#808 Frederick Toates: Understanding Sexual Serial Killing
RECORDED ON DECEMBER 28th 2022.
Dr. Frederick Toates is Emeritus Professor of Biological Psychology at the Open University. Dr. Toates’ research interests are primarily in the area of motivation. He is the author of a number of books, the most recent one being Understanding Sexual Serial Killing.
In this episode, we focus on Understanding Sexual Serial Killing. We start by defining sexual serial killing, and get into what motivates it. We talk about the psychological traits, the social context, and sociohistorical context of sexual serial killing. We discuss the best model to explain it, biological factors, working models and scripts during child development, what triggers sexual arousal, paraphilias, and addiction. We also discuss if there is a copycat effect in this type of crime.
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Intro
What is sexual serial killing?
Motivation theory, and what motivates sexual serial killers
Their psychological traits
Their social context
The sociohistorical context
Explaining sexual serial killing
Biological factors
Working models and scripts
Fantasy, temptation, and the arousal of desire by sexual imagery
Paraphilias
Can sexual violence become addictive?
Is there a copycat effect?
Follow Dr. Toates’ work!
Follow Dr. Toates’ work:
ResearchGate profile: https://bit.ly/3dz3Gsb
Understanding Sexual Serial Killing: https://amzn.to/3bW8rvd
Twitter handle: @FrederickToates