title: Classifying serial killers.
abstract: We attempted to match the appearance and demeanor of 27 serial killers to the postmortem 'signatures' found on their victims' bodies. Our results suggest that a link may exist between postmortem signatures and two complementary appearance-demeanor types.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Program, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona 08240-0195, USA. donald_promish@compuserve.com
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Promish
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy / Q000379:methods*; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D003417:Criminal Psychology / Q000379:methods*; D006708:Homicide / Q000145:classification* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008418:Masturbation / Q000523:psychology; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D014104:Torture / Q000523:psychology