Russell Maria, Schlesinger Louis B, Leon Maria, Holdren Samantha
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY.
J Forensic Sci. 2018 Mar;63(2):478-483. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.13556. Epub 2017 Jun 9.
A closed case file review of a nonrandom national sample of 975 homicides disclosed 11 cases (1.13%) of undoing, wherein offenders engaged in crime scene behavior that has been considered an attempt to symbolically reverse the murder. The frequency of the various methods of undoing involved the use of blankets to cover the victim's body (55%), positioning the body (55%), use of a bed or couch (42%), washing the body (36%), using pillows (36%), as well as removing clothing and adding other types of adornments (27%). Ten of the 11 offenders were male, and one was female; all 12 victims were female. Ten of the 12 victims were family members or relationship intimates. These findings are consistent with prior reports which concluded that the motivation for undoing behavior is an attempt to compensate for guilt or remorse for having committed the homicide.
对975起凶杀案的非随机全国样本进行的结案档案审查发现了11起（1.13%）消除行为的案例，即犯罪者实施了被认为是试图象征性地逆转谋杀的犯罪现场行为。各种消除行为的频率包括：用毯子覆盖受害者尸体（55%）、摆放尸体位置（55%）、使用床或沙发（42%）、清洗尸体（36%）、使用枕头（36%）以及脱掉衣服并添加其他类型的装饰品（27%）。11名犯罪者中有10名男性，1名女性；12名受害者均为女性。12名受害者中有10名是家庭成员或亲密关系者。这些发现与之前的报告一致，之前的报告得出结论，消除行为的动机是试图弥补因犯下凶杀案而产生的内疚或悔恨。
