homicides involve sexual activity before, during or after the homicide. In spite of the sensationalized media attention they receive, sexual homicides are rare. On occasion, sexual homicides are a hybrid offense between sexual assault and murder.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 29.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 37.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Barbash, F. (2017, January 12). “Werewolf” of Siberia ranked among worst serial killers ever after confessing to 81 victims, says Russian media. The Washington Post.

    Google Scholar 

  • Douglas, J. E., & Olshaker, M. (1995). Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s elite serial crime unit. New York: Scribner.

    Google Scholar 

  • Green, R. (2018). Killer cop: The deviant deputy who kidnapped, raped and killed. Lexington, KY: Ryan Green.

    Google Scholar 

  • Horton, A. (2018, September 17). A woman’s daring escape from a Border Patrol agent helped reveal a ‘serial killer’, police say. The Washington Post.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kaye, J. (2008). Beware of the cable guy: From cop to serial killer. Palm Springs, CA: Polimedia Books.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mason, Y. (2008). Silent scream. Dressing Your Book.

    Google Scholar 

  • McNamara, M. (2018). I’ll be gone in the dark. New York: Harper Collins.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ressler, R. H., & Shachtman, T. (1992). Whoever fights monsters: My twenty years tracking serial killers for the FBI. New York: St. Martin’s Paperback.

    Google Scholar 

  • Schaefer, G. J. as told to Sondra London. (1989). Killer fiction. Los Angeles: Feral House.

    Google Scholar 

  • Stefanska, E. B., Higgs, T., Carter, A. J., & Beech, A. R. (2017). When is a murder a serial murder? Understanding the sexual element in the classification of serial killings. Journal of Criminal Justice, 50, 53–61.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wikipedia. (2019). Mikhail Popkov. Accessed June 3, 2019.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Justice Studies, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, USA

    Tom Barker

Authors
  1. Tom Barker
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2020 The Author(s)

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Barker, T. (2020). Police Sex-Related Criminal Homicides: Sexually Motivated Police Serial Killers. In: Aggressors in Blue. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28441-1_2

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28441-1_2

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-030-28440-4

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-030-28441-1

  • eBook Packages: Law and CriminologyLaw and Criminology (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation