Serial killer

Article Review: The insanity Plea in the Case of a Serial Killer What is this article specifically addressing? This article, “The insanity Plea in the Case of a Serial Killer” By George Palermo and Richard Khnudten explains the case of the infamous serial killer Jeffery Dahmer and his attempt to request the insanity plea to get out of his crimes he committed. Mr. Dahmer killed seventeen men, and when asked about his crimes his responses where clear and coherent. Yet, he pled not guilty by…

Dr. Aamodt (2014), author of Serial Killer Statistics, reports that in 2013, there were 40 known serial killer victims in the United States. Serial killers have walked the streets of our nation, being a threat to all who surround them. Many people believe that they are safe from these corrupt human beings, but little do they know, serial killers can seem as normal as your next door neighbor. Theodore Bundy, one of the most significant serial killers of all time, lived a complicated and vulgar…

Serial killers are like the actual Boogey-Man; hiding under the bed or lurking in the shadows is exactly what one would think they would do. However, some serial killers build up a camouflage and interact with others without any gut-feelings or blaring signs of what is actually going on in their head. John Wayne Gacy is the perfect example of this type of killer. Born on March 17, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois, John Wayne Gacy faced an abusive childhood and conflict over his sexuality (Vronsky 92)…

Hamilton “Albert” Fish was a cannibalistic serial killer that lived from 1870 to 1936. He was a sadomasochist and suffered from mental disorders that weren’t properly diagnosed. Fish was the youngest boy of four children and lived with his parents until the age of five. When his father died, his mother brought him to an orphanage so she could find work. This is where it is believed that his masochistic behavior began. Fish was beaten at the orphanage and this psychological trauma could be one…

any type of criminal act such as rape, murder, assault, or kidnap. Serial killers can be described as having deviant behavior. Deviance can also be a mental state of mind. A deviant mind can create, imagine and perform many different criminal acts that a normal human brain cannot create. Anyone can imagine, but could anyone think like a serial killer without having a deviant mind that was ether created or born with. Serial killers are really smart people that get away with murder for numerous…

Ted Bundy is one of the most famous serial killers as of 2016. His crimes span from 1974 to 1978. He sexually assaulted and murdered at least thirty young women, specifically with the women with dark, parted down the middle hair. His childhood was not like most. He started off living in a home for unwed mothers. Later on, he moved in with his grandparents. Bundy also became a boy scout at this time. His mother eventually took custody of him, remarried, and raised Bundy as her younger brother,…

This murderer named Ted Bundy is American serial killer and rapist.. He was one of the most notorious criminals in the 20th century. He was born November 24, 1946, in Burlington, Vermont. In the 1970s, he has raped and murdered young women in several states. Ted was connected to at least 36 murders, but some thought that he had committed one hundred or more. He was executed in Florida's electric chair in 1989 for all his crimes. His intelligence and his good looks some say made him…

Ted Bundy, born November 24, 1946, was a famous serial killer and rapist in the 1970s. He raped and murdered young women across several different states. He was connected to at least 36 murders, however people thought he committed hundred or more. He became somewhat of a “celebrity” during the trail with his charm and intelligence. But the court still gave him the death penalty and he was executed in 1989 by way of the electric chair. (source #5) 1. Risk Factors a. Developmental i. Strain Theory…

Dahmer had tried to preserve the body parts as a type of trophy, but also to satisfy his cannibalistic cravings. His last way of killing was done in the same way as above, luring people to his house with the promise of money in exchange for pictures, but this time he tried to turn his victims into a submissive puppet. On April 7, nineteen year-old Errol Lindsey was the next person to fall into Dahmer’s hands. The difference between Lindsey and Dahmer’s other victims was that Lindsey was straight…

A past filled with childhood abuse both physical and sexual, assume an incredible part in transforming serial killers. Their cultural conditioning and relationship with parents are also to be factored in. Serial killers are conscience-deprived people who draw pleasure by killing others; while some kill people who belong to a specific gender or age, some choose their victims precisely based on a particular personality trait. It is not often victims are chosen at random although it happens. Vlad…