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; é. $7 2" A9292wzs92 -92 wt % ,. 2 . $ la X! s2 %> ii e: ii / v l j !URN/92l. OF INTERIWLRSONAI. VIOLENCE / September l986 The actounts of surviving victims of an organized and a dis organized offender highlight their levels of awareness regarding the tlangerousness of lht oflemler. Both women acted independently in response to a situation they perceived as life threatening, and swift police and int-dicul intervention combined with their efforts to save their lives. The killers were remarkable in their intent and assurance that they could successfully carry out their crimes. These men, at least in their own minds, had already rehearsed how they would kill and escape capture. The killing was an integral part of their fantasy. The murderers, in this sense, had consciously planned their murders- one, setting about to target a victim for his plan, and the other utilizing a chance encounter. DISCUSSION This article reports on a new typology of sexually oriented mur- derers based on crime scene evidence and victim resistance strategies and outcome in terms of this new classification. This new typology provides an opportunity to expand and advance the psychosocial framework for studying murderers that is sometimes criticized for its unproved theories, obscure interpretive level, and lack of attention to cultural factors Wolfgang Sc Ferraruti, I963! to include measurable, behavioral indicators from analysis of crime scene e..g., presence or absence of a weapon; injury to victim!. This law enforcement typol- ogy is based on discrete, verifiable concepts and behavior. It does not rest solely on controversial statements of motivation derived from a complex theory of subconscious motivation. Consequently, the typology has the potential for verifiable classification of acts and visual evidence, enhancing the investigation and study of murderers. For example, to hypothesize that a serial murderer killed a young woman to destroy his internal female identification with his sister is cumbersome and cannot be substantiated by analysis of crime scene evidence or other data available before his capture and evaluation. What is clear is the pattern of killing of young women of a certain age range in a repeated and particular systematic style. Analysis of these data from the crime scene may be useful in understanding the psycho- social nature of the murderer and lead it is hoped! to his capture. Additionally, we study victim response to the offender in terms of active versus passive response. We found that regardless of type of resistance active or passive! or category of offender organized versus 79