Sara Skott is associate professor in criminology at Mid Sweden University. Her research concerns different types and aspects of violence, including exploring violence through Gothic and gendered lenses. Her research also concerns the characteristics and offending pathways of sexual homicide, and the social construction of violence, shaped by different power orders. Some of her recent work has appeared in Critical Criminology, Games and Culture, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, and in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.