Serial Killers Essay

People have continuously asked the question of whether serial killers are born or made. Researchers have done countless studies to provide the world with an answer. Truth be told, despite all of the research, there is still no definite answer (Allely, Minnis and Thompson). Of course, something is mentally wrong with a person if they desire killing other human beings, but the decision to act on this desire is based solely on other influences that caused the person to make that choice. People are…

In What Would We Find in the Brain of a Serial Killer, Pemment states that the first disorder closely related with psychology is Antisocial Personality Disorder. According to (Pemment, 2013), “killers have a lower resting heart rate, and significant differences in their brains, such as reduced prefrontal gray matter, amydalar abnormalities, and an asymmetric hippocampus.” The more I read the more it appeared that serial executioners had numerous properties of a few unique personality disorders,…

What Causes People to Be Serial Killers? In 1970, Richard Trenton Trace drank the blood of six human beings and ate their flesh. Including a 1 year old Richard ate and then threw away at a church. 1974 through 1978, Theodore Robert murdered and raped 30 women across seven states. Theodore would fake an injury and trick the women to get into his car. Sometimes Theodore would engage in sexual activities with their dead bodies. Theodore even kept some heads of his victims in his home for months.…

To begin with, women serial killers are deadlier because they are more in touch with their emotions. To further explain this, about ninety percent of female serial killers never kill for money or for no reason at all. They find their targets through passion and excitement. Whether their target was a drug lord or a child predator, there is always a more understandable reason as to why they were killed. For example, Miranda Barbour decided to murder between twenty-two to forty-five people who…

criminologist have researched serial killers because they are so fascinating. Many disagree as to what the legal definition of a serial murder, which is, “[t]he unlawful killing of two or more victims by the same offender(s), in separate events. (FBI-Serial Murder 9). This definition suppresses the cool-down period unlike it used to but typically, serial killers generally take a break in between killings. Most of the research and documentation is specifically aimed around male serial killers;…

Female serial killers have shared some common characteristics. Many of the killers are difficult to identify because of the different methods they use to kill their victims. For Belle Gunness, she is known as one of many America’s female serial killer. Being a Norway immigrant and traveling to the U.S. at age 21, Gunness came in search of wealth. It is believed that Guinness's motives were to promptly collect life insurance policies from the people she murdered. According to Papazian (2001), a…

There are many serial killers within the U.S. but finding them is almost impossible. Even some people seem to believe that others can prevent serial killers by realizing “warning signs” in most people. However it really still will not help because most “ warning signs” are far-fetched and most people who are considered “normal” experienced these “warning signs” and they are not even known as serial killers, most are even actresses, actors, and even presidents. In my opinion, even though there…

Libertucci 1 According to the FBI, “serial murder can be defined as a series of three or more killings, not less than one of which was committed within the United States, having common characteristics such as to suggest the reasonable possibility that the crime was committed by the same actor or actors” (Federal Bureau of Investigation). Killers such as Henry Howard Holmes often display similar traits that can also identify them as serial assassins. These people are often master manipulators who…

to explain why they ended a life, but this could be vital to preventing future homicides. However, most of the time, the motive is not clear. One explanation of this could be a personality disorder known as antisocial personality disorder. Many serial killers have this disorder. As he is described in Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, H.H. Holmes possesses symptoms of antisocial disorder. People with this affliction are described as “a person [whom] exhibits a lack of conscience for…

difference between right and wrong. Psychotic serial killers do not have many victims because they do not take notice where they kill or even take the steps to try and cover it up. Psychopath serial killers are very anti-social, egocentric, and they do know the difference between right and wrong. They do as they please but they take care in making sure they do not get caught. They tend to blend in with society and are harder to catch. Being around a serial killer before he or she is caught;…