Robert Pickton's Childhood

After doing further research and examination of Robert William Pickton and his background, I have reason to believe that his childhood and the actions of those around him as he was growing up played a strong role in his mental and social development and his future behaviours leading up to the murders. Robert Pickton's mother often showed no remorse for taking or losing the life of any creature, including humans, an example of this was when his mother rolled a 14 year old car crash victim into a water filled ditch instead of attempting to provide medical attention. This may have compelled Pickton into believing that death and killing really were 'no big deal', which would have helped him be so capable of taking human life with what seemed to be minimal remorse. His mother was also quite strict throughout the period of time Pickton spent growing up and at one point sent her son's pet calf to slaughter, which I believe could have started an anger deep inside Pickton causing a resentment towards women that was never resolved and may have even grown and worsened over the years. This could have been a factor that contributed to Pickton's need or want to kill so …show more content…
Pickton also did not have much of a role model in his early years growing up, this would have caused issues in his view of things deemed 'normal' or 'proper'. Pickton's dysfunctional family and childhood played a large part in being responsible for his future actions. The reason behind Pickton's psychotic personality can be traced directly back to his mothers lack of conscience and empathy towards Pickton and other living beings throughout the developmental years warping Pickton's way of thinking. His early experiences resulted in a flaw in his mental development causing him to have an abnormal thought process and a twisted way of expressing and dealing with his