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In comparing sexual murderers with a history of sex abuse n = I2! with murderers without such a history n = I6!, findings that approach a level of significance between early sexual abuse and sexual deviations include zoophilia .06! andsexual sadism .07! with the ultimate expression of the murderer's perversion being the mutilation of the victim. Murderers with sexual abuse histories report fantasizing about rape earlier than murderers without sexual abuse histories .05! and report aversion to peer sex in adolescence and adulthood .05!. Significant differences in behavioral indicators com- paring across developmental levels of childhood include cruelty to animals .05!, and differences approaching significance include isolation .09!, convulsions .09!, cruelty to children .09! and assaultive to adults .09!. Significant differences in adolescence between murderers with child sexual abuse history versus nonhistory include running away .01!, sleep problems t .05!, daydreams .05!, rebellious .05!, assaultive to adults .05!, and indicators approaching significance include temper tantrums .09! and selfmutilation .09!. Murderers Who Rape and Mutilate ROBERT K. RESSLER FBI Academy ANN W. BURGESS University of Pennsylvania CAROL R. HARTMAN Boston College IOHN E. DOUGLAS FBI Academy ARLENE McCORMACK University of Lowell The origins and significance of sexualized acts in the commission of a sexual crime have been implicit themes in the professional literature. Deviant sexual behaviors of offenders have been reported in terms of sexual dysfunction Groth 8c Burgess, 1977!, sexual Authors Note: Preparation of this article was supported by Department of Justice grants: Office of juvenile justice and Delinquency Prevention #84-]N-AX-K010! and JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE, Vol. I No. 3, September 1986 273-287 D I986 Sage Publications, Inc. 82