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    “Yes, I do have remorse, but I 'm not even sure myself whether it is as profound as it should be. I 've always wondered myself why I don 't feel remorse,” said Jeffrey Dahmer, the Milwaukee Cannibal. In the US there are around 16,238 murders per year, averaging to about 44 murders per day. How is it in a society that knows it is morally wrong to kill a person that it still continues? I 've always wondered why this trend is ongoing and believe there is more to uncover about why the murderers…

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    become notorious for the ways in which they murdered their victims, and the ways that they were portrayed in the media of that time. When asked to name serial killers that are well known, names like Bundy and Dahmer seem to be the ones that are remembered. Dahmer was born Jeffery Lionel Dahmer, May 21, 1960 in the town of West Allis, Wisconsin. To many he seemed to have a “normal” childhood, but in adolescents he started to become withdrawn and showing little to no interest in social…

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    start out the same way. They start in their mothers womb as innocent lovable human beings, but what makes them turn to their sadistic personalities? Sadism is the tendency to cause pain in order feel pleasure. Most serial killers are sadists. Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Charles Manson are some of the most sadistic serial killers to date. At one point in their life, they were all loving happy children, but something changed. Serial killers all start out as normal human…

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    Basic Facts about Jeffrey Dahmer The serial killer that I have chosen is Jeffrey Dahmer. Jeffrey was thirty four when he died in Columbia Correctional Institution in 1994. He was born in Milwaukee, a city in the state of Wisconsin. Jeffrey was a really happy boy until the age of six when he had to get a surgery for double hernia. Following Surgery which coincided with the birth of his brother, Jeffrey became more isolated and was lacking self confidence. Also when Jeff's dad found a good job in…

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    want to start a life of crime because they have nothing better to do. Jeffrey Dahmer and Charles Manson are no exception. I would like to think if they were raised differently, they might not have become the notorious criminals that people love to hate. Dahmer and Manson have been in and out of jail since they were young. Manson raped a fellow male inmate while serving time at McNeil Island Prison in Washington State. For Dahmer, raping, slaughtering, and butchering his victims were a package…

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    When many people think of a serial killer they think of Hannibal Lecter, although he is fictional, or Jeffrey Dahmer. A serial killer is someone who murders at least three people that fit a specific category weather it is based on gender, race, wealth, age, religion, or any other characteristic (Serial Killer 2001). Serial killers have intrigued and frightened people in American culture for decades. One of the more horrifying aspects of serial killers is that there is no way of distinguishing…

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    When one thinks of a serial killer does their victims come to mind? Or does one think of the person behind the murders and what drove them to kill? Serial killers all have a situation that triggers them to commit murder. A majority of society views serial killers as insane for murdering. Despite these assumptions by society, only two serial killers have successfully pleaded guilty by reason of insanity. Society judges serial killers too harshly and they need to take a second to look at all the…

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    Are serial killers born or made? Do you remember being a child? Being so innocent and full of life. Waking up and wondering when your favorite tv show is gonna come on or which toy to play with first. Waiting for your parents to wake up and being so impatient that you just run and jump into the bed so excited to get a goodmorning hug and kiss from your mom and dad. The excitement of knowing you’re gonna be able to go outside and play with all your friends and not worry about anything except…

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    serial killers are Patrick Wayne Kearney and Jeffrey Dahmer. These two vicious murderers demonstrated two different types of serial killers. This report will cover what drives serial killers to kill. Types According to criminologists in How to Spot a Serial Killer there are two ways to categorize serial murders. They are categorized by motive and trying to obliterate a social pattern (Woollaston, Victoria). The motive killer is much like Jeffrey Dahmer, Dahmer only killed young males. In his…

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    was due to the notorious crime or the insanity of the criminal. They all helped strengthen the criminology field, for example the case of Jeffrey Dahmer helped jerus better understand mental disorder and there were even plans of using his trial as a teaching device to help better understand and help other criminals with mental illnesses in the future.The Jeffrey Dhamer case was the strongest case due to it being the most public case out of the three that were used. Overall through the analysis…

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