InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/bsl.595 Serial Murder in America: Case Studies of Seven Offenders James O. Beasley II‚ B.S.‚ M.P.A.* This article summarizes and compares information on seven interviewed serial killers in an ongoing project designed to study similarities and differences among these individuals. The aim of this article is to increase our collective knowledge of the dynamics of serial murder by examining the perpetrators’ backgrounds‚ as well as the unique
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Serial Murders According to the National Institute of Justice‚ serial killings‚ or serial murders‚ are series of two or more murders committed as separate events‚ usually by acting alone over a period of time ranging from hours to years. The motive usually deals with psychological issues. There are many commonly found characteristics of these types of killers. They may have varying degrees of mental illnesses which may contribute to their erratic behavior. Serial killers usually have a
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Agnieszka Kucharska How to successfully solve serial murder cases – ideas and discussion – Crimestoppers – key facts report. The most important issues‚ factors regarding process of searching for ‘most wanted’ are shoved below: • Identification of a Serial Murder Series • Leadership • Task Force Organization • Resource Augmentation • Communication • Data Management • Analytical Tools • Medical Examiners/Coroners • Administrative Issues • Training • ‘Cameleon’ effect
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Patient has palilalia‚ which is quite deliberate. He was not able to do abstract part of the Serial Sevens‚ because he said that his eyes hurt when he reads anything. Patient complained of pain when moving his eyes and has severe photophobia. Current medications include morphine sulfate‚ methocarbamol‚ gabapentin‚ lorazepam‚ docusate sodium‚ Fish
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Serial murder is an example of the most extreme types of behaviour we see in human beings. It can be defined at a person who kills three or more people in a short space of time. But what really is a serial killer? Is it the way we were brought up that can lead to us becoming a serial killer? Or is there a serial killer gene? No‚ there is not a killer gene (Cassel & Bernstein‚ 2007). What causes a person to commit such crimes and is it solely caused by psychological errors in one’s mind?
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Serial Murder 1. James Knoll’s purpose for his research paper was to inform people about serial killers. He wanted his readers to understand that there is more to serial murder than what we see in books‚ movies‚ and television. The single idea he most importantly wants his readers to understand is that there is a lot about serial killing that we don’t know‚ even though there are many traits and hypothesizes about killers‚ it doesn’t necessarily mean if a person has that trait they are going to become
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The structural traditional is less keen on‚ for example‚ the microdynamics of the pathology of individual serial killers and with breaking down crime scene patterns‚ and more so on large-scale questions concerning which groups most consistently succumb to serial murder‚ the periods in history when there were more (or less) serial killers‚ and which countries seem to produce more serial killers than others. As with the medico-psychological tradition‚ there is additionally a set of assumptions underlying
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Murder in America Shamika Woumnm COMM/215 March 9‚ 2015 Amanda McClure Police Brutality and Murder in America Most commonly people have a bitter hatred for the police. This is because beside the news tending to hype things up‚ they continue to make the young African American youth the Michael Brown’s and Shawn Bell’s in their communities. With that kind of corruption‚ the officers that continue to commit these haneous crimes and get away with them make all police officers look bad. When in fact
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1. What are the similarities and differences between serial killers and mass murderers? Why does each of these groups present such a potential danger to society? Serial killers are intelligent people but frustrated and angry with something in their life. They would take their anger out by killing people who have similarities with the person they are frustrated with. Mass murderers on the other hand kills group of people at the same time and most of the time at the same place. Mass murderers motive
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The severe impact on a sex offender family According to Levenson & Tewksbury (2009)‚ states that “Collected 584 family members of registered sex offenders in the United States employment problems‚ subsequent financial hardships emerged as the most pressing issue identified by the family members” (p. 1). The housing restrictions and living with the sex offender brought about threats and harassment from their neighbors and friends. Many family members experienced fear‚ anger‚ depression‚ anxiety
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