Jeffrey Dahmer's Theory

Due to his childhood, Jeffrey Dahmer had a fear of abandonment. This was one of the main reasons he committed the murders. A few times, Dahmer murdered because he was afraid that the victim was going to leave, and once he started to eat his victims it was because he claimed it would be better to have them died then to let them leave. He admitted to eating a victim bicep, stating that “it was big and wanted to try it.” He later confessed that cannibalism made him feel like his victims were a permanent part of him. He also enjoyed dismembering the bodies and taking photos of them, arranging them in certain ways. Other behaviors included leaving naked bodies around his apartment so he could sodomize them and showering with dead victims. He depended on the dead bodies for companionship. Necrophilia is when an engages in sexual activity with the deceased. When looking at other serial killers, there have been three other who engaged in necrophilia and each had a history of abuse, anti-social behavior, and trauma, just like Dahmer. Thus, his necrophilia is probably related back to his emotional …show more content…
People who suffer from Asperger’s Disorder usually do not form close relationships with others and avoid contact with others. Siwa et al. believes that Dahmer’s obsession with dead bodies allowed him to rethink them as love or sex object devoid of independent thought and emotion, and hence he developed his disorders, such as Aspergers. Jeffrey’s father claims that as a young child he did not hold eye contact and held his body stiffly, which again implies Asperger’s disorder. Jeffrey Dahmer is quoted saying that, “The subtleties of social life were beyond my grasp. When children liked me, I did not know why. Nor could I formulate a plan for winning their affection. I simply didn't know how things worked with other people….and try as I might, I could make other people seem less strange and