Contents
Preface .................................................................................................................................. xv
Acknowledgments .................................................................................................................. xix
Author Biography ................................................................................................................... xxi
Contributor Biography .......................................................................................................... xxiii
Chapter 1 Introduction to Rape and Sexual Assault .......................................................... 1
Chapter 2 Th e Female Victim ............................................................................................. 17
Chapter 3 Special Victims I: Th e Elderly, the Intellectually Disabled,
and the Deaf ........................................................................................................ 35
Chapter 4 Special Victims II: Child, Incest, and Male Victims ...................................... 51
Chapter 5 Victimology ................................................................................................... 67
Chapter 6 Th e Victim Interview ..................................................................................... 85
Chapter 7 Th e Child Interview ...................................................................................... 113
Chapter 8 Grooming Child and Adult Victims ................................................................... 135
Chapter 9 Online Off enders ............................................................................................. 153
Chapter 10 Human Sexuality .............................................................................................. 171
Chapter 11 Off ender Typology ........................................................................................... 185
Chapter 12 Special Off enders ............................................................................................. 215
Chapter 13 Acquaintance and Marital Rape .......................................................................... 237
Chapter 14 Suspect Interviews ............................................................................................ 263
Chapter 15 Crime Scene and Preliminary Investigation ........................................................ 291
Chapter 16 Th e Medical Examination ............................................................................... 315
Chapter 17 Th e Latent Investigation .................................................................................. 331
Chapter 18 Serial Off enders ............................................................................................. 349
Chapter 19 Drug- and Alcohol- Facilitated Sexual Assaults ................................................. 371
Chapter 20 Sex and Death ................................................................................................. 397
Chapter 21 False Rape Allegations ..................................................................................... 415
Chapter 22 Working with Prosecutors and Expert Witnesses ............................................... 445
Chapter 23 Common Investigative Mistakes ......................................................................... 473
Index ................................................................................................................................. 495
Biography
Arthur S. Chancellor began his law enforcement career in 1973 when he enlisted in the US Army as a
Military Policeman. He remained in the MPs until 1981 when he was accepted into the US Army
Criminal Investigation Division (CID) program as a Special Agent. As a CID Special Agent, Steve
worked on felony crimes at various military posts across the United States and overseas. He later
commanded three diff erent CID units and in 2001 retired as a Chief Warrant Offi cer Four as the
Operations Offi cer for a CID battalion where he was responsible for the supervision of fi ve diff erent
CID units and covered an eleven- state area of responsibility. Once retired Steve was employed by
the Mississippi State Crime Lab as a senior crime scene analyst and conducted the examination of
violent crime scenes across the state of Mississippi. In 2004 Steve was transferred from the crime
lab to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) as the fi rst director of the MBI Cold Case
Unit, responsible for assisting police agencies across the state working on unresolved homicides.
While working at the Crime lab and MBI, Steve helped develop several diff erent training courses
for the Mississippi State Police Academy covering topics that included basic and advanced crime
scenes, death investigations, and adult sex crimes. Steve was also involved in the development
and as an instructor of the Certifi ed Investigator Program (CIP) at the MS State Police Academy.
Steve has a master’s degree and undergrad degrees in criminal justice, is a graduate of the FBI
National Academy (Session 185), and has been a college adjunct instructor for Austin Peay State
University, Clarksville, Tennessee; University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi; and Clayton
State University, Morrow, Georgia. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Science,
and a member of the International Association for Identifi cation (IAI), the International Homicide
Investigators Association (IHIA), the North Carolina Homicide Investigators Association, and the
Southeastern Homicide Investigators Association. Steve is also the co- author of the books Staged
Crime Scenes: Investigating Suspect Misdirection of the Crime Scene and Death Investigations: 1 st
and 2 n d e ditions , and the author of I nvestigating Sexual Assault Cases .
Steve has also developed and instructs courses on Staged Crime Scenes, Adult Sex Crimes,
Death Investigation, and Basic and Advanced Crime Scene Examination.
