Citation

Lauerma H, Voutilainen J, Tuominen T. J. Forensic Sci. 2010; 55(2): 549-550.

Affiliation

Psychiatric Hospital for Prisoners, University of Turku, PO Box 49, 20251 Turku, Finland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01280.x

PMID

20102476

Abstract

While violence against sexual minorities is a well-known phenomenon, sexual homicides committed by men with cross-dressing or transsexual identity are not, because they are relatively few. We report a 23-year follow-up of the case of a transvestite, possibly transsexual, man who killed his mother by strangulation at the age of 20, and later in two separate cases strangled a female victim towards whom he felt sexual desire. He reported being sexually aroused by being strangled himself. The case raises questions concerning legislation which does not allow life-long control of criminals.

Language: en