In La Donna Beaty's essay "What Makes a Serial Killer?" she wanted to show what secrets and motivations a serial killer has. Serial killing is nothing new, it goes all the way back to Cain killing Abel in the Old Testament of the Bible. Now serial killing has reached an unbelievable level.
Ann Rule, one of Beaty's sources, states that up to 5,000 people are victimized by serial killers in the United States of America each year (180). There is also another astonishing number; many estimate that there are 350 serial killers at large that we do not know about. Out of those 350, almost all are attractive white males between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-five. Most of these men cannot keep a consistent job because they get easily frustrated when opportunities are at a downfall. They also believe that they should get what they want without having to put forth any effort.
Many researchers believe that violence in our society today has a lot to do with the way serial killers think. Violence comes in different forms from every day acts to cartoons. Throughout these forms, Beaty claims that children learn them and think that they are okay to do. They grow up thinking this and when things don't go their way they exemplify acts of violence that lead to the death of others. Family is another example Beaty uses. She says that most killers as kids did not have a fatherly figure to look up to in times of need. Beaty also talks about how they moved around a lot and never got used to one place. Both of these examples sometimes make the kid feel rejected and out of place, which may lead to violent acts.
Many people think that serial killers are mentally ill. However, there are more murders among the general public than in mental patients. In the 1960s a deinstitutionalization movement was suppressed stating that if a person had even a little bit of sanity in them they could not be institutionalized, even if they did have crazy thoughts or acts (185).
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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. ... I want to make love to the world. ... Also much more successful; the average duration of a female serial killer is 8 years; double that of a male serial killer. Female serial killers account for only 8% of all American serial killers but American female serial killers account for 76% of all ...
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We find ourselves asking, "What turns a person into a serial killer?" ... What we do know is that no singular pattern emerges for serial killers. ... Let's start by trying to define the term "serial killer." ... What makes these two types connected is an obsessive fantasy of committing the act, long before it is ever committed. ... What the majority of us resist is the fact that these offenders tend to be intelligent. ...
"What Makes a Serial Killer?" By La Donna Beaty Serial Killers Preface: I am writing this essay to discuss one of the points made in the essay, by La Donna Beaty, "What Makes a Serial Killer?". My essay will explore one of the points she makes in reference to the possible cause and effect relationship of what makes a serial killer. ... In the essay, "What makes a Serial Killer", La Donna Beaty provides several theories as to how the relationships of childhood has affected and ultimately produced such abnormal behavior. ... Many can agree that your life is what you make of it. ...
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The Serial Killer Simply put, a serial killer is a person who kills a number of people over a period of time. ... What is generally known of a serial killer - the portrait created by the media and law enforcement agencies, fails to encompass all varieties of serial killings. ... Some serial killers may make special effort, for example a change in style or location, to evade recognition. ... Types of Serial Killers Many have tried to thoroughly classify serial killers, yet none have been able to bring about distinct categories. ... The organized serial killer knows what he is doing. ...
This is where the killer reveals what he is. ... Pyromania is another trait of young serial killers. ... This makes them think, wow somebody out there does know that I exist, and these thoughts are what keep them going. ... This tends to lower their self-esteem and it seems to make them want to gain power. ... Serial killers are not something to be scoffed at. ...
This is where the killer reveals what he is. ... Pyromania is another trait of young serial killers. ... This makes them think, wow somebody out there does know that I exist, and these thoughts are what keeps them going. ... This tends to lower their self esteem and it seems to make them want to gain power. ... Serial killers are not something to be scoffed at. ...
