Aileen Wuornos was born Aileen Carol Wuornos to Diane Wuornos and Leo Dale Pittman on February 29, 1956 in Rochester, Michigan. Her mother married her father at only 14 years old. Aileen didn't get to know her father because he went to jail for sexual crimes against children when she was four. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia and later hung himself in prison. Her grandparents adopted her and her brother after her mother abandoned them. She claimed to have been abused and raped by her grandfather. At the tender age of 14, she got pregnant by a friend of her grandfather's. She gave birth to a baby boy on March 23, 1971 who placed for adoption. She murdered seven men while working as a prostitute. She claimed all men tried to rape
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This suggests that criminals are bred by their environment. It recognizes that the, “internal and external factors that push and pull the individual toward or away from deviant behavior”. Lastly, the Self Control Theory, suggest that Wuornos had control over her action and behaviors and did this purposely due to her self-control whether she has a great deal of this or is lacking. As a result, the Self Control Theory can be defined as, “an individual’s propensity to commit or refrain from committing crimes”, (Adams, 2009). People with low self-control are described as being impulsive, lazy, quick to lose their tempers, prefer physical work instead of mental work, and are self-centered. This theory tells us that someone acquires low self-control as a result of ineffective parenting (Adams, 2009). When associating Wuornos to the Biological Theory, her family and genes may have had a significant role to play in her behavior. Aileen’s father was known to be an alcoholic, physically abusive, verbally abusive, and practiced sexual deviance. Although she did not grow up with her father and he was unknown to her, he may have passed these traits on to his children (Adams, 2009). As a result, the explosive and aggressive behavior he portrayed was passed downed and inherited
This suggests that criminals are bred by their environment. It recognizes that the, “internal and external factors that push and pull the individual toward or away from deviant behavior”. Lastly, the Self Control Theory, suggest that Wuornos had control over her action and behaviors and did this purposely due to her self-control whether she has a great deal of this or is lacking. As a result, the Self Control Theory can be defined as, “an individual’s propensity to commit or refrain from committing crimes”, (Adams, 2009). People with low self-control are described as being impulsive, lazy, quick to lose their tempers, prefer physical work instead of mental work, and are self-centered. This theory tells us that someone acquires low self-control as a result of ineffective parenting (Adams, 2009). When associating Wuornos to the Biological Theory, her family and genes may have had a significant role to play in her behavior. Aileen’s father was known to be an alcoholic, physically abusive, verbally abusive, and practiced sexual deviance. Although she did not grow up with her father and he was unknown to her, he may have passed these traits on to his children (Adams, 2009). As a result, the explosive and aggressive behavior he portrayed was passed downed and inherited