Offender profiling

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…

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…

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…

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…

What makes a Serial Killer? Introduction The term serial killer refers to an individual who commits three or more premeditated murders. The term was coined by FBI profiler Robert Ressler while investigating the dastardly exploits of Theodore Robert Bundy. The American nation has been the host to 75% of all known serial killers. We have dealt with some of the most deviously brilliant minds over the years (Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Serial Murder”). The FBI started to research the minds of…

According to Massimo A. Bonfantini and Giampaolo Proni in their article “To Guess or Not to Guess,” abduction is commonly used in the detection of crime when solving cases and inferring hypothesizes based on evidence and imagination. Abduction is commonly defined as “identify[ing] possible causes of resulting events” through hypothesizing with observed data (Bonfantini and Proni 123). In other words, this definition means that abduction involves observing data and interpreting this data with…

Theodore Robert Cowell also known as Ted Bundy who was born on November 24, 1946 in Burlington, Vermont was an American serial killer, kidnapper, rapist, and necrophile. He confessed to 30 homicides committed in seven states between 1974 and 1978 yet the confession, the number of victims could be much higher and remains unknown. After ted died the man who defended ted which would be his lawyer confessed ted had killed more than 100 women. He also revealed that even though ted was a necrophile,…

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…

Sadly in the flawed world that we live in, there are people who have clouded judgments and cannot function rationally. There are people who can commit malicious acts and justify them by their own means that do not necessarily make sense to a sane person. Unfortunately some of these people are psychopaths and serial killers. One of the first serial killers documented in America was Dr. Henry Howard Holmes. He created a hotel in Chicago in 1893 for The World’s Columbian Exhibition. This event…

movements, future offenses, or the possible victims that he may focus his attention on. To illustrate, we must look at notorious serial killer to fully diagnose the topic. Zodiac killer is one of the most famous in investigative psychology as a profiling tool, due to how he commit his crimes. Three factors to look at his motive, the development of the criminal or evolution of his character, and post-offense behavior to explain why his crimes stopped. The Zodiac Killer was mostly likely born…