The psychology of serial killers is a very intriguing yet a frightening topic‚ which has caused an abundant amount of interest. The thought of a human committing such atrocious crimes without feeling remorse has puzzled the average human being for centuries. There have been many theories surrounding the cause of killings‚ including the biological trait theory‚ criminological theory‚ and the psychodynamic theory (Blair‚ 2003; Yang‚ Raine‚ Colletti‚ 2005). An emphasis upon abuse during pre-adolescent
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body of David Spears‚ police found yet another body‚ which was decomposed but later‚ identified as Charles Carskaddon. With the discovery of Charles body‚ police began to see a resemblance in the murders pinpointing to the fact that they had a serial killer lose. One month later the car of Peter Siems was found crashed but the body was never recovered; people commenced to say they saw two females in the car with Peter moreover leading towards the description of Aileen. One month passed until police found
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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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Gary Ridgway Gary Ridgway was once thought of as “country’s deadliest convicted serial killer.” Ridgway was born February 18‚ 1949 in Salt Lake City‚ Utah. he was married three times to three different women. Him and his second wife had a son named Matthew. Ridgway claims he murdered at least 80 women‚ yet he was only charged with 48 separate counts of murder. Growing up life wasn’t so easy for Ridgway. Ridgway had two brothers‚ Gregory Lean and Thomas Edward. Even though in a normal household
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Research paper Serial Killers: Are They Born or Made? There are many theories as to why people become serial killers. Almost all of these concepts are associated with the Nature vs. Nurture theory. Are serial killers born with the need to kill‚ or is it something that they learn to long for as they grew up? Many believe that the nurture theory is the likely concept to believe; that serial killers are created from bad childhood experiences including being abused by their parents‚ or molested at an
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Ted bundy was a natural born serial killer and rapist during the 1970’s‚ and claimed to be involved in over 100 killings throughout 7 states in the u.s. With the devious mind he had possessed throughout his famous career as a serial killer‚ he often had no reason for suspicion and lived a happy life alone. Soon after his first killings‚ ted had developed a specific pattern of victims‚ and way of killing them. The fun bundy had been experiencing was about to be over‚ while sexually assaulting his
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William Bonin‚ also known as “The Freeway Killer”‚ is classified as a serial killer. One way to describe him as a serial killer is as a homosexual rapist. Due to Bonin’s parents both being complete alcoholics‚ he was raised by his grandfather. He was raped by his own father at a very young age. This was a major contribution to why he later did the same to innocent teens. Bonin was a resident of the state of California‚ and has raped and murdered 14 teenagers. He was sentenced to death and died of
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In my opinion‚ the killer bee was created by scientists in brazil to help decrease the population of humans. From the moment they were created‚ killer bees induced around one thousand deaths every year..After escaping the lab the killer bee began taking over mexican and american honey bee hives. Our descendants of southern african bees brought to america by brazilian scientist trying to breed a regular honey bee to an african bee and created the one and only Killer Bee. Killer bees have been in the
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Social Construction of Serial Killers Allan Beberniss Deviance and Violence CJ266-01 / 1301A April 1st‚ 2013 In this essay we will cover the different theories that try to shed some light on how or what creates a serial killer. These theories include social structure‚ social class‚ social process‚ neutralization‚ social control and labeling theories. As it is nearly impossible to group all serial killers into any one theory‚ I will look at the similarities and differences between these theories
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states “The nationwide campaign to end JLWOP has spent millions of dollars advocating for these convicted murderers to be set free. Not a dime has been allocated for victim outreach or support.” While the teen killer gets set free the family of the victims do not get any closer. The killer gets a second chance in life but the victim had their life taken away from them. We can not turn a blind eye to the victim’s family just because the person who took their life was under the age of
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