Abstract：
Attributes and behavioral patterns of female homicide offenders have been less explored than those of males, particularly in crimes that involve aggravating factors such as dismemberment and mutilation. This study explored the patterns of female murderers who engage in postmortem dismemberment and/or mutilation of victims, contrasting these with the patterns of males who display these same behaviors. Cases were obtained from Radford-Florida Gulf Coast University Database and public sources, and then analyzed for specific characteristics of the crimes. An informational form was used to derive quantitative parameters. Statistical significance between sex and variables such as motive, dismemberment/mutilation style, and level of organization during the crime were examined. The majority of the cases were consistent with a defensive style. However, 23% of the cases involving females followed an offensive style compared to 33% among males. The nature of prior relationships between offenders and their victims was noteworthy, with the victims of males being largely strangers and the victims of females being primarily known to them. In comparison to males, females were markedly organized. These differences may emphasize aspects of psychological drives and pleasure-seeking that was more commonly seen among men, who often targeted strangers and were motivated by sadism in 25% of the cases. Dismemberment perpetrated by women primarily followed a defensive style that aimed to dispose of evidence, which would be congruent with the assumption that the murder occurred within a prior background of interpersonal partner violence toward the female perpetrator or other family members.
摘要：
女性杀人犯的属性和行为模式比男性少。特别是在涉及肢解和肢解等加重因素的犯罪中。这项研究探索了女性杀人犯在死后肢解和/或肢解受害者的模式，将这些与表现出相同行为的男性的模式进行对比。病例来自Radford-Florida墨西哥湾沿岸大学数据库和公开来源，然后分析了犯罪的具体特点。使用信息形式得出定量参数。性别与动机等变量之间的统计显著性，肢解/肢解风格，以及犯罪期间的组织水平进行了检查。大多数情况都符合防守风格。然而,涉及女性的案件中有23％采用进攻风格，而男性为33％。罪犯与其受害者之间的先前关系的性质值得注意，男性的受害者大多是陌生人，女性的受害者主要是他们认识的。与男性相比，女性组织明显。这些差异可能强调了在男性中更常见的心理驱动和寻求快乐的方面，他们经常以陌生人为目标，在25%的案例中受到施虐的驱使。女性实施的肢解主要遵循一种旨在处置证据的防御风格，这与谋杀发生在对女性犯罪者或其他家庭成员的人际伴侣暴力的先前背景下的假设是一致的。
