Case Study Jeffrey Dahmer
Jeffery Dahmer
Jeffery Dahmer
COMM/215
SUZANNE CONNELLY
Jeffery Dahmer
A SERIAL KILLER CASE STUDY: JEFFREY DAHMER (1960-1994)
Jeffrey Dahmer was born in the year of 1960, and was murdered by fellow inmate while incarcerated in 1994 (Jenkins, 2004). Dahmer was serving his time in jail for the manslaughter of seventeen men in America. This case study discusses some possible psychological theories to help interpret and grasp what caused Dahmer’s behavior and actions. The theories used were Weiss (1973), on loneliness, alcoholism focusing on alcoholism as a habit rather than a disease, and Erick Erickson’s Identity Development theory.
Jeffrey Dahmer was born on the 21st of May 1960, in Milwaukee to a couple named Lionel and Joyce Dahmer …show more content…
Most of his trials involved Dahmer pleading guilty under measures of insanity. At the end of the trial Dahmer was considered sane and was imprisoned facing 15 consecutive life sentences (Jenkins, 2004). Under the Western Australian Criminal Code Act Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as of 15 October 2010, Jeffrey Dahmer would have been convicted for murder under section 28, offence 279: Murder. Which in Dahmer’s case states in subsection (1) (a) and (b) that a person who unlawfully kills another person and intends to cause bodily harm, the person is then guilty of murder, which then later states in subsection (4) a person found guilty for this is sentenced to life imprisonment. While completing his life sentence in the Columbian Correctional Institute in Portage, Washington, he was murdered by fellow inmate Christopher Scarver on the 28th November …show more content…
Little is known as to what stages they may have accomplished due to the lack of research on this area. In Jeffrey Dahmer’s case there is a lot of evidence to suggest he may had difficulty completing some of these tasks. From the very first stage when an individual develops their trust for their caregiver, in Dahmer’s case because of the lack of attention he received from his parents, due to his mother’s illness and his father’s work, may have led Jeffrey to mistrust. Also another example would be at the stage were an individual develops relationships with his peers and build friendships. In Jeffrey’s case he was not able to make friends like a normal individual, which therefore lead to his
Jeffery Dahmer
COMM/215
SUZANNE CONNELLY
Jeffery Dahmer
A SERIAL KILLER CASE STUDY: JEFFREY DAHMER (1960-1994)
Jeffrey Dahmer was born in the year of 1960, and was murdered by fellow inmate while incarcerated in 1994 (Jenkins, 2004). Dahmer was serving his time in jail for the manslaughter of seventeen men in America. This case study discusses some possible psychological theories to help interpret and grasp what caused Dahmer’s behavior and actions. The theories used were Weiss (1973), on loneliness, alcoholism focusing on alcoholism as a habit rather than a disease, and Erick Erickson’s Identity Development theory.
Jeffrey Dahmer was born on the 21st of May 1960, in Milwaukee to a couple named Lionel and Joyce Dahmer …show more content…
Most of his trials involved Dahmer pleading guilty under measures of insanity. At the end of the trial Dahmer was considered sane and was imprisoned facing 15 consecutive life sentences (Jenkins, 2004). Under the Western Australian Criminal Code Act Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as of 15 October 2010, Jeffrey Dahmer would have been convicted for murder under section 28, offence 279: Murder. Which in Dahmer’s case states in subsection (1) (a) and (b) that a person who unlawfully kills another person and intends to cause bodily harm, the person is then guilty of murder, which then later states in subsection (4) a person found guilty for this is sentenced to life imprisonment. While completing his life sentence in the Columbian Correctional Institute in Portage, Washington, he was murdered by fellow inmate Christopher Scarver on the 28th November …show more content…
Little is known as to what stages they may have accomplished due to the lack of research on this area. In Jeffrey Dahmer’s case there is a lot of evidence to suggest he may had difficulty completing some of these tasks. From the very first stage when an individual develops their trust for their caregiver, in Dahmer’s case because of the lack of attention he received from his parents, due to his mother’s illness and his father’s work, may have led Jeffrey to mistrust. Also another example would be at the stage were an individual develops relationships with his peers and build friendships. In Jeffrey’s case he was not able to make friends like a normal individual, which therefore lead to his