Eric W. Hickey, Ph.D. FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY FACULTY School of PSYCHOLOGY WALDEN University Cell: 559-676-0711 Eric.hickey2@mail.WALDENU.edu WEBSITE: ERICHICKEY.COM Psycho-Behavioral Analysis of Serial Stranger Rapists Eric W. Hickey, Ph.D. MARCH 05, 2018 26TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF ADULT SEX OFFENDERS AND JUVENILES WHO COMMIT SEXUAL OFFENSES SERIAL STRANGER RAPISTS FBI TYPOLOGIES 1
PARAPHILIC STALKING OFFENDER IS STIMULATED BY DEVIANT SEXUAL ACTS AND IMAGERY VOYEURS PEDOPHILES RAPISTS LUST KILLERS PROXY RAPES The Twilight Rapist, Texas Female Victims ages 65-91 2
The Serial Stranger Rapist POWER POWER REASSURANCE POWER REASSERTIVE ANGER ANGER RETALIATORY ANGER EXCITATION POWER REASSURANCE RAPIST PURPOSE OF THE ATTACK Reassure his masculinity Needs power and control over a woman Prove himself to himself Most common in stranger assaults POWER REASSURANCE RAPIST STYLE OF THE ATTACK Pseudo-unselfish verbal/sexual behavior date Gentleman rapist, apologist, polite type non-profane Minimal force Multiple targets Attacks late evening or early morning (midnight-5:00 a.m.) Surprise approach weapon Has victim remove her clothing Short time encounter Apologizes/compliments victim Takes souvenir May recontact victim Serial rapist Same general vicinity 3
POWER REASSURANCE RAPIST Profile of Offenders Probably single Lives with one or both of his parents Non-athletic; quite, passive, introverted Few friends No sex partner Limited educational level Menial occupation steady, reliable employee Frequents pornography shops Variety of sexual aberrations (exhibitionism, voyeurism, fetishism, etc.) Lives or works near site of attacks MELVIN CARTER CLASSIC TYPE ONE POWER REASSURANCE RAPIST VOYEUR FROTTEUR PROGRESSIVE PARAPHILIAC DOZENS OF FEMALE VICTIMS IN CALIFORNIA & COLORADO POWER ASSERTIVE RAPIST PURPOSE OF THE ATTACK No doubts about masculinity A man s man Exercising his prerogative as a male to commit rapes Uses rape to express virility and dominance over victim Second most common type 4
POWER ASSERTIVE RAPIST STYLE OF THE ATTACK Selfish verbal/sexual behavior Exhibits no concern for victim Moderate to excessive levels of force Uses con approach but changes behavior during assault Victim own age Rip or tear clothing Repeated sexual assaults Leave victim stranded partially/fully nude Does not rape as consistently as P-R Rapist only when he feels he needs a woman Anal, then oral sex Rapes every 20-25 days POWER ASSERTIVE RAPIST Profile of Offenders Image conscious/ flashy dresser Regular at singles bars Loud and boisterous Macho image Masculine occupation Drives a flashy car Serial marriages/relationships ANGER RETALIATORY RAPIST PURPOSE OF THE ATTACK Uses rape to get even with women for real or imagined wrongs Uses sex as a weapon to punish and degrade women Anger is the key motivational factor Third most common type 5
ANGER RETALIATORY RAPIST STYLE OF THE ATTACK Humiliates/excessively profane Selfish verbal/sexual behavior Will use excessive levels of force Characterized by intense rage; an almost frenzied attack Uses blitz approach Actual assault is brief; leaves victims following release of tension Victims own age or slightly older Often assaults victims who are symbols of someone Rip or tear clothing Occurs anytime day or night whenever angry Uses weapons of opportunity Little or no pattern of assault Anal oral ejaculates in face Rapes every 6 months to 1 year ANGER RETALIATORY RAPIST Profile of Offenders Views himself as athletic and masculine Action-oriented occupation Recreation contact sports Married but not assaulting of mate Extramarital affairs Quick, violent temper Precipitating event prior to attack PURPOSE OF THE ATTACK AKA: SADISTIC RAPE Sexually stimulated and/or gratified through victim s responses to pain and fear Primary motivation inflict pain that will elicit fear and total submission Least common type ANGER EXCITIATION RAPIST 6
