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| | site ensuess SOROS eee RAPE-MURDER the patient has been under stress and especially ac times when he or she has been charged with other criminal acts (e.g., breaking and entering, stealing cars, larceny), the interviewer should inquire about concur” rent assaultive behavior or rape fantasies. Our findings support those from Groth and associates’ study (7) of convicted sex offenders recommended for treatment. Those authors reported that each offender had com- mitted an average of 5 sexual assaults for which he was never apprehended.. Psychological Profiles The fact that a psychiatrist wrote 3 psychological profile of the offender we have described suggests the need for further work in this area. The psychological profile is a critical technique in police work on un- solved crimes. In a comparison of the profile with the data obtained from the offender, two points can be made. First, no one speculated that the murder victims had been raped. The fact that they all were found fully clothed and without clinical evidence of sexual inter- course made the cases seem not sexually related. The offender admitted raping the victims several times. The possibility that he had a sexual dysfunction—retarded ejaculation—was never considered (8). Second, the profile report speculated that because he targeted women and used their underwear to bind them, he fele hostility toward his mother. Interview daca suggested another authority figure in his life: That woman judge sent me CO 4 diagnostic center. That's what started me off resenting authority. -- - Nobody could tell me what to do or when to do it or how to do it. CONCLUSIONS Gaps do exist in fully understanding a criminal act in general, and a sexual homicide in particular, be- cause each of the various proféssionals and disciplines involved work with only one part of the picture. Cooperation through sharing information and col- laborating on cases is often not practiced in the work setting. We undertook this study to address this gap 1n the transfer and sharing of criminal daca. Frazier (9) encouraged the research step of developing descriptive patterns of murder as human action, with the caution to avoid simple, reductionistic conclusions about the causes of murder. We agree with this position and encourage studies across disciplines. REFERENCES _ Selkin J: Rape. Psychology Today, Jan 1975, pp 70-72, 74, 76 Podolsky E: Sexual violence. Medical Digest 34:60-63. 1966 Groth AN with Birnbaum HJ: Men Who Rape. New York, Plenum Press, 1979, p 44 a RT: Psychological factors tn rapist behavior, in Clinical Aspects of the Rapist. Edited by Rada RT. New York, Grune & Stracton, 1978 5. Groth AN, Burgess AW, Holmscrom LL: Rape: power. anger, and sexuality. Am J Psyctuatry 134:1239-1243, 1977 6. Burgess AW, Holmstrom LL: Sexual trauma ot children and adolescents: pressure, Sex and secrecy. Nurs Clin North Am 10:55 1-563, 1975 7. Groth AN, Longo R. McFadin B: Underected recidivism among rapists and child molesters. Crime and Delinquency 28 .450— 458, 1982 8. Groth AN, Burgess AW: Sexual dystunctron ducing cape. 8 Engl J Med 297:764—766, 1977 . Frazier SH: Murder—single and multiple. Aggression $2: 304- 312, 1974 tee + os) [*3 a so yaa (2A 2.97 28029 wUS. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 141 Am J Psychiatry 140:1, January 1983 Srinath ae ne ToT eT