SOC 2760 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Fisting, Negative Relationship, Anal Sex

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Sexual homicide is feared (especially by women) but it is less common than commonly believed, although it does occur. A standard deiniion of sexual homicide has been adopted in canada to reduce variaion in the way such homicides are classiied. Example: data collected by the canadian centre for jusice staisics deines sexual homicide as a homicide that occurred during the commission of a sexual crime. The deiniion has been criicized because it excludes the many cases of sexual homicide that occur which may have been sexually moivated, but do not involve an overt expression or evidence of sexual assault. Research shows that the majority of sexual homicide vicims are female strangers, or casual acquaintances of the ofender, and this was found to be the case as well in the required readings. A descripive study of sexual homicide in canada: implicaions for police invesigaion. Mean age of ofenders was aged 22-38 years old, but with all studies combined it was 24.

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