Habitual offender

Ted Bundy (36), John Wayne Gacy (33), Jeffery Dahmer (17), and Richard Ramirez (13) are known as some of the most notorious serial killers. Despite their horrendous and despicable actions these men are said to have a sort of charm to them. Bundy was the young, attractive, educated man that gave off the ‘boy next door’ persona and Gacy was a well-known man in the community that spent time as Pogo to entertain ill-children (Lust). No one could imagine at the time what these men were capable of…

Sex offenders have been a serious problem for our criminal justice system at all levels. According to the U.S. Department of Justice’s NCVS, study shows that there is an average of 293,066 victims of the age of twelve and older that are raped or sexual assaulted each year (2009). The violent act of a sexual assault is a disturbance to a victim's life not only the act, but the hurt of the victim having to be victimized again during court proceedings sometimes facing a repeat offender. An article…

Who are these killers? What are their motives? And how do we stop crimes like this from ever happening again? May 21, 1960 a infamous serial killer known as the “Milwaukee Cannibal” was born. Jeffrey Dahmer was a sex offender and serial killer who has performed crimes such as necrophilia,cannibalism,murder,rape and preservation of body parts. Dahmer grew up as a troubled child in a less desirable household. His Mother Joyce Dahmer even attempted suicide from an overdose…

reduce the number of sex offenders, victims, and target risk factors than can lead to sex crimes. A few prevention strategies already being utilized are Safe Dates, Shifting Boundaries and Real Consent. These are considered Effective strategies, meaning they solely focus on how to prevent perpetration of sex crimes. Safe dates promotes how to avoid being initiated into physical, emotional and mental abuse in relationships; Shifting Boundaries targets…

the crime scene was left. To illustrate, the way serial killers kill show what causes their anger to kill. “Sexually-based is a motivation driven by the sexual needs/desires of the offender. There may or may not be overt sexual contact reflected in the crime scene” (Johns). “Anger is a motivation in which an offender displays rage or hostility towards a certain subgroup of the population or with society as a whole” (Johns). This is usually shown through extreme violence shown in the scene and…

struck many as a very positive program is boot camps for any offender including juvenile offenders. Boot camps are one variation of shock incarceration. Shock incarceration is a short period of incarceration followed by a sentence reduction(Clear, 2006, p.229). Boot camps however, are physically rigorous, disciplined, and demanding regimens emphasizing conditioning, education and job training. This is mostly designed for young offenders. The first boot camp was created in the state of…

Serial killers have many distinctive characteristics about themselves. The killer can be male or female. Arthur Shawcross is one of the famous male serial killers. Researchers study Arthur Shawcross in three areas: personality profile perspective, serial murder profile, and the serial killer’s seven rituals of murder. Criminal personality profile is identifying the offender’s characteristics and infers personality and physical traits based on the crime scene and victim interaction. Profiling is…

If you thought watching a couple seasons of NCIS or SVU, or any crime show for that matter, could help you solve a case, think again. The job is tough enough for those well qualified to work in the field, and even now, with all of the technological advancements and improved investigative methods, many murders go unsolved and killers escape. Can you imagine the difficult task authorities faced when Jack the Ripper loomed large in London? In the fall of 1888, otherwise know as the “fall of…

committed as not every situation is the same. Sexual offenders are not seen as a part of society after an offence is committed. Male, female, and juvenile offenders have many similarities and differences along with the way the offenders are treated and prosecuted. Many studies show that female sex offenders are distinctly different from male sex offenders. Researchers have advocated for the development of typologies specific to female sex offenders, as male offender’s typologies, the…

The Serial Shooter: Dale Hausner and Samuel Dieteman Beginning in 2005, Phoenix, Arizona was at the mercy of two serial killers. It was rare for Phoenix to have one serial killer, much less two. One of these killers was dubbed “The Serial Shooter”. The identity of the serial shooter is now known: Dale Hausner began committing the murders individually, and later added a partner, Samuel Dieteman, who was his roommate. Both men were in their 30s and single. The Serial Shooter terrorized the…