Jack The Ripper Psychopath
The Psychopath Case Study: Jack the Ripper
Criminal Behavior
Between 1888 and 1891, several brutal and violent murders occurred in Whitechapel, London. All the victims were poor females who were said to be prostitutes. The murders involved several signature characteristics that include: overkill, incapacitation, sexual degradation, genital mutilation and much more. The serial killer who was named “Jack the Ripper” was never captured and to this day there is much specialization on who and why these murders were committed.
Background
Six murder cases were linked to Jack the Ripper because of the same brutal characteristics or modus operandi displayed. The killer targeted white, female prostitutes between 24 and 45 years old. The evidence …show more content…
14). The killer would engage the victims around midnight and early in the morning. All of the linked murders occurred in a three-month period and located within one mile of each other. In addition to the strangulation of the victims, Jack the Ripper mutilated and posed the victim’s bodies. The main component of Jack the Ripper’s signature include the control of the victim and progressive picquerism (Keppel et al., 2005). Picquerism is deriving sexual pleasure through stabbing, cutting, or slicing another person or by observing these actions (as cited in Geberth, 1996). Jack the Ripper did not follow the traditional roll of sexual degradation with his victims, but found other ways to control his victim and satisfy himself. He used a knife to penetrate the victim, and satisfied himself through the eroticized power of violence, the domination of the victim, and the mutilation and bleeding of the victim, rather than sexual intercourse …show more content…
Their childhood experiences, especially of their mothers, fuelled their fear and hatred of women, which became intensified by the strong ties of their homosexual relationship (“Jack the Ripper Unveiled, “1992, Vol. 340, Issue 8821). The relationship Jack the Ripper had with his mother is unknown, but the violence towards women can only make one speculate that something went afoul with the women in his life.
Jack the Ripper was clearly a serial killer that terrorized London during a time that lack forensic and profiling capabilities. Today, many researchers have studied these brutal cases and have tried to form some opinion on who committed these crimes and why. Studying the brutality of the crimes has given some insight into the killers mind, but the motives are still unknown. The best ways to truly understand Jack the Ripper is by studying and comparing some recent serial killers, and hopefully that will help to understand what causes people to behave the way they
Criminal Behavior
Between 1888 and 1891, several brutal and violent murders occurred in Whitechapel, London. All the victims were poor females who were said to be prostitutes. The murders involved several signature characteristics that include: overkill, incapacitation, sexual degradation, genital mutilation and much more. The serial killer who was named “Jack the Ripper” was never captured and to this day there is much specialization on who and why these murders were committed.
Background
Six murder cases were linked to Jack the Ripper because of the same brutal characteristics or modus operandi displayed. The killer targeted white, female prostitutes between 24 and 45 years old. The evidence …show more content…
14). The killer would engage the victims around midnight and early in the morning. All of the linked murders occurred in a three-month period and located within one mile of each other. In addition to the strangulation of the victims, Jack the Ripper mutilated and posed the victim’s bodies. The main component of Jack the Ripper’s signature include the control of the victim and progressive picquerism (Keppel et al., 2005). Picquerism is deriving sexual pleasure through stabbing, cutting, or slicing another person or by observing these actions (as cited in Geberth, 1996). Jack the Ripper did not follow the traditional roll of sexual degradation with his victims, but found other ways to control his victim and satisfy himself. He used a knife to penetrate the victim, and satisfied himself through the eroticized power of violence, the domination of the victim, and the mutilation and bleeding of the victim, rather than sexual intercourse …show more content…
Their childhood experiences, especially of their mothers, fuelled their fear and hatred of women, which became intensified by the strong ties of their homosexual relationship (“Jack the Ripper Unveiled, “1992, Vol. 340, Issue 8821). The relationship Jack the Ripper had with his mother is unknown, but the violence towards women can only make one speculate that something went afoul with the women in his life.
Jack the Ripper was clearly a serial killer that terrorized London during a time that lack forensic and profiling capabilities. Today, many researchers have studied these brutal cases and have tried to form some opinion on who committed these crimes and why. Studying the brutality of the crimes has given some insight into the killers mind, but the motives are still unknown. The best ways to truly understand Jack the Ripper is by studying and comparing some recent serial killers, and hopefully that will help to understand what causes people to behave the way they