Dennis Rader

Serial killers are individuals that murder many people over a period of time with the interval between victims varying. These criminals have different motives in targeting people and usually have similar characteristics: male and Caucasian. There have been many classification systems made by criminologists to classify serial killers. These typologies are used as aid to help law enforcement find and imprison them. Holmes and DeBurger (1988) designed a four- category typology based on method,…

The Making of a Serial Killer In “The Making of a Serial Killer,” Berit Brogaard D.M. Schi., Ph.D discusses the possible social causes of psychopathology, the genetic mutations and the traits that typically make up psychopathy. She uses her specialties in cognitive neuroscience and philosophy of mind to address the phenomena of psychopathy, it has yet to be fully understood whether or not it is a product of genetics or social upbringing or both playing a role. Brogaard explores data of which…

Countless people especially, 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…

My ideal career choice is to work for the FBI as a criminal profiler. Being a criminal profiler appeals to me because they are able to analyze a crime scene for any evidence and they must get into the mindset of a criminal or a serial killer to solve it. They must put little pieces of a puzzle together to see the finished picture. Since I was young, I was always fascinated by the detective or crime shows on T.V., as well as the Sherlock Holmes movies, which is why this career choice has always…

called the police from a pay phone and waited for police to arrest him. The majority of serial killers find ways to beat the law or simply disappear from the scene for months together before striking again. The longest dormant time was recorded by Dennis Rader aka BTK. According to the FBI, this dormant period is known as the cooling off period (Ramsland, “Inside the Minds of Serial Killers: Why They…

IN the mind of the worst of the human race We all fear something, don’t we? Yes, yet it is hard to say things that we are afraid of do not intrigue us, make us wonder. Where it came from what made it what it is well this paper is my dive into the mind of something that intrigues me personally yet I am also afraid of. The mind of the serial killer the monsters among men we all fear people that can take a human life but why do they well in my research I found some similarities such as personal…

Courtney Sanford Ms.Davis British Lit 1A 4/17/18 “ A Discussion to End Discussions” What decides the fate of humanity may have nothing to do with genetics and its surroundings, but a combination of both. For decades the debate of nature vs nurture has been raging on without a true and clear winner. Nature vs nurture is an everlasting debate proving just how little and how much humanity knows about itself. This debate strings together all aspects to conclude if personality is shaped by nature…

The Effects of Gender on Serial Murder The car slowly makes its way to the side of the nearly empty road. The middle-aged man rolls down his window, knowing exactly why a woman would be on the side of the highway dressed in barely anything in the middle of the night; however, the man does not know what will become of this encounter, but he is anxious at the prospect of her services. The woman gets into the vehicle, and together they go to a hotel with a sign that only partially lights up.…

An animal is abused every ten seconds in the United States (ASPCA). Animal cruelty includes a large range of behaviors towards animals, including neglect and brutal killings. Animal cruelty and human violence contain similar characteristics; both victims are living beings, feel pain, and can die from the abuse. Animal abuse cases have risen over the years and so have studies about childhood animal abuse as a gateway activity for later antisocial behavior. These antisocial behaviors include:…