The Similarities And Differences Between Crimes Of A Serial Killer
1) There are several aspects of a crime that convict the criminal of being a spree killer. A spree killer is someone who essentially 'snaps' and kills two or more people in one location in a singular event. This is usually done as an attempt to get attention and attract any media. They usually view this as there own 'glorified' suicide while attempting to commit a massacre at the same time.
Too often they are mixed up with serial killers, despite there being significant differences between the two. A serial killer has atleast three victims or more and usually commits there crimes in separate locations and each murder is usually a different event from the last. The most significant difference between the two is that a serial killer will kill …show more content…
It is used to help keep a person's blood pressure at a normal rate. Adrenaline is produced in small amounts when our bodies are subjected to stress.
However, if subjected to large amounts of stress such as a 'fight or flight' situation our emotions will also be affected. If the situation of 'fight or flight' does occur and our brain picks the fight option, it means our bodies are pumping blood at an alarming rate.
This could mean a violent retaliation and can often be described as criminal behaviour. Adrenaline also stops our brains from thinking certain things as it leads to our animal part of our brain to take charge if we pick the fight option. It also means they can often numb pain receptors meaning they don't feel any pain inflicted on them increasing the chances of criminal behaviour to be executed by the individual.
3)A Position Emission Tomography scan, or P.E.T scan for short, highlight different parts of the brain and there functionality. This is down by highlighting certain areas in different colours. For example, red shows high functionality in an area of the brain where as dark blues suggest little to none functionality in that part of the
Too often they are mixed up with serial killers, despite there being significant differences between the two. A serial killer has atleast three victims or more and usually commits there crimes in separate locations and each murder is usually a different event from the last. The most significant difference between the two is that a serial killer will kill …show more content…
It is used to help keep a person's blood pressure at a normal rate. Adrenaline is produced in small amounts when our bodies are subjected to stress.
However, if subjected to large amounts of stress such as a 'fight or flight' situation our emotions will also be affected. If the situation of 'fight or flight' does occur and our brain picks the fight option, it means our bodies are pumping blood at an alarming rate.
This could mean a violent retaliation and can often be described as criminal behaviour. Adrenaline also stops our brains from thinking certain things as it leads to our animal part of our brain to take charge if we pick the fight option. It also means they can often numb pain receptors meaning they don't feel any pain inflicted on them increasing the chances of criminal behaviour to be executed by the individual.
3)A Position Emission Tomography scan, or P.E.T scan for short, highlight different parts of the brain and there functionality. This is down by highlighting certain areas in different colours. For example, red shows high functionality in an area of the brain where as dark blues suggest little to none functionality in that part of the