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Ressler et al. / MURDERERS WHO RAPE AND MUTILATE TABLE 2 Behaviors with Significant Differences Between Sexually Abused and Non-Sexually Abused Murderers Sexually Abused as Sexually Abused as a Child an Adolescent Symptoms Symptoms as Symptoms Symptomsas Symptoms asa Child an Adolescent asan Adult an Adolescent as an Adult eee Convulsions Sleep problems Poor body image Running away Nightmares Isolation Isolation Isolation Fire setting Daydreams Cruelty to Running away Sleep problems Cruelty to Rebellious children Self-mutilation Self-mutilation animals Cruelty to Cruelty to Temper tantrums Temper tantrums children animals Rebellious Assaultive Assaultive to adults to adults eee cates that the sexually abused murderers are more likely to engage in sexual contact with animals (40% versus 8%; p < .06), bondage sex (55% versus 23%), fetishism (83% versus 57%), obscene phone calls (36% versus 15%), indecent exposure (36% versus 21%), pornography (92% versus 79%), frottage (27% versus 15%), and cross-dressing (18% versus 7%). There is little difference or no difference noted in the area of voyeurism. Prostitution and coprophilia were dropped from this analysis due to an inadequate number of responses. Rape fantasies. For 19 of the 36 murderers who responded to a question about at what age they began to fantasize about rape, the ages range from 5 to 25 years old. The results of a test of mean age differences shows that sexually abused murderers (11) began to fanta- size at an earlier age than did those not abused (8), or ages 11.6 years versus 15.3 years (t = 1.99, p = 0.05). First consensual sex. For 19 murderers, the age of first significant, consensual sexual] experience ranged from 11 to 35 years of age. The results of a test of mean age difference shows that sexually abused killers report an earlier age for this activity than do murderers not sexually abused (14.7 years versus 16.2 years). However, this difference was not statistically significant (t = 1.12, p = 0.14). Aversion to sexual activity. It was clear to the interviewers that some of the murderers could not answer the question of age of consensual sex because they had never had such an experience. Thus in reply to the question about whether they experienced a marked BB