Stereotypes Of A Serial Killer Essay

What do you think when we see a scruffy looking man walking down the road in the middle of the night? Do you think he is a serial killer simply because of the way he is dressed or his appearance? The news has changed the way people see serial killers as a whole and has changed people’s outlook on a certain type of man. The way media portrays serial killer’s effects both the general public and the people that are already mentally unstable. The first main effect media has on the general public is by helping to create a stereotype of a serial killer. The second effect is the birth of copycat killers. Lastly, the media has caused increased public panic by making the general public overly fearful of being a victim. What the public does not realize is the norm appearance of a serial executioner does not conform to a mold. Even the Daily Mail claims that there are five key traits of a typical killer. Power junkie, manipulating, average joe, superficial charmer, and egotistical bragger are all traits of a mass murder. (Victoria Woodlandston) However what people do not realize is that there is no form, no mold. The media’s view on murders has become such a stereotypical they generate fear more than try clam the public. Because of the widespread panic caused by serial killers there is always going to be a more eviler side to the
In an article by Scott Bonn the concerning fact that most serial killers do not travel by interstate. (October 21, 2014) My! What a strange fact to know that someone is more likely to meet a killer out it in the woods instead of exit 42! Sadly, most people assume, mistakenly that theses misunderstood killers are location based. It is unlikely that this occurred by news media but rather entertainment media. Old movies such as A Nightmare on Elem Street helps support this crazy theory, when in reality only a fraction of mass murders travel