The article is published by Forensic Science in January 2007 volume number 52. The article talks about the reasons and the thoughts behind serial killers, and how they contrast with the media. Also how the “serial killers frequently do not fit the initially described paradigm in terms of their physical and psychological profiles, backgrounds, and motives to kill… of their crimes”(abst. line 2). To help explain their reasoning of a serial killers mind, Wolf and Lavezzi provide two cases of serial killers to analyze.
Government officials, politicians, and courts employees have concluded that individuals commit crimes for private alternatives and they should be punished and held responsible for their actions and conduct. Criminals also have the concept that they will never be caught thus they will continue commit crimes until proven otherwise. Large amounts of criminal who have committed offenses do not think about the consequences of their action (Brown, 2007). Today’s society has determined that the root of why an individual would choose to commit crimes is steam from the lack of education and impoverished backgrounds (Brown, 2007). To do wrong and commit crime is a choice of the criminal.
Into this world with these characteristics built genetically in us? When it comes to Psychopaths and their crazy tendencies, they are affected by society to make them who they are. Since a very young age, when humans are still developing and are not considered mature yet, people around them and what they interact with drastically changes their behavior. For example, Ted Bundy, a well-known murderer and rapist who approximately killed 30 women in his life, has admitted on an interview before he was killed that his childhood may have had an effect to him. “He said that the ‘hard-core’ pornography that he was exposed to could take responsibility for the murders.
Over 30 different torture rooms were put into the castle. Nobody knew of them and Holmes was successfully receiving business. Scandal broke out with the Pitezel family and Holmes was eventually caught for his actions. Ted Bundy was the son of a woman named Eleanor but was raised to believe that woman was his sister and that his grandparents were his parents. He lived a life full of lies and hate.
Facts about Serial Killers -A serial is someone who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than month. -According to the FBI, more than 70% of serial killers experienced problems related to substance abuse. -Most serial killers suffered child abuse. Neglect and child abuse not only impairs a child’s self esteem , they also interfere with his or her ability to function in society. -Former FBI Special Agent Robert K. Ressler (1937–2013) is the man credited with coining the term “serial killer” in 1971 -Almost all serial killers admit that they started by acting out their fantasies on small animals before they moved to humans and that animal torture brought them a great source of pleasure.
‘I knew well that I risked death ‘, not accidental, scientific method, and this experiment leads to Hyde becoming Jekyll’s reward, not a punishment. He does not make a potion that removes his evil sides but one that helps him get rid of his guilt. Because Jekyll remembers and he is aware of everything he does when he is Hyde, we can claim that he is in control. However, he then loses control, lacking any sense of moderation ‘strange in my sensations’. Here we could say that he becomes an ‘unhappy victim’ of his own crime, as he is heading toward his ultimate downfall.
Serial killings aren’t a new trend. Serial killings can date back to as far as 1798 with the Harpe brothers Micajah and Wiley, whom terrorized the back woods of Kentucky and Tennessee (Tru Tv Crime Library). During the course of the time while being in the serial killers class there have been numerous serial killers discussed, but only a few actually stood out, such as: Ted Bundy, Ed