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    to her and try to date her and another much darker‚ how her head would look on a stick. Studies have found a link between damage to the brain’s frontal lobe and changes in the amygdala in criminal serial killers. Scientists say that damage to the frontal lobe‚ the hypothalamus and limbic system can cause extreme aggresion‚ lose control‚ and poor

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    and of his feelings of lust and humiliation. He’s one of the serial killers who showed the famous childhood triad of bed-wetting‚ fire-setting‚ and animal torture that almost always equates to murderers. He began killing off prostitutes in earnest after the third divorce in 1982‚ subjecting some to bondage or necrophilia. He could even be put under the “Sexually Perverse” category‚ not unlike the infamous Ted Bundy. These serial killers kill with

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    behaviors shared amongst serial killers throughout their childhood and adults lives. More specifically‚ the psychopathological triad explains a combination of three childhood characteristics of many serial killers (Chalmers‚ 2009). These characteristics include enuresis‚ pyromania‚ and animal torture. Although these characteristics may exist throughout one’s childhood‚ they are simply red flags and do not necessarily mean an individual will‚ in fact‚ become a serial killer. Enuresis‚ or bed-wetting

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    Ed Gein - Serial Killer

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    Gil 1 Gil 1 Ed Gein: Serial Killer Zach Gil Ed Gein: Serial Killer Zach Gil 08 Fall 08 Fall Ed Gein was known as a farmer and a local handyman in his small town community of Plainfield‚ Wisconsin. The community was so small that most of the people that knew of Gein‚ just knew him as a bit of an odd character. While most of them thought that he was rather odd‚ they also thought that he was harmless. Little did they know that he would later come to be known as the “Butcher

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    When investigating the twisted minds of a serial killer they use three main areas of investigational analysis; the micro level of analysis which investigates to function and the structure of the brain‚ the molecular level of analysis which investigates behavior‚ and the moral level which investigates the interactions of the individual on the people and the environment around him. When trying to catch a serial killer the behavioral analysis’s dig all the way down to the basics by investigating

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    People become serial killers for a reason. The expression “Serial Killers” first presumably originated in 1970 by late FBI Agent Robert Ressler. Before this time society categorized them with Mass Murders. Agent Ressler was lecturing at a college when he heard someone describe the killing as having an unending ‘serial’ cycle. Going back to his childhood‚ he remembered the movie industry titled “Serial Adventures” which showed short films of Batman and other heroes. None of the shows that were played

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    Four Types Of Serial Killers

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    A serial killer is defined as a person who kills “three or more victims over a period of days‚ weeks‚ months‚ or even years” (Hickey‚ 2003). However‚ since 2008 the minimum number of victims needed to be classified as a serial killer has been reduced to two (Hickey 2015). Although the classification of a serial killer is rather broad‚ typologies of serial murder exist in order to narrow the vast types of killers. Hickey uses Holmes’ and DeBurger’s (1988) research to identify four types of general

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    Rebecca Taylor LaBrode discusses in her article‚ “Etiology of the Psychopathic Serial Killer: An Analysis of Antisocial Personality Disorder‚ Psychopathy‚ and Serial Killer Personality and Crime Scene Characteristic‚" LaBrode discusses the treatment available to individuals with psychological disorders‚ and she connects personality disorders that come from children with past traumatic events‚ but she also states that the disorder can be treated from an early stage in life. Labrode specifically says

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    There have been many killers in the world. Some of the more famous ones are Ted Bundy who was a serial killer here in America that kidnapped‚ killed‚ and rapped his victims before and after they were dead. Jack the ripper was a man in London who killed female prostitutes. Jeffrey Dahmer killed and dismembered 17 men and boys. John Wayne Gacy lured 33 men and teen boys sexuall assaulted and killed them. There are others that you may not know of like the guy who would kill women and then sell their

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    spines and fear shooting through our veins. However‚ how can a word that sends so much fear into us cause so much obsession as well? As human beings‚ we are obsessed with things we can not understand‚ with things that are too awful to even imagine. There are many different types of murders out there but there are two that seem to be the most important and focused upon in todays society‚ Mass Murder and Serial Murder. People can’t seem to turn away from these awful acts and they are constantly craving to

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