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Serial Killers

 

            For those of us who have never committed a violent .
             crime against another human being, or another living .
             being .
             for that matter, cannot imagine what actually makes a .
             person kill. That is exactly why I would like to take you .
             into the mind of a serial killer. I will examine closely: .
             the mind-set of a killer prior to his first murder (Are .
             they psychotic? Is the murder premeditated?), their mental .
             state during the heinous crime, and their frame of mind .
             after the killing. I will take a look at the fantasies of .
             a serial killer. Then look through the four phases of .
             murder for a serial killer. Faze One: Antecedent Behavior .
             and Planning .
             The first phase of the murder, the initial planning .
             is influenced by the murderer's pre-crime stress factors .
             and frame of mind; these factors lead to the behavior .
             expressed by the murderer at this particular time in the .
             vicious murder cycle. There is also pre-crime stress .
             factors. The killer's mental and emotional state before he .
             murders are influenced in varying degrees, by his .
             environment and actions that are taking place. Murderers .
             often express the fact that there are overbearing stress .
             factors, or stress factors, that cause their behavior; .
             although they are not always aware of the issues behind the .
             stress factors, that actually in turn play a key part in .
             their motivational processes. Lethal stress factors .
             include: conflict with females, parental conflict, .
             financial stress, marital problems, conflict with males, .
             birth of a child, physical injury, legal problems, .
             employment problems, and stress related to a death. .
             About 50% of murders by sexual serial killers are due to .
             some form of conflict with females. However, some murderers .
             reveal that although their immediate stressor was due to a .
             woman, there were often times other factors underlying the .
             matter, as described by a serial killer: .
             "I had broken up with my girlfriend three days before, .
             and I was feeling a lot of anxiety and pressure.


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