Aileen Wuornos

Serial murder, over the years, has received a great deal of interest from the media and the public at large. Over the last few decades, the act of serial murder began to increase. Law enforcement and their partners were tasked with the responsibility of tapping into the minds of serial killers that have been apprehended and, through their findings, developing methods of preventing serial murder. As a result, the subject has been intensely researched, books have been written, and theories have…

When I think of the term deviance, the words that tend to come across my mind will be strange, inappropriate, and rule breaking. This is because deviance is an explanation for behaviors or actions that breaches social norms, be it for formal breaching or informal breaching of social norms. Thus, it is some sort of rule breaking because deviant behaviors are those that breach the social norms, which is like a rule for the society. Deviance may be action or behaviors that are inappropriate because…

What are the Core Roots Involved in the Evolvement of Serial Killers? Usman Aftab A young boy from Chelsea, Massachusetts, frightened and filled with fear over the uncertainty of what events will occur every night. Stripped from the guidance of a father figure, he was repeatedly on the receiving end of a blunt pipe from a cruel parent, who viewed women as no more than a sexual object. However, one incident toppled it all off. Terror stricken, the boy witnessed the traumatising…

Some of the serial killers were Donald Gaskins, Charles Manson, Aileen Wuornos, Albert Fish, Jerome Brudos, Carroll Cole and John Wayne Gacy. Donald Gaskins was neglected and abused by is mother. He was also raped multiple time and grew up to rape and kill oer 100 people. Charles Manson, a well-known serial killer had a mother who was an alcoholic and neglected him. She tried to sold him for a pitcher of beer. Aileen Wuornos was a famous serial killer that was abandoned by her mother at a very…

within which these children grow often define who they become as adults. According to Deal and Olson, the social background of a child defines its academic and social development (28). Some of these children grow up to become serial killers such as Aileen Wuornos who was abandoned by the father and abused by close relatives. In this policy proposal paper, the researcher seeks to find a way in which children with…

What are the Core Roots Involved in the Evolvement of Serial Killers? Usman Aftab A young boy from Chelsea, Massachusetts was frightened and filled with fear over the uncertainty of what events will occur every night. Stripped from the guidance of a father figure, he was repeatedly on the receiving end of a blunt pipe from a cruel parent, who viewed women as no more than a sexual object. However, one incident toppled it all off. Terror stricken, the boy witnessed the…

In the past 5 years in Canada, there have been 2, 730 homicide offences. Now, just imagine 2,730 corpses all lying in a giant pile. The colour being drained from their skin, their body rotting from the inside out, their chance to keep living gone-- because someone else had the audacity to take away that precious life. To murder someone should never be justified and the best solution to this crime is capital punishment. A life for a life, as simple as that. The definition of capital punishment is…

The controversy of nature versus nurture has been an active debate among the psychological community for decades. Nature, a side of this debate, is defined by the genetic code of a human, which utilizes DNA and biological connections in order to accurately demonstrate the importance of the development of a human being. The aspect of nature specifically centers on features that are innate. For instance, our genetic make-up, unchanging attributes, and physical predispositions are examples of…

There is a copious amount of differences between men and women, but what about a difference in violent behavior? Is it possible for women to be just as brutally violent as a man? Many researchers have wondered the same exact thing and have started to explore what exactly constitutes a violent woman. Since violence is a very broad term that holds more than one meaning, it is difficult to define the term “violent women” in the first place. However, there are extreme cases of violence, such as…

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…