TABLE 1. Variables From the Missen Corpus Reflecting Organized or Disorganized Crime Scenes
Organized
|
Disorganized
|
| Variable |
% |
Variable |
% |
|
| Victim alive during sex acts |
91 |
Vaginal rape |
74 |
| Body positioned |
75 |
Overkill |
70 |
| Murder weapon missing |
67 |
Multiple sex acts |
66 |
| Multiple crime scene |
61 |
Beaten |
61 |
| Body concealed |
58 |
Body left in isolated spot |
54 |
| Torture |
53 |
Belongings scattered |
47 |
| Restraints |
40 |
Tease cuts |
38 |
| Body covered postmortem |
37 |
Bludgeoned |
38 |
| Ligature strangulation |
34 |
Clothing scattered |
36 |
| Firearm used |
23 |
Object penetration |
35 |
| Tampered with evidence |
21 |
Improvised murder weapon |
31 |
| Gagging |
16 |
Manual strangulation |
27 |
| Bitemarks |
5 |
Violence directed at genitalia |
23 |
|
|
Weapon left in victim |
19 |
|
|
Facial disfigurement |
19 |
|
|
Throat cut |
19 |
|
|
Trail of clothing to murder scene |
13 |
|
|
Ransacking |
11 |
|
|
Genital mutilation |
10 |
|
|
Body parts missing |
10 |
|
|
Thoracic mutilation |
9 |
|
|
Burns on victim |
8 |
|
|
Abdominal mutilation |
8 |
|
|
Innards extracted |
6 |
|
|
Decapitation |
5 |
|
|
Dismemberment |
3 |
|
Note. Frequency across the sample of 100 cases indicated in parentheses.
