Death of Prostitutes: How Sexual Killers Find Them?

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze men who have preyed on prostitutes and determine if similarities exist between the offenders who used the Internet to find sexual partners with sexual killers who did not utilize the Internet. We will use life course theory to examine newspaper articles that describe the offenders, their cases, and their life histories in order to assess their sexual pasts and compare them to sexual predators who have not used the internet. We also examined the articles for events from the offender's pasts that may predict sexually violent behaviors, identifying past antisocial behaviors or weak social bonds. The results of our research support the claim that the Internet is creating a different type of offender: provoking one offender to seek and injure numerous victims or provoking another to become sexually-aroused and kill. It can be reasoned that images and videos combining sex and extreme violence are not only abnormal behaviors, but also exceedingly detrimental for young viewers growing up in the Internet era.