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Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention Advance Access originally published online on January 10, 2007
Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention 2007 7(1):77-89; doi:10.1093/brief-treatment/mhl021
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Serial Sexual Murderers and Prostitutes as Their Victims: Difficulty Profiling Perpetrators and Victim Vulnerability as Illustrated by the Green River Case

   Micol Levi-Minzi, MA
   Maria Shields, MA

From the Lynch School of Education, Graduate Program in Counseling Psychology, Boston College

Contact author: Maria Shields, 1949 Commonwealth Avenue Apartment 25, Brighton, MA 02135. E-mail: shieldmf{at}bc.edu.

Gary Ridgway, the Green River killer, is the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, preying upon the most vulnerable of victims: prostitutes. This paper examines the difficulty experienced by law enforcement officials when trying to develop the profile of a serial sexual murderer, as illustrated by the Green River case. The lives and experiences of prostitutes are examined to establish their level of susceptibility to crime while also exploring the customers who frequent them. A summary of current research on criminal profiling is analyzed in conjunction to the Green River case with the goal of obtaining an understanding of the drives and motivations behind these crimes. In addition, the forensic and ethical implications of the case are discussed.


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