Serial Killers Why Do People Kill

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A lot of people may ask why do people kill. Are these people aware of their wrong doing? Most people would argue these questions. What if they kill because of their physical makeup or upbringing. Many people believe that the nurture theory is the more likely concept to believe; serial killers are created from a bad childhood including molestation as a kid, or abuse (“Are murderers born”). Is it possible to be born as a killer genetically? The nature theory is where sociologist, and psychologist have interviewed killer and separated their mind, to find out what leads to these people feeling the urge to perform these unjustifiable crimes. Researchers believe that it is possible to be born as killers, and the assumption isn’t just something that has been made up for people to believe (“Are Criminal Minds”). It is known that every human being is born with certain genes that …show more content…
They do not show any abnormal attributes, that they are going to become a murder. They appear to live normal lives with loving families, getting their education, and doing well in school. The two most brought out types of killings in America are serial killing and mass murdering. When we are reading or watching the news about crimes like these we always hear about the “who”, “how”, and “when”. The “why” in most cases is the part that is slowly not announced in these news findings. We don’t get to hear about the motive or the killer's mindset. People are just set off to believe that the killer just snapped and impulsively killed. Scientists have studied a lot of previous criminals that have been charged as convicted murders, and even some who have taken their own lives after brutal killings. They have found, broken down, and released some reasonable statistics as far as why they believe that some people do the things they do, or possibly born the way they are into doing the things that they

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