Serial

People have continuously asked the question of whether serial killers are born or made. Researchers have done countless studies to provide the world with an answer. Truth be told, despite all of the research, there is still no definite answer (Allely, Minnis and Thompson). Of course, something is mentally wrong with a person if they desire killing other human beings, but the decision to act on this desire is based solely on other influences that caused the person to make that choice. People are…

Society has constructed a set variety of norms that all serial killers are naively presumed to follow. Many myths state that all serial killers are loners, have a mental disability, and have an underlying desire to get caught. The question on what to blame for a person becoming a serial killer has always haunted authorities. It would be a gullible and uneducated claim to base all serial killers in one set of norms, especially when the nature of a serial killer shows their individuality through…

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.…

in those pertaining to female serial killers. This article Lethal Ladies: What We Know About Female Serial Killers explores the lives of 10 women who are serial murderers. This study was constructed to have the opportunity to compare and contrast against a past study done by Kelleher and Kelleher. Because female serial murderers are very rare, this leaves little resources to be utilized for the researchers. This study explores the nature and statistics of 10 serial murderers who acted alone.…

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 around male serial killers;…

event. Our first instinct might be to refer to this person as a serial killer. With the given knowledge, we cannot accurately classify this person as a serial killer. A more accurate description would be a mass murderer, or possibly a spree killer. Serial killers, mass murderers, and spree killers share common elements amongst each other. But, there is a clear distinction between the three – motive and timing. A prime example of a serial killer is the notorious twentieth century murderer, Ted…

In What Would We Find in the Brain of a Serial Killer, Pemment states that the first disorder closely related with psychology is Antisocial Personality Disorder. According to (Pemment, 2013), “killers have a lower resting heart rate, and significant differences in their brains, such as reduced prefrontal gray matter, amydalar abnormalities, and an asymmetric hippocampus.” The more I read the more it appeared that serial executioners had numerous properties of a few unique personality disorders,…

To begin with, women serial killers are deadlier because they are more in touch with their emotions. To further explain this, about ninety percent of female serial killers never kill for money or for no reason at all. They find their targets through passion and excitement. Whether their target was a drug lord or a child predator, there is always a more understandable reason as to why they were killed. For example, Miranda Barbour decided to murder between twenty-two to forty-five people who…

arguably be considered a serial killer or a spree killer. There are different characteristics of a serial killer and a spree killer that must be examined to explain how the murderer can dangle between the line of both types of killer. A serial killer is defined as being an individual that kills at least three people or possibly more over the course of a month. During this time the killer must also have some time between the killings. There are four different types of serial killers with…

What Causes People to Be Serial Killers? In 1970, Richard Trenton Trace drank the blood of six human beings and ate their flesh. Including a 1 year old Richard ate and then threw away at a church. 1974 through 1978, Theodore Robert murdered and raped 30 women across seven states. Theodore would fake an injury and trick the women to get into his car. Sometimes Theodore would engage in sexual activities with their dead bodies. Theodore even kept some heads of his victims in his home for months.…