Sexual Sadism & Sadistic Rape The DSM-IV-TR defines sexual sadism as: 1) Recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving acts (real, not simulated) in which the psychological or physical suffering (including humiliation) on the victim is sexually exciting to the person. Symptoms must be present for at least 6 months. 2) The person have acted on these sexual urges with a non-consenting person, or the sexual urges or fantasies cause marked distress or interpersonal difficulty (273-274). History of the term Sadism Marquis de Sade, in his writings depicted torture, cruelty and killing for erotic purposes Krafft-Ebing, in his 1886 Psychopathia Sexualis, defined sadism as: The experience of sexual, pleasurable sensations (including orgasm) produced by acts of cruelty or bodily punishment. It may also consist of an innate desire to humiliate, hurt, wound or even destroy others to create pleasure for oneself Eulenberg, in 1911 expanded this definition to include psychological as well as physical pain (PsychDirect, 2005). Sadistic Rape: When the rapist transforms anger and power so that aggression becomes sexual and thus eroticized for him, the intentional maltreatment of the non-consenting victim is sexually gratifying, and the torment, distress, and anguish of the victim increases the rapist s level of pleasure (Groth, 2005). 7
The Sadistic Rapist Sadistic rapists are anger-excitation rapists Live out sadistic sexual fantasies on unwilling victims Victims are symbolic to the rapist have preferences More interested in punishing and humiliating his victims Depersonalize their victim Usually develops an MO; may take souvenirs Fantasy evolves, may make torture kit This type of rape often ends in murder SADISTIC RAPISTS More difficult to determine motivations and fantasies that are often not revealed 30-50% Rapists are categorized as sexual sadists White male- more sadistic and socialized as the aggressor Abused (Hickey, 2006 & Mitchell, 2005) Often solitary personalities and is rare to openly show signs of violence (Hickey, 2006). Co-Morbidity Sadism is commonly found in association with other paraphilias In one study 18% of sadists were also masochistic, 46% had also engaged in rape, 21% in exhibitionism, 25% in voyeurism and frottage, and 33% in pedophilia Sexual sadism, combined with Anti-Social Personality Disorder frequently produces harmful behavior 8
RANDY WOODFIELD PRIMARY PSYCHOPATH SEXUAL PREDATOR I-5 KILLER ANGER EXCITATION RAPIST STYLE OF THE ATTACK Well planned and methodically executed Every detail carefully thought out in prior fantasy Weapons, transportation, travel routes binding, recording devices, etc. pre-planned Victim is a total stranger Selfish verbal/sexual behavior Brutal level of force Con approach Use of bindings; pre-selected location Keeps victim for extended periods of time May torture Cutting of clothing YOSEMITE PARK KILLER METHOD OF MURDER: DECAPITATION SEXUAL PREDATOR PSYCHOPATH? CARY STAYNER 9
ANGER EXCITATION RAPIST Profile of Offenders Intelligent Married a good family man Middle-class Better than average education White collar education Compulsive personality personal appearance/automobile Knowledge of police work/techniques Probably does not have an arrest record Cases Angelo Buono The Hillside Stranglers Kenneth Bianchi Killed 10+ women in the Los Angeles area Began killing in 1977 Victims were sexually assaulted, tortured and strangled Both were given life sentences (Buono died in prison in 2002) (Hickey, 2013) Eric W. Hickey, Ph.D. FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY FACULTY School of PSYCHOLOGY WALDEN University Cell: 559-676-0711 Eric.hickey2@WALDENU.edu WEBSITE: ERICHICKEY.COM 10