Nature vs Nurture
Typography and Nature vs. Nurture
Jonathan M. Grush
Truman State University
Date Submitted: November 19, 2010
Author Note Jonathan M. Grush, Exercise Science, Truman State University Please address all correspondence to: Jonathan Grush, 511 S. Elson Apt. 1, Kirksville, MO 63501, (314) 640-1760, jmg6242@truman.edu
America has a fascination with serial killers. Everything about them is interesting to us. There are so many questions that we have. It is incomprehensible to most people how someone can go out and kill dozens of people, seemingly without any remorse. Although we have such a deep interest in killers, we often do not know how to differentiate between them. All too often, we label anybody who has killed a few people as a serial killer, but that is not the case. There are many different typographies of killers, but the main classifications are mass murderer, serial killer, gain serial killer and spree killer. The first typography that we will look at is mass murderer. For a killer to be labeled as a mass murderer, he must kill at least four people at one time. Often times, this may be as a final statement of sorts. Because of the nature of mass murder, the perpetrator generally knows that the risk of being caught is inherently greater than if they were killing one person at a time, as a serial killer, and likely expects to be caught or commit suicide. Mass murderers are seen as people who finally just snap. Sadly, we can understand this more than someone who plays an important role in the community during the day, but kills people at night. Some examples of famous mass murderers Timothy McVeigh, who was responsible for 168 deaths in the Oklahoma City Bombing, and George Jo Hennard, who drove his truck into a Luby’s cafeteria in Texas and shot 23 people to death, wounding 20 more and committing suicide. The next classification of killer is that of the serial killer. A serial killer is similar to a mass murderer in that they
Jonathan M. Grush
Truman State University
Date Submitted: November 19, 2010
Author Note Jonathan M. Grush, Exercise Science, Truman State University Please address all correspondence to: Jonathan Grush, 511 S. Elson Apt. 1, Kirksville, MO 63501, (314) 640-1760, jmg6242@truman.edu
America has a fascination with serial killers. Everything about them is interesting to us. There are so many questions that we have. It is incomprehensible to most people how someone can go out and kill dozens of people, seemingly without any remorse. Although we have such a deep interest in killers, we often do not know how to differentiate between them. All too often, we label anybody who has killed a few people as a serial killer, but that is not the case. There are many different typographies of killers, but the main classifications are mass murderer, serial killer, gain serial killer and spree killer. The first typography that we will look at is mass murderer. For a killer to be labeled as a mass murderer, he must kill at least four people at one time. Often times, this may be as a final statement of sorts. Because of the nature of mass murder, the perpetrator generally knows that the risk of being caught is inherently greater than if they were killing one person at a time, as a serial killer, and likely expects to be caught or commit suicide. Mass murderers are seen as people who finally just snap. Sadly, we can understand this more than someone who plays an important role in the community during the day, but kills people at night. Some examples of famous mass murderers Timothy McVeigh, who was responsible for 168 deaths in the Oklahoma City Bombing, and George Jo Hennard, who drove his truck into a Luby’s cafeteria in Texas and shot 23 people to death, wounding 20 more and committing suicide. The next classification of killer is that of the serial killer. A serial killer is similar to a mass murderer in that they