Simon Fraser University
Dr. Eric Beauregard
Dr. Eric Beauregard

 

Eric Beauregard, Ph.D.

 

Assistant Professor

B.Sc. (Montreal), M.Sc. (Montreal), Ph.D. (Montreal)

 

Centre for Research on Sexual Violence, British Columbia, Canada

Co-director

 

Phone: 778 782-8134

Fax: 778-782-4140 

Office: ASSC1-10219

Email: ebeaureg@sfu.ca

 

 

Teaching (Summary)

Undergraduate courses:

  • Correctional Practice (CRIM343)
  • Criminal Profiling (CRIM454)
  • Investigative Psychology in Policing (CRIM456)
  • Introduction to Corrections (CRIM241)

 

Graduate courses:

  • Theories of Crime II (CRIM801)

  


Research (Summary)

 

My current research interests:

  • Offending and hunting process of sexual offenders
  • Decision-making and scripts of sexual/violent offenders
  • Criminal investigation process including interrogation
  • Psychological and geographic profiling
  • Sexual homicide and sexual murderers

 

Other research interests:

  • Criminal event analysis and situational approaches to crime
  • Environmental criminology

 


Publications (Recent)

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATION

Heide, K., Beauregard, E., & Myers, W. C. (in press). Sexually motivated child abduction murders: Synthesis of the literature and case illustration. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse.

 

Beauregard, E., & Field, J. (2008). Body disposal patterns of sexual murderers: Implications for offender profiling. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. 23, 81-89.

 

Beauregard, E., & Mieczkowski, T. (2008). Testing the predictive utility of the Static-99: A Bayes analysis. Legal and Criminological Psychology. Online first.

 

Leclerc, B., Proulx, J., & Beauregard, E. (in press). Examining the modus operandi of sexual offenders against children and its practical implications.  Aggression and Violent Behavior

 

Leclerc, B., Beauregard, E., & Proulx, J. (2008). Modus operandi and situational aspects of child sexual abuse in adolescent sexual offenses: A further examination. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 52, 46-61. 

 

Beauregard, E., Stone, M.R., Proulx, J., & Michaud, P. (2008). Sexual murderers of children: Developmental, pre-crime, crime, and post-crime factors. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 52, 253-269.

 

Beauregard, E., & Leclerc, B. (2007). An application of the rational choice approach to the offending process of sex offenders: A closer look at the decision-making. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 19, 115-133.

 

Beauregard, E., Proulx, J., Rossmo, K., Leclerc, B., & Allaire, J.-F. (2007). Script analysis of hunting process in serial sex offenders. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 34, 1069-1084.

 

Beauregard, E., & Proulx, J. (2007). A classification of sexual homicide against men.  International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 51, 420-432.

 

Beauregard, E., Rossmo, K., & Proulx, J. (2007). A descriptive model of the hunting process of serial sex offenders: A rational choice approach. Journal of Family Violence, 22, 449-463.

 

Beauregard, E., Proulx, J., & Rossmo, K. (2005). Spatial patterns of sex offenders : Theoretical, empirical, and practical issues. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 10, 579-603.

 

Beauregard, E., Lussier, P., & Proulx, J. (2005). The role of sexual interests and situational factors on rapists’ modus operandi : Implications for offender profiling. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 10, 265-278.

 

Lussier, P., Beauregard, E., Proulx, J., & Nicole, A. (2005). The developmental factors related to deviant sexual preferences in child molesters. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 20, 999-1017. 

                           

Beauregard, E., Lussier, P., & Proulx, J. (2004). An exploration of developmental factors related to deviant sexual preferences among adult rapists. Sexual Abuse : A Journal of Research and Treatment, 16, 149-159.

 

BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS

 

Proulx, J., Beauregard, E., Cusson, M., & Nicole, A. (2007). Sexual murder: A comparative analysis and new perspectives.  Winchester, UK: Wiley. 

 

Proulx, J., Cusson, M., Beauregard, E., & Nicole, A.  (2005). Les meurtriers sexuels : Analyses comparatives et nouvelles perspectives. Montreal, Quebec: Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal.

 

BOOK CHAPTERS OR SEGMENTS OF A BOOK

 

Beauregard, E., & Proulx, J.  (in press).  Sadism. In W.E. Craighead & C.B. Nemeroff (Eds.), The Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science,4th   Edition. Winchester, UK: Wiley.

