The Emotional Capabilities of a Killer Dexter Morgan‚ star of Showtime’s hit series ’Dexter’‚ is a good guy serial killer who works for the Miami police department during the day but kills bad guys at night. Besides working with the police department and killing‚ he also has friends and a family including a wife and kids. So where does his hobby of serial killing bad guys fit into his life? How does he balance it all without being caught? Gary Strauss touches on this in his article‚ ’Dexter aims
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real-life‚ human monsters. But why do we equate them with monsters‚ and why do they inspire such fear‚ even now? By comparing the crimes and tendencies of these three serial killers‚ we can uncover the complex relationship between humans and monsters‚ how distinctions between the two are defined and understood symbolically. Serial killers are often imagined as monsters because they are uncannily human and I humane; while they do "monstrous" things‚ their cruelty is partly cause by uncontrollable urges that
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Blackfish: Why Orcas Should Not Be Held in Captivity There has been a lot of controversy surrounding Seaworld’s treatment of captive orcas recently. A documentary called Blackfish was released in 2013 that highlighted the abuse of killer whales at Seaworld. It also showed how the aggression of orcas in captivity has resulted in the death of trainers. Though Seaworld has denied inadequate treatment of their orcas‚ they have clearly been in distress. Orcas‚ and animals in general‚ should not be kept
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structural traditional is less keen on‚ for example‚ the microdynamics of the pathology of individual serial killers and with breaking down crime scene patterns‚ and more so on large-scale questions concerning which groups most consistently succumb to serial murder‚ the periods in history when there were more (or less) serial killers‚ and which countries seem to produce more serial killers than others. As with the medico-psychological tradition‚ there is additionally a set of assumptions underlying
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long crime spree‚ turning murderous many times‚ were hunted by the police for many offenses including theft‚ larceny‚ burglary‚ robbery‚ and shoplifting. They were also wanted for numerous killings‚ and state charges of kidnapping. Criminal Justice Process For Bonnie and Clyde the complete process from the time that the crime was committed to the time that they were executed repeated over and over. The timeline of the process was as
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burglar‚ Louis Spanker‚ was not the killer. The evidence supports this claim because there is a jewelry box on Amy’s dresser and the jewelry is still in the box. If the burglar would have killed her he would have most likely taken the jewelry from the dresser. Most burglars steal items that are worth a good amount‚ so we now have the burglar out of the running for the murderer. Henry Willy one of Amy’s boyfriend’s has no evidence leading to him being the killer of Amy. The only piece of evidence given
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Orcas are highly intelligent; they often live in groups called pods. Each pod is made up of several females and their offspring the members of the pod communicate through underwater calls. A pod may work together to hunt. Despite their name‚ killer whales are actually dolphins; they are the largest kind of dolphin. They have not been known to attack people in the wild. Orcas are up to 30 feet long‚ they weigh up to 10 tons‚ they have shiny black backs‚ and they are white underneath. Orcas feed on
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pop culture during the 1980s and 90s‚ with the gruesome exploits of real life monsters such as Ed Gein and Ted Bundy being adapted for the silver screen with films like Silence of the Lambs and Friday the 13th setting the foundations for the serial killer thriller. This glorified image of the intelligent psychopath‚ the social outlier that has risen above the laws of the average human‚ has risen to become a part of popular culture myths. Instead of fearing these figures of cold indifference like we
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In The Tell-Tale Heart‚ the murderer wasn’t insane‚ he was just a killer always looking for his next victim. The narrator has said and done things in the story that point to the fact that he is a killer. The narrator has also said and done things that make him sound insane so let’s analyze the story and see what he really is. The killer killed a man just so he wouldn’t have to see his eye again. That right there shows how much of an urge he has to kill. While killing the old man he laughed and felt
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young girl named Willa recently moved to Hollywood and into Diana Del Mar’s old house. Meanwhile‚ a killer was stalking Los Angeles. Willa begins to experience strange events happening in her home. All of the strange events are replicas from the events in a horror movie. The killer is showing Willa what plans he has in store for her. Willa is a perfect match. Fortunately‚ she outsmarts the Hollywood Killer and escapes. ‘Famous Last Words’ a book written by Katie Alender has rich author’s craft. This book
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