HOW FAR IS FAR ENOUGH? THE JOURNEY TO CRIME OF SERIAL KILLERS IN BRAZILIAN CITIES

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14393/RCG238857506

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Serial killers, Crime, Criminology, Criminal psychology, Legal psychology

Abstract

Journey to crime has been researched for nearly 90 years but there is still a significant literature gap when it comes to data on developing countries or serial killers. The present paper aims to address this gap by analyzing the journey to crime of Brazilian serial killers. A descriptive quantitative design was followed using secondary data collected from police records on three Brazilian cities between 1999 and 2017. The final sample consisted of 67 serial killers. It was found that Brazilian serial killers do not travel very far from home, they travel shorter distances than has been reported in other countries. Most of the serial killers followed a marauder model of movement and they were also spatially consistent, usually travelling either short or longer distances throughout their series. There were no significant differences between distances travelled in each of the cities despite variations in population density. Based on these findings new investigative tools to aid crime investigation in Brazil can be used. Further research is also needed to understand why Brazilian serial killers travel shorter distances than those of other countries, it should also be verified if this pattern extends to other types of offenses.

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Denis Lino, University of Liverpool

Psicólogo formado pela Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Especialista em Psicologia Jurídica e Investigação Criminal pelas Faculdades Integradas de Patos, Mestre em Psicologia Forense e Investigativa pela University of Liverpool.

Clarice Santoro Gomes, Instituto Paulista de Estudos Bioéticos e Jurídicos

Formada em Psicologia pela PUC Minas, possui especialização em Saúde Mental e Psicanálise na Newton de Paiva, e em Criminal Profiling – Psicologia Investigativa no IPEBJ. Formação em Perícia Psicológica e Neuropsicológica pelo IPq FMUSP

Mariana Coelho Marques Valente, Centro Universitário Estácio da Bahia

Bióloga com especialização em Perícia Ambiental, atualmente cursando graduação em Psicologia

Aline Lobato, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba

Doutora em Psicologia Investigativa pela Universidade de Liverpool. Professora dos departamentos de Psicologia e Direito da Universidade Estadual da Paraíba

Published

2022-08-04

How to Cite

LINO, D.; GOMES, C. S.; VALENTE, M. C. M.; LOBATO, A. HOW FAR IS FAR ENOUGH? THE JOURNEY TO CRIME OF SERIAL KILLERS IN BRAZILIAN CITIES. Caminhos de Geografia, Uberlândia, v. 23, n. 88, p. 32–42, 2022. DOI: 10.14393/RCG238857506. Disponível em: https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/caminhosdegeografia/article/view/57506. Acesso em: 23 nov. 2024.

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