Is Serial Sexual Homicide a Compulsion, Deviant Leisure, or Both? Revisiting the Case of Ted Bundy
2019; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 42; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/01490400.2019.1571967
ISSN1521-0588
Autores Tópico(s)Gambling Behavior and Treatments
ResumoSerial homicide for personal gratification is often commonly assumed to be driven by an underlying psychiatric compulsion, characterized by loss of control. This article briefly summarizes the behavioral science literature on serial homicide before then focusing on such behavior as a potential form of deviant leisure, which, because of the leisure criterion of relative autonomy, presents challenges to assumptions that killing is primarily an uncontrollable compulsion. Specifically, the case of Ted Bundy, one of the most prolific and well-known American serial sexual murderers, was analyzed to explore whether or not leisure concepts were embedded within interview content and forensic case documents; and if so, how such concepts may have functioned within a homicidal behavior process. Analysis focused on identifying potential leisure-related concepts embedded within transcripts of first-person interviews of Bundy conducted by Michaud and Aynesworth (2000 Michaud, S. G., & Aynesworth, H. (2000). Ted Bundy: Conversations with a killer—the death row interviews. Irving, TX: Authorlink Press. [Google Scholar]), while subsequently using forensic documents from victim cases to classify homicidal activities according to basic categories of the Leisure Behavior Inventory (Ragheb, 1980). Findings provide unique insights into the complex motivations and behaviors associated with serial murder.
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