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 1-mile radius in a large city suburb. He was bright, yet a marginal achiever in school, lived with his mother, and did not own a car. He was known as a macho ladies' man and a "con artist" among his peers. He used beer and marijuana to precipitate his offense and selected victims in an area he grew up in. He had a girlfriend he called "his fiancee" who jilted him shortly before murder #1, when she went away to college. He followed the crime in the paper, and on one occa­sion, watched the police investigator from his window. He had a lengthy ju­venile record, including sexual assault and rape.

Disorganized Offender: Profile Characteristics

The disorganized offender is likely to be of below-average intelli­gence or of low birth status in the family. Also, harsh parental discipline is sometimes reported as a child. The father's work history is unstable, and the disorganized offender seems to mirror this pattern with his own inconsistent and poor work history. Typical­ly, this offender is preoccupied with recurring obsessional and/or primitive thoughts and is in a confused and dis­tressed frame of mind at the time of the crime.

The disorganized offender is so­cially inadequate. Often, he has never married, lives alone or with a parental figure, and lives in close proximity to the crime scene. This offender is fear­ful of people and may have developed a well-defined delusional system. He acts impulsively under stress, finding a victim usually within his own geo­graphic area.

The disorganized offender is also sexually incompetent, often never having achieved any level of sexual intimacy with a peer. Although the of­ fenders in this sample claimed to be heterosexual, there is a clear sugges­tion that the disorganized offender is ignorant of sex and often may have sexual aversions.

Crime Scene

The overall imprint of the disorga­nized crime scene is that the crime is committed suddenly and with no set plan of action for deterring detection. 22 / FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin