Serial killers are one of the most fascinating and morbid groups of people to study. A serial killer is defined as someone who kills 3 or more people with sufficient time intervals between each known as a cooling off period (Sherfy, Jamie). The style and motivation of the killings can vary greatly. I chose serial killers for this project because the idea of someone killing another human being on numerous occasions seemed so out there, so extreme, it just had to be studied. To understand the minds of serial killers I will present some common traits, followed by the classifications of male and female serial killers. Once I have sufficiently grouped serial killers as a whole I will explain who becomes a serial killer and why and what is being done to predict serial killers. Listen to this letter from one of this centuries most infamous serial killers; David Berkowitz (1976-1977) AKA "Son of Sam." "I am deeply hurt by your calling me a woman-hater. I am not. But I am a monster. I am the "son of Sam". I am a little brat. When father Sam gets drunk he gets mean. He beats our family. Sometimes he ties me up to the back of the house. Other times he locks me in the garage. Sam loves to drink blood. "Go out and kills," commands father Sam. Behind our house some rest. Mostly young - raped and slaughtered - their blood drained - just bones now. Papa Sam keeps me locked in the attic too. I can't get out but I look out the attic window and watch the world go by. I feel like an outsider. I am on a different wavelength then everybody else - programmed to kill.Mr. Borelli, sir, I don't want to kill any more. No sir, no more but I must, "honor thy father." I want to make love to the world. I love people. I don't belong on earth. Return me to yahoos. To the people of Queens, I love you. And I want to wish all of you a happy Easter. May God bless you in this life and in the next. And for now I say goodbye and goodnight. Police: Let me haunt you with these words: I'll be back.
How does one explain the behavior of a serial killer? ... However, very few serial killers fall into this category. Most serial killers have an elaborate scheme, or method of going about things. ... These types of serial killers would fall under the "psychopath" category. ... Cahill, Tim, Buried Dreams; Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer (St. ...
Not everybody necessarily will have the behavior of a serial killer. ... Most serial killers can be placed in two categories, the psychopath and the psychotic. ... However, very few serial killers fall into this category. Most serial killers have a thought out scheme, or plan of going about things. ... These types of serial killers would fall, under the psychopath category. ...
Despite the enormous amount of coverage of serial killers by video and print media, television, and movies, relatively few sources of information about them exist and even less is known. ... Unfortunately we still do not have a clear understanding for the motives of murder, thus making understanding serial murder that much more difficult. ... For the purposes of this paper, nurses who murder patients, contract killers and babysitters or parents who murder children, as well as other similar such types of multiple murder, will be eliminated because they are currently not considered within the ...
Second degree murder from my understanding can be defined in two ways. ... A serial murder is a crime conducted by a serial killer. A serial killer is a murderer who murders multiple people over a period of time with a cooling off period between each Murder. ... While doing some research online on serial killers I actually found 0 that the word serial killer is used because normally the killings are separate meaning one at a time. A real life example of serial murders is the Gary Ridgway case which is known as one of the deadliest serial killers in America. ...
This essay presents analyses of two articles: a cover story that focuses on psychopath's mental health by a neuroscientist, Kent Kiehl, and an article on serial killers and the evil behind them written by a professor in Psychiatry, Robert Simon. In both cases the narratives provide not only a means of better understanding the violent offender's view of the world but also a potentially useful option to help deal with such individuals. ... Robert Simon begins his article "Serial Killers, Evil and Us" by questioning what is in serial killers that brings fascination to people, ...
Grolier's Encyclopedia describes insanity as "a mental defect or disorder sufficient to prevent a person from knowing right and wrong conduct or from understanding the nature of his or her actions". ... Another example is Henry Lee Lucas, a famous serial killer who, as a child, lost an eye after a severe beating by his mother. (Serial...) ... Many people who knew him would never have suspected he would come to be known as one of the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history. ... Jack was the killer and did all the evil things. ...
Although they know how to speak, they lack understanding abilities, which is why they may mistake actions by others toward them as harsh. ... The answer is found in their minds. ... She can lie with the straightest face, and after she's found in the most outlandish lies she still seems perfectly easy in her own mind" (Cleckley, 1941, p. 47). ... Don't get it confused, some psychopaths are "dangerous serial killers, and others use their high-performing capacity to remain calm in stressful times to conduct surgery, lead soldiers or become sought-after CEOs" (Anderson)...
A serial killer doesn't necessarily kill for attention or for security or any of Maslow's higher-order desires. ... Similar to the lack of explanation for the personality of a serial killer, this theory likewise provides little examination into a schizophrenic or any other patient with a more complex personality condition. ... Rogers never used it as a part of a wider understanding or personality but instead as the single driving force behind his treatment. ... In itself it does not provide a framework for treatment or understanding. ... In essence, trait theory fails to acknowledge ...
This report will provide both pro and anti-capital punishment views, and give a better understanding on why people are for or against the death penalty. ... After only two months in office, governor Pataki "signed the death penalty into law for the most heinous and ruthless killers"(Pataki, 2003, para. 2) in New York. ... I will never forget the words of Janice Hunter, whose 27-year-old daughter, Adrien, was stabbed 47 times by serial killer Nathaniel White in 1992. ... Most people who commit murder are not in the right state of mind to think about the death penalty. ... Probably not complet...
