Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-248) and index.
Introduction: Sexual murderers : myth and reality / Maurice Cusson -- Sexual murder : definitions, epidemiology, and theories / Jean Proulx, Maurice Cusson, and Éric Beauregard -- Sexual murderers and sexual aggressors : developmental paths and criminal history / Alexandre Nicole and Jean Proulx -- Sexual murderers and sexual aggressors : psychopathological considerations / Jean Proulx and Nadege Sauvetre -- Sexual murderers and sexual aggressors : intention and situation / Sabine Chéné and Maurice Cusson -- The factors distinguishing sexual murderers from sexual aggressors : a multivariate analysis / Alexandre Nicole and Jean Proulx -- Serial killers and sexual murderers / Élisabeth Campos and Maurice Cusson -- Sadistic sexual offenders / Jean Proulx, Etienne Blais, and Éric Beauregard -- Angry or sadistic : two types of sexual murderers / Éric Beauregard, Jean Proulx, and Michel St-Yves -- The motivation and criminal career of sexual murderers / Maurice Cusson and Jean Proulx -- A comparison of rapists and sexual murderers on demographic and selected psychometric measures / Caroline J. Oliver, Anthony R. Beech, Dawn Fisher, and Richard Beckett -- Identification of motivations for sexual murder / Dawn Fisher and Anthony R. Beech -- The role of profiling in the investigation of sexual homicide / Éric Beauregard -- Psychotherapeutic and psychodynamic issues with sexual murderers / Monique Tardif, Benoit Dassylva, and Alexandre Nicole -- Conclusion / Jean Proulx.