Jeffrey Dahmer Research Paper

This man is the type of man that your children have nightmares about, that parents themselves try to protect their children from. The difference here though, is the fact that this man not only got children, but adults too. Oh, and girls- not to worry. Jeffrey Dahmer only wanted boys/ men, also age preference wasn’t really there either, his victims ranging from about 13-36 years of age. So, what exactly did Jeffrey Dahmer do? Well, he did a lot, he did a lot of disgusting things. Some topped others, but we will get into that a little later. Right now we shall start things off a little slowly by getting to know him a little more and what possibly could have played a part in his life- his younger life, that had caused him to take the path that …show more content…
Sure he had been convicted a couple times in his past with charges or public exploitation, and yeah, a couple kids claim he had exposed himself in front of them, but he gave nobody a reason to believe him a killer. Well, killing was his skill. So how did he get caught? Tracy Edwards escaped from Dahmer and was found wandering the streets with handcuffs on him, nearby cops spotted him and asked him what happened, Tracy claimed he was drugged him and captured by a man and led the cops to Dahmer’s apartment. When Dahmer opened the door and offered to get the key to release Tracy, the cops noticed multiple polaroids of what appear to be body parts and when Jeffrey returned he was arrested. Later Dahmer’s apartment was searched and there human remains and explicit pictures were found. Jeffrey, knowing he couldn’t get himself out of this, confessed to the murders of 17 innocent boys/men. The judges were simply stunned to hear what this well-mannered man had done, while the family members of those who were killed stood there in hysteric. Jeffree pleaded guilty to the judge, but also pleaded mentally insane to try to reduce his sentence. However, the judge was well and aware that there was no mental illness that had taken part. Dahmer was sentenced to 15 life terms in prison. While in prison, he was to be kept away for the most part from other inmates, but talked the guards into letting him speak to them. Also while in prison Jeffrey claimed to learn religion and convinced the prison people to let him be baptized. Everything was kind of normal for Jeffrey in prison, he had it okay. Until he was seriously injured by a fellow inmate on November 28, 1994 and died. He was struck with a metal pole along with another inmate. Christopher Scarver was Jeffrey’s killer and claims he did it because he was bothered