serial killers are diagnosed borderline or narcissistic‚ even older cases that were reported in literature (Schlesinger‚ 1998). Aileen Wuornos Aileen Wuornos‚ born in Rochester‚ Michigan‚ was the daughter of teenage parents. Her father‚ a child molester and psychopath‚ left the family several months before Aileen was born. Her mother left soon after‚ claiming Aileen and her brother Keith were "crying unhappy babies‚" leaving their grandparents left to care for them. At
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however some have no real choice in the matter. According to Alvarez & Bachman (2003)‚ majority of serial killers have been defined as men; however there are cases where women commit serial murders. To illustrate‚ the article mentioned Aileen Carol Wuornos Pralle‚ was a prostitute from Florida who committed numerous killings of at least seven men between 1989 until 1990. As a result‚ this idea brought controversy among women becoming serial killers. Therefore‚ if one women was able to commit
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References: Arrigo‚ B. A. & Griffin‚ A. (2004). Serial murder and the case of aileen wuornos: Attachment theory‚ psychopathy‚ and predatory aggression. Behavioral sciences and the law‚ 22‚ 375-393. Chesney-Lind‚ M. (1986). Women and crime: The female offender. Signs 12 (1)‚ 78-96. Steffensmeier‚ D. J. (1980). Assessing the impact of the
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Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ is a familiar character even to those that have never read the play. Her name can be heard being referenced or used as an insult to a woman‚ to compare a shady or manipulative personality trait. Although she does not actually commit any murders‚ she is notably one of the most famous villains in literature. I found it very interesting that prior to reading this play‚ I knew more about Lady Macbeth and her character flaws (to say the least)
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jstor.org/stable/2872659. Carter‚ Angela. “The Company of Wolves.” Monsters‚ Edited by Brandy Ball Blake and L. Andrew Cooper. Fountainhead Press‚ 2012‚ pp 101-111. Cooper‚ L. Andrew‚ Brandy Ball Blake. “Serial Killers: From Jack the Ripper to Aileen Wuornos.” Monster‚ Edited by Brandy Ball Blake and L. Andrew Cooper. Fountainhead Press‚ 2012‚ pp 203-209. Cooper‚ L. Andrew‚ Brandy Ball Blake. “Strange Transformations: John Landis’s An American Werewolf in London.” Monsters‚ Edited by Brandy Ball Blake
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vilification of the social and cultural ‘Other’ as an antithesis to morality and human civilisation‚ the monster grew to embody a more relativistic and ambiguous identity in the twentieth century paradigm. American Psycho’s Patrick Bateman‚ and Monster’s Aileen ‘Lee’ Wuronos‚ are two quintessential monsters of the ‘serial-killer-as-protagonist’ trend that proliferated in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In these eras‚ the binary opposites of ‘human’ and ‘monster’ became almost synonymous due to
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The debate on capital punishment dates back for centuries and civil rights activists argue on whether or not to abolish it completely. By definition‚ capital punishment or death penalty is the just execution of a person guilty of a crime and has been used for heinous crimes such as murder‚ treason‚ and torture; and should be enforced more often within the United States. The debate on capital punishment relies mostly on whether or not to abolish it all together. The question is asked how one would
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What is it that connects Ed Gein‚ Ted Bundy‚ Jeffrey Dahmer‚ and Charles Manson? The fact that they are all killers. But the real question is‚ what makes them want to kill? And what makes up a serial killer in the first place? A good portion of the reasons why serial killers have the urge to kill is due to different mental illnesses. An example of this would be Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD). Symptoms of this mental illness include “being abused‚ manipulation of others‚ disregarding right
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couldn’t bare being near you a second longer. Now let’s get something straight‚ when I say I like serial killers it doesn’t mean I have an obsession with John Wayne Gacy‚ or a shrine for The Zodiac Killer. It does not mean that I see Aileen Wuornos as a role model. It means the way they think interests me like no other. The psychology behind it. How could someone torture and kill another living‚ breathing human being? What’s the difference between
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antisocial personality disorder than women. Other factors from culture perspective are low socioeconomic status and lack of education (APA‚ 2013). Over the years lives of psychopaths have been made into motion pictures. Aileen Wuornos life story was displayed in the movie Monster. Wuornos‚ who was put to death in 10/2002 by lethal injection‚ antisocial personality disorder traits consisted of grandiose
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