Portrait of Zena Rossouw

Zena Rossouw

  • Doctoral Research Assistant at School of Criminal Justice & Criminology, College of Applied Arts
  • Doctoral Instructional Assistant at School of Criminal Justice & Criminology, College of Applied Arts
  • Doctoral Teaching Assistant at School of Criminal Justice & Criminology, College of Applied Arts

Scholarly and Creative Works

2026

  • Rossouw, Z., Beauregard, E., & Chopin, J. (2026). The stranger you know: predicting victim-offender relationships in sexual homicides by comparing offender behaviors by crime location. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 16(7), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1108/jcp-11-2025-0118
  • Rossmo, K., Anderson, E. R., & Rossouw, Z. (2026). The “Rainey Street Ripper”: Social media apophenia and linkage illusions. Homicide Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/10887679261421922

2025

  • Rossmo, K., Anderson, E. R., & Rossouw, Z. (2025). The “Rainey Street Ripper”: An independent analysis of the evidence. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10877/21901

2024

  • Rossouw, Z., & Palys, T. (2024). “Baggage in the business”: The investigative challenges of serial homicide. The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X241269482
  • Rossouw, Z., Beauregard, E., & Chopin, J. (2024). Stranger Danger: Analyzing Offender Behaviors Based on Victim Approach Tactics in Sexual Homicide. Behavioral Sciences & the Law. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2708