To some, the biology of the killers also plays a role in their understanding. Main biological factors include, physical trauma, brain damage, and genetic traits. An example of this idea is in a study done by Adrian Raine, professor of psychology at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He was given a result that strongly implies “that birth complications can lead to mild brain damage that may go unnoticed throughout childhood, yet predispose a boy to violent behavior in adulthood.” (Gerdes 93). Although this example is true in this specific study, that conclusion cannot always be the same for every killer or abuser.
All these theories are not independent of one another. The four categories are constantly overlapping in some form in all of the examples. A possible way to assist in a better understanding of why these monsters kill is to look at some examples. …show more content…
Bundy began his killings at age twenty-seven in the year 1974 and his last murder occurred when he was thirty-two. During those five years he was known to have raped and beaten to death thirty-six women between the ages of twelve and twenty. He not only raped them prior to their deaths but also had sex with their bodies. His arrest on August 16, 1975 during a traffic stop would be what leads him to be convicted of his murders. Unfortunately, during his trial process he escaped from prison in December of 1977 and continued his killings. He was then apprehended in Florida two months later where he was sentenced to death. His execution was on January 24, 1989 at 7:16 a.m. in Starke State Prison, Florida, by means of electric chair (Lawson, Lillard, and
All these theories are not independent of one another. The four categories are constantly overlapping in some form in all of the examples. A possible way to assist in a better understanding of why these monsters kill is to look at some examples. …show more content…
Bundy began his killings at age twenty-seven in the year 1974 and his last murder occurred when he was thirty-two. During those five years he was known to have raped and beaten to death thirty-six women between the ages of twelve and twenty. He not only raped them prior to their deaths but also had sex with their bodies. His arrest on August 16, 1975 during a traffic stop would be what leads him to be convicted of his murders. Unfortunately, during his trial process he escaped from prison in December of 1977 and continued his killings. He was then apprehended in Florida two months later where he was sentenced to death. His execution was on January 24, 1989 at 7:16 a.m. in Starke State Prison, Florida, by means of electric chair (Lawson, Lillard, and