Are Serial Killers Born or Made? The term serial killer‚ as defined by Robert Ressler (1974)‚ refers to a person who commits a series of murders‚ often with no apparent motive and typically following a characteristic and predictable behaviour pattern. Commonly used terms like sociopath and psychopath are no longer used in a clinical setting. Instead‚ these pathologies fall under a condition called anti-social personality disorder. A sociopath is traditionally defined as a person with a personality
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Tom had been on the go since six O’clock that morning‚ had confirmed that a brutal rape and murder of a woman was the work of a serial-killer‚ had interview the victims friends and acquaintances‚ and spent hours going over phone and computer records‚ without coming up with one damn piece of evidence‚ or anything he believed had led him closer to finding a direction in which to turn. The only break‚ and the only food‚ he’d gotten all day was the quick lunch with Lila‚ that had been mostly business
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of a Serial Killer. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://serial-killers.tumblr.com/post/14691116653/serial-killers-101-the-22-levels-of-evil-dr John Wayne Gacy - Famous Last Words. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://crime.about.com/od/history/qt/lastwords_gracy.htm John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia‚ the encyclopedia of murderers. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://murderpedia.org/male.G/g1/gacy-john-wayne.htm Profile of John Wayne Gacy the "Killer Clown". (n.d.). Retrieved from http://crime.about.com/od/serial/p/gacy
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Why Ted? Theodore Robert Cowell‚ better known to the world as Ted Bundy‚ was a serial killer in the United States during the 20th century. It is unknown exactly the number of victims Ted had during his killing spree but himself has been quoted as admitting to at least 30 murders crossing seven different states. Authorities ae under the assumption that Ted could be responsible for over a hundred murders during his life. To this day‚ it puzzles authorities as to how Ted could continue his heinous crimes
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I Hope My Surgeon Is A Psychopath: Imagine yourself lying in the operating theatre‚ the bright lights over head dazzling you. As the anaesthetist asks you to count down from ten what’s your last thought? Would it be “I hope the surgeon is a psychopath" ? Is a psychopath a bloodthirsty serial killer who is serving a life sentence in a maximum security prison? No! A psychopath as defined as “a personality disorder characterized by enduring antisocial behavior‚ diminished empathy and remorse‚ and disinhibited
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motive‚ but who needs one? There are 10‚000 abandoned houses here and some still hold the remnants of their previous owners. What can a politician do for a town so messed up that thousands of abandoned houses are simply part of the scenery‚ where a serial killer can dump bodies at random without the fear of being caught? The answer is nothing‚ and they know it but will never say it. There have been plans- some of them good- but none of them effective enough to save a lost cause. As long as the city claims
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A serial killer is a person who kills more than two to three times with a cooling time in between his murders. The ironic thing about this statement is that Charles never killed anyone‚ he instead persuaded people to do it for him. Manson’s murders were also organized
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The response we give or receive from the media regarding serial killers differs from person to person depending on the environment they are in or were brought up in. Violence is something that occurs everyday and everywhere no matter how much most of us wish it didn’t. The media plays a large role in how we receive our information regarding serial killers and that is not just speaking about the news and newspapers. We here about serial killers in fiction books‚ magazines‚ movies and television sitcoms
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Serial Killers: America ’s New Epidemic. Serial killers have been around since the dawn of history‚ their numbers multiplying exponentially within the past five decades. In recent years‚ words such as "baffling" and "mysterious" have become routine to describe the growing phenomenon. It is imperative to develop a workable solution and general understanding of these predators in human form as a new wave of serial murders reach crisis rates in this millennium. More than fifteen-hundred serial killers
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Serial Killers – Are They Born Bad? Throughout history and in the modern world serial killers have been committing murders and creating a sense of fear and horror. In order to answer the question‚ whether serial killers are born bad or become one because of external environment‚ it is necessary that one defines what a serial killer is. A serial killer is a person who unlawfully murders two or more persons in separate events (Giannangelo‚ pg. 5). What distinguishes a serial killer from a murderer
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