He tortures her in a van, parked a few blocks away, with a pair of pliers and yells at her to scream so that he can hear it. Between attacks on this same victim within the space of a few hours, he engages in caressing and fondling behavior while apologizing. He finally releases her, after helping her put her clothes back on. The evidence of torture suggests a sadistic signature aspect, while the caressing, fondling, and apologizing suggest a reassurance oriented signature aspect. Human behavior and human needs are developmental in nature, not fixed and static.
Rape is a behavior that is expressive of multi-determined needs.
It can result in ignoring other offender motivational patterns, incorrect investigative assumptions, and ultimately overlooked physical and behavioral evidence. All of this working together facilitates the inability of investigators to link and investigate related cases. To avoid this pitfall, the motivational typologies should be used investigatively to suggest the motivations of an offender that are apparent in the given patterns of crime scene behavior, not as rigid diagnostic classifications. All images and materials on this page are the exclusive property of Knowledge Solutions, and are not to be copied in any form, or distributed without the express permission of Knowledge Solutions.