Serial killers have been haunting the public population since the beginning of human civilization, and ever since then we’ve been trying to find a solution for them. With modern science, therapist and psychologist have been able to narrow down childhood trauma as the main reason in the making a serial killer. With this specific problem identified, we’ve been able to link together and create solutions to humanities issue of these killers. Britannica defines a serial killer as “…the unlawful homicide of at least two people, carried out in a series over a period of time.” Although this definition was established by the FBI, it has been largely accepted throughout the world. So a person who kills out of rage in the moment of a situation, isn’t
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Psychologist from all over the field each share their own opinion behinds these explanations, but the they all end to the same conclusion. We can look at the underdeveloped brain of a killer, or we can also look at the genetic hardwiring of these people, but the issue of the fact is no matter how much we try to cure serial killers it ends up as failure. Dr. Nigel Blackwood, a leading Forensic Psychiatrist at King’s College in London, has stated “Adult psychopaths can’t be cured, but rather treated or managed.” Blackwood goes on to explain that psychopathic killers don 't feel fear or the pain of punishment as normal people would. So with being the case attempting to cure or rehabilitate a serial killer is rather useless since their emotions give them no value. Blackwood also goes on tell us that instead of trying to cure them, we should try a reward-base treatment. Since this treatment has worked in the past, he believes it can still be used. He explains this system as “In reward-based treatment, psychopathic prisoners are given small privileges such as watching television, playing games or other perks in exchange for good behavior.” Blackwood names serial killers in the past that have been managed with this system. He even quotes one these killers on saying “ I look forward to these little rewards. I believe that the obsessive, compulsive nature of many people like me make such a reward-based system particularly effective.” Blackwood goes deeper in depth as to explain how this treatment worked because they 're filling in a void that was missed during their childhood of getting rewarded for doing good
Psychologist from all over the field each share their own opinion behinds these explanations, but the they all end to the same conclusion. We can look at the underdeveloped brain of a killer, or we can also look at the genetic hardwiring of these people, but the issue of the fact is no matter how much we try to cure serial killers it ends up as failure. Dr. Nigel Blackwood, a leading Forensic Psychiatrist at King’s College in London, has stated “Adult psychopaths can’t be cured, but rather treated or managed.” Blackwood goes on to explain that psychopathic killers don 't feel fear or the pain of punishment as normal people would. So with being the case attempting to cure or rehabilitate a serial killer is rather useless since their emotions give them no value. Blackwood also goes on tell us that instead of trying to cure them, we should try a reward-base treatment. Since this treatment has worked in the past, he believes it can still be used. He explains this system as “In reward-based treatment, psychopathic prisoners are given small privileges such as watching television, playing games or other perks in exchange for good behavior.” Blackwood names serial killers in the past that have been managed with this system. He even quotes one these killers on saying “ I look forward to these little rewards. I believe that the obsessive, compulsive nature of many people like me make such a reward-based system particularly effective.” Blackwood goes deeper in depth as to explain how this treatment worked because they 're filling in a void that was missed during their childhood of getting rewarded for doing good