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    Ted Bundy: A Serial Killer

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    Why Ted? Theodore Robert Cowell‚ better known to the world as Ted Bundy‚ was a serial killer in the United States during the 20th century. It is unknown exactly the number of victims Ted had during his killing spree but himself has been quoted as admitting to at least 30 murders crossing seven different states. Authorities ae under the assumption that Ted could be responsible for over a hundred murders during his life. To this day‚ it puzzles authorities as to how Ted could continue his heinous crimes

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    motive‚ but who needs one? There are 10‚000 abandoned houses here and some still hold the remnants of their previous owners. What can a politician do for a town so messed up that thousands of abandoned houses are simply part of the scenery‚ where a serial killer can dump bodies at random without the fear of being caught? The answer is nothing‚ and they know it but will never say it. There have been plans- some of them good- but none of them effective enough to save a lost cause. As long as the city claims

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    Are Serial Killers Born or Made? The term serial killer‚ as defined by Robert Ressler (1974)‚ refers to a person who commits a series of murders‚ often with no apparent motive and typically following a characteristic and predictable behaviour pattern. Commonly used terms like sociopath and psychopath are no longer used in a clinical setting. Instead‚ these pathologies fall under a condition called anti-social personality disorder. A sociopath is traditionally defined as a person with a personality

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    Serial Killers – Are They Born Bad? Throughout history and in the modern world serial killers have been committing murders and creating a sense of fear and horror. In order to answer the question‚ whether serial killers are born bad or become one because of external environment‚ it is necessary that one defines what a serial killer is. A serial killer is a person who unlawfully murders two or more persons in separate events (Giannangelo‚ pg. 5). What distinguishes a serial killer from a murderer

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    Perhaps one of the most famous contract killers in history‚ Richard Kuklinski‚ or better known as the Iceman‚ killed these people during his lifelong career. This paper will delve into Kuklinski’s mind and past to prove that the many circumstances and conditions that Kuklinski was subjected to‚ led him to become the absolute perfect killing machine. To understand Kuklinski and his actions‚ it is imperative that one get know him first. Although the famed killer may be dead‚ it is still possible to examine

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    Men Who Kill: Serial Killers

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    Men Who Kill: Serial Killers Gwen Morse University of the Rockies Abstract Previous research results regarding the characteristics of male serial killers has long been inadequate and unstable at best. Although there has been little agreement amongst researchers‚ limited recognition has been given to the Hickey Trauma-Controlled Method (2002) as it pertains the sexual motivations of serial killers. As a result‚ in 2004‚ Dr. William Amdt‚ Dr. Tammy Hiepas‚ and Dr. Juhu Kim conducted a quantitative

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    The response we give or receive from the media regarding serial killers differs from person to person depending on the environment they are in or were brought up in. Violence is something that occurs everyday and everywhere no matter how much most of us wish it didn’t. The media plays a large role in how we receive our information regarding serial killers and that is not just speaking about the news and newspapers. We here about serial killers in fiction books‚ magazines‚ movies and television sitcoms

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    Serial Killers: America ’s New Epidemic. Serial killers have been around since the dawn of history‚ their numbers multiplying exponentially within the past five decades. In recent years‚ words such as "baffling" and "mysterious" have become routine to describe the growing phenomenon. It is imperative to develop a workable solution and general understanding of these predators in human form as a new wave of serial murders reach crisis rates in this millennium. More than fifteen-hundred serial killers

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    from a neighbor‚ someone you love‚ to a homeless person according to (psychopathic killers hide in plain sight). This article gives us a more in depth look into psychopathic killers explaining to us that any “normal” person could be a cold-blooded killer. Psychopathic killers are “known to have good personalities that can blend well with society and feel no self-pity and do not value human life” (psychopathic killers hide in plain sight) that is how they can continue killings without having any feelings

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    there something genetically different about serial killers and murderers? Can their behavior be explained by a difference in their very make-up? Or are they made violent by seeing violence‚ having un-supportive and demanding parents‚ being mentally‚ sexually‚ and physically abused? Nature vs. nurture is one of the most sought after answers in the field of psychology and may never be “answered” but can be “understood” I feel study in the minds of serial killers has helped to define exactly what nature

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