 

Proulx, J., & Beauregard, E.  (in press). Decision making during the offending process: An assessment among subtypes of sexual aggressors of women. In A. R. Beech, L. A. Craig, & K. D. Brown (Eds.), Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders: A Handbook (pp. 181-199). Winchester, UK: Wiley.

 

Lussier, P., McCann, K., & Beauregard, E. (2008). Etiology of atypical sexual behaviors.  In D.L. Rowland & L. Incrocci (Eds.), Handbook of Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders (pp. 529-562). Chichester UK: Wiley

 

Beauregard, E. (2007). The heterogeneity of predatory behaviors in sexual homicide. In M. DeLisi & P. J. Conis (Eds.), Violent offenders: Theory, research, public policy, and practice. Jones and Bartlett publishers.

Proulx, J., Cusson, M., & Beauregard, E. (2007). Sexual murder: Definitions, epidemiology, and theories. In J. Proulx, E. Beauregard, M. Cusson, & A. Nicole (Eds.), Sexual murder: A comparative analysis and new perspectives (pp. 9-28). Winchester, UK: Wiley.

 

Proulx, J., Blais, E., & Beauregard, E. (2007). Sadistic sexual offenders. In J. Proulx, E. Beauregard, M. Cusson, & A. Nicole (Eds.), Sexual murder: A comparative analysis and new perspectives (pp. 107-122). Winchester, UK: Wiley.

 

Beauregard, E., Proulx, J., & St-Yves, M. (2007). Angry or sadistic: Two types of sexual murderers. In J. Proulx, E. Beauregard, M. Cusson, & A. Nicole (Eds.), Sexual murder: A comparative analysis and new perspectives (pp. 123-141). Winchester, UK: Wiley.

 

Beauregard, E. (2007). The role of profiling in the investigation of sexual homicide. In J. Proulx, E. Beauregard, M. Cusson, & A. Nicole (Eds.), Sexual murder: A comparative analysis and new perspectives (pp. 193-211). Winchester, UK: Wiley.

 

Beauregard, E., & Rossmo, K. (2007). Profilage geographique et analyse des tactiques de chasse chez les agresseurs sexuels seriels. In M. St-Yves & M. Tanguay (Eds.), Psychologie judiciaire: Psychologie des enquêtes criminelles (pp. 577-605). Cowansville, Québec : Les Éditions Yvon Blais. 

 

Beauregard, E., Lussier, P., & Proulx, J. (2007). Criminal propensity, criminal opportunity, and criminal events : An investigation of crime scene behaviour of sexual aggressors of women. In R.N. Kocsis (Ed.), Criminal profiling: International perspectives in theory, practice, and research (pp. 89-113).  Totowa, NJ: The Humana Press.

 

Proulx, J., Blais, E., & Beauregard, E. (2006). Sadistic sexual aggressors.  In W.L. Marshall, Y.M. Fernandez, L.E. Marshall, & G.A. Serran (Eds.),  Sexual offender treatment : Controversial issues (pp. 61-77).  Winchester, UK: Wiley.

 

Beauregard, E. (2005). Le profilage dans l’enquête sur les meurtriers sexuels : mythes et réalités. In Proulx, J., Cusson, M., Beauregard, E., & Nicole, A. (Eds), Les meurtriers sexuels : Analyse comparative et nouvelles perspectives (pp. 253-283).  Montreal, Quebec : Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal.

 

Beauregard, E., Proulx, J., Brien, T., & St-Yves, M. (2005). Deux types de meurtriers sexuels : Le colérique et le sadique. In Proulx, J., Cusson, M., Beauregard, E., & Nicole, A. (Eds), Les meurtriers sexuels : Analyse comparative et nouvelles perspectives (pp. 203-232).  Montreal, Quebec : Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal.

 

Proulx, J., Blais, E., & Beauregard, E. (2005). Le sadisme sexuel. In Proulx, J., Cusson, M., Beauregard, E., & Nicole, A. (Eds), Les meurtriers sexuels : Analyse comparative et nouvelles perspectives (pp. 163- 201).  Montreal, Quebec : Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal.

 

Proulx, J., Cusson, M., & Beauregard, E. (2005). Le meurtre sexuel : Définitions, épidémiologie et théories. In Proulx, J., Cusson, M., Beauregard, E., & Nicole, A. (Eds), Les meurtriers sexuels : Analyse comparative et nouvelles perspectives (pp. 21-46).  Montreal, Quebec : Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal.

 

 


 

 

Further information and a full resume are available on request: ebeaureg@sfu.ca

 

 

Updated: November 3, 2008.