CRIME SCENE AND DISTANCE CORRELATES OF SERIAL RAPE

This study, derived from a sample of 108 serial rapists (rapes = 565), examines the relationship between demographic, crime scene, and crimi nal history variables and the distance traveled by serial rapists in o rder to offend. The pattern of offenses perpetrated by each of the 108 serial offenders as it relates to his place of residence is also anal yzed in terms of known characteristics of the offender and his offense s. The theoretical focus of the study integrates premises derived from criminal investigative analysis, environmental criminology, ethnograp hic geography, journey to crime research, and criminal geographic targ eting to explore the cognitive symmetry between the ''how'' and the '' where'' of serial sexual offenses. These components or dimensions of s erial crime are explored in an attempt to aid law enforcement in their investigation of hard-to-solve serial crimes.