Have you ever thought about why we have serial murderers? According to the FBI (n.d.), “serial murder is the unlawful killing of two or more victims by the same offender(s), in separate events” (para. 14). Usually people with psychological disorders are more likely to commit such crime. These disorders, most of the times obtained during childhood, are pushing the person to kill the other human being, which is forbidden by all laws. The main causes as to why serial killers do what they do are traumatic experience in childhood, desire for power, and personality disorders.
According to Jenkins (2014), the earliest serial murder ever documented happened in AD 69, when “Locusta, a Roman woman hired by Agrippina the Younger, the mother of Nero, to …show more content…
Regular physical or psychological abuse by parents, peers, unknown man...or even watching someone being abused, will create a desire for getting pleasure from abusing or humiliating the others. According to Gerber (2013), after having interviews and discussions with several serial killers, was discovered that “emotional abuse and neglect has been the form of abuse most of them (50%) suffered” (para. 4). This shows that abuse in a childhood is one of the indicators of a violent person, which with time can grow into a more violent behavior or even a personality disorder. Adolf Hitler is a great example for this cause. Adolf came from an abusive household where head of the family would return home drunk and beat wife and children. As a result, Hitler was inflicting pain and humiliation on Geli, daughter of Leo and Angela Raubal. Traumatic experience in Adolf’s childhood influenced the personality and made it more violent than it could …show more content…
In all ages we can see how royals were fighting with each other over power. Poisons, assassinations, conspiracies – any of those methods were used to reach the goal and gain more power. But the real serial killers at that time were those, who tried to create a new empire by invading others and wished to control them. This trait can be noticed in serial murderers today. Most of the serial killers of this category think that control is the real power. That is why they wish to control the victim in every way they can. Such control brings the serial killer pleasure and more confidence. According to Vronsky (2004), “the actual pleasure of controlling the victim may begin before the victim even realizes it as the serial killer manipulates and seduces the victim” (p. 196). This statement provides a possible explanation why it is taking so long for murderer to kill its
According to Jenkins (2014), the earliest serial murder ever documented happened in AD 69, when “Locusta, a Roman woman hired by Agrippina the Younger, the mother of Nero, to …show more content…
Regular physical or psychological abuse by parents, peers, unknown man...or even watching someone being abused, will create a desire for getting pleasure from abusing or humiliating the others. According to Gerber (2013), after having interviews and discussions with several serial killers, was discovered that “emotional abuse and neglect has been the form of abuse most of them (50%) suffered” (para. 4). This shows that abuse in a childhood is one of the indicators of a violent person, which with time can grow into a more violent behavior or even a personality disorder. Adolf Hitler is a great example for this cause. Adolf came from an abusive household where head of the family would return home drunk and beat wife and children. As a result, Hitler was inflicting pain and humiliation on Geli, daughter of Leo and Angela Raubal. Traumatic experience in Adolf’s childhood influenced the personality and made it more violent than it could …show more content…
In all ages we can see how royals were fighting with each other over power. Poisons, assassinations, conspiracies – any of those methods were used to reach the goal and gain more power. But the real serial killers at that time were those, who tried to create a new empire by invading others and wished to control them. This trait can be noticed in serial murderers today. Most of the serial killers of this category think that control is the real power. That is why they wish to control the victim in every way they can. Such control brings the serial killer pleasure and more confidence. According to Vronsky (2004), “the actual pleasure of controlling the victim may begin before the victim even realizes it as the serial killer manipulates and seduces the victim” (p. 196). This statement provides a possible explanation why it is taking so long for murderer to kill its