Citation

Pettigrew M. J. Investig. Psych. Offender Profil. 2022; 19(3): 221-230.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/jip.1596

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Whilst crime scene staging in homicide, as an attempt to avoid detection, has attracted some scholarly attention in recent years, staging a body disposal site has not been similarly scrutinised. Indeed, whilst some statistical studies note moving a homicide victim's body as a distinct crime scene behaviour, there is little discussion or analysis of body disposal sites generally. This case seeks to illustrate how a body disposal site may be staged--in three different forms--and to supplement existing quantitative data on offender behaviours undertaken to avoid detection. In so doing, a new category of staging is proposed: staging a body disposal site.

Language: en

Keywords

body disposal sites; forensic awareness; homicide; serial killing; staging