...Sofia Persson; Patrizia Milesi; Tina Glaser; Ricarda Lorenz; Mathis Wüst; Alexa Weiss; Gerd Bohner Purpose Sexual violence against women remains a pressing issue. Myths and misconceptions about sexual violence maintain high levels of victim blame throughout society, with negative consequences...

... Crime Phase  Offender acted on the environment 99 (24.2) 21 (25.3) 78 (24.2) 0.041  Offender wore a mask 66 (16.3) 19 (22.9) 47 (14.6) 3.33^Ϯ 0.091  Offender used non-sexual violence 137 (33.8) 25 (30.1) 112 (34.8) 0.641  Offender blindfolded/gagged the victim...

... and as such these indicators should be treated as warning signs. The timeline of sexual violence, however, has not been addressed and the authors do not specify whether sexual violence took place before the homicide incident or around the time of the incident. This is important because if sexual violence took place around...

... is necessary for theory development and aiding law enforcement in creating an accurate criminal profile (Beauregard and Martineau, 2017 ; McNeeley et al., 2015 ; Mjanes et al., 2017). Latent class analysis Typology Sexual violence Sexual homicide Criminal investigation Violent...