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61 FBI L. Enforcement Bull. 12 (1992)
The Criminal Sexual Sadist

handle is hein.journals/fbileb61 and id is 46 raw text is: The Criminal Sexual Sadist Any investigator who has taken a statement from tortured victim or who has worked the crime scene of a sexu- ally sadistic homicide will never forget the experience. Human cruelty reveals itself in many kinds of offenses, but seldom more starkly than in the crimes of sexual sadists. This article describes the more commonly encountered actions of sexual sadists and differentiates sexual sadism from other cruel acts. It also describes the common char- acteristics of sexually sadistic crimes and offers investigators sug- gestions that they should follow when confronted with the crimes of the sexually sadistic offender. WHAT IS SEXUAL SADISM? Sexual sadism is a persistent pattern of becoming sexually ex- cited in response to another's suffer- ing. Granted, sexual excitement can occur at odd times even in normal people. But to the sexually sadistic offender, it is the suffering of the victim that is sexually arousing. The writings of two sexual sa- dists graphically convey their de- sires. One writes: ...the most important radical aim is to make her suffer since there is no greater power over By ROBERT R. HAZELWOOD, M.S. PARK ELLIOTT DIETZ, M.D. and JANET WARREN, D.S.W. another person than that of inflicting pain on her to force her to undergo suffering without her being able to defend herself. The pleasure in the complete domination over another person is the very essence of the sadistic drive. Of his sexually sadistic activi- ties with a victim he killed, another offender writes: ...she was writhering [sic] in pain and I loved it. I was now combining my sexual high of rape and my power high of fear to make a total sum that is now beyond explaining.. .I was alive for the sole purpose of 12 / FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin

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