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11 Homicide Stud. 3 (2007)

handle is hein.journals/homcst11 and id is 1 raw text is: IFebruary 2 007 3-14 2007 Sage~ Pulications Male Serial Homicide hosted at The Influence of Cultural http//oiliiecsagepub.com and Structural Variables James DeFronzo University of Connecticut, Storrs Ashley Ditta Northeastern University, Boston Lance Hannon Villanova University, Pennsylvania Jane Prochnow Massey University Auckland, New Zealand Psychiatric approaches have usually been used to explain male serial homicide. But multifactor explanations of the phenomenon suggest that aspects of culture and social structure may also play important roles. The current study attempts to evaluate the mul- tifactor approach by examining whether cultural and structural variables might con- tribute to explaining the considerable interstate differences in the incidence of male serial killer activity. Separate analyses were conducted for two different state-level male serial killer rates, one based on the state where male serial killers received their early socialization and the other based on the state where male serial killers murdered their largest number of victims. Consistent with the multifactor approach, the results indicated that aspects of culture and social structure were able to account for much of the male serial killer variation among states. Keywords: serial homicide; culture; social structure; routine activities; subculture of violence T he crime of serial murder has terrified and fascinated tens of millions of people around the world. FBI agents John Douglas, Robert Ressler, and Roy Hazelwood and others have devoted much of their careers to improving law enforce- ment's capabilities of combating serial homicide. A number of psychologists, psy- chiatrists, and social scientists have contributed to the scientific study of the phenomenon by documenting case studies, helping to develop motivational and behavioral typologies of offenders, analyzing the behaviors and other characteristics of serial killers' victims, and attempting to formulate theories of the cause or causes Authors' Note: Direct correspondence to James DeFronzo, Department of Sociology, U-Box 2068, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269. 3

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