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Sexual Homicides Often Remain Unsolved

4/13/2016

 

Sexual homicide is a rare phenomenon. Yet, sexual killing is widely reported on in the media. Even though academic research on sexual homicide is conducted abroad, in the Netherlands such research is virtually absent.
 

Building on previous research, we examined sexual homicides that occurred between 1992 and 2014. Read the article here (in Dutch).


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​To come to this overview, we used two sources: a) for the period from 1992 to 2006 the data is based on charts of the Dutch Homicide Monitor; b) for the period from 2007 to 2014 the data is based on newspaper accounts and Elsevier magazine’s annual compilations of homicides. The data are supplemented by specific facts from Rechtspraak.nl and other public sources.
 
In total 143 people (mostly women) were victims of sexual homicide. The perpetrators were most typically men, between 20 and 30 years old. Motives centered around anger, excitement and sexual gratification. ​

Sexual homicides oftentimes remain unsolved, partially due to a lack of a uniform registration system.

    Marieke Liem and Emma Spangenberg

    Emma Spangenberg is currently a Master student of Forensic Criminology and is assisting Marieke Liem in her investigation of killings with a sexual motive. For this study, Emma assessed recent case studies of sexual killing to give an overview of these cases in the Netherlands. She has a bachelor’s degrees in Criminology and Social Work. Her research interests include interpersonal violence and addiction problems.

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