... head. Herbet Mullin was found to be Schizophrenic in court, but was not found to be legally insane. Gender and biology has come into question when it comes into the study of serial killers. Some killers like Bobby Joe Long and Richard Speck had extra X and Y chromosomes in their genetic structure. This defect was blamed in their serial killer life style. High testosterone ... the fact that many areas of the brain have been biologically altered due to mutations or birth defects, and these defects cause a warped thought process and the tendency towards becoming a serial killer. Biology som...

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... that make up a serial killer. All serial killers kill because of different reasons. Each and every individual serial killer has his/her motive behind the murders they commit. Serial killers are very sick and distraught compared to others, this is greatly contributed to their awful mental psychology and their desire to inflict physical harm to other human beings. Serial killers have been around ... for centuries. Accounts of killing rampages can be dated back to the seventeenth century. However, back then the killings were not known as serial killings (Holmes and Deburger, 28). Through t...

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... things through evaluate what the situation could bring to them. This stems from a long line of abuse, intolerance, and dysfunction during their early childhood years. In the respect that their actions are so well thought out, so very carefully ... the "psychopath" category. A psychopath, also known as a sociopath, does not suffer from a mental illness, where in their biology and genes have nothing to do with the way they are. A psychopath, rather, suffers from a severe form a character flaw resulting ... calling his only son a "queer." During a three-year period, Gacy would go on to vici...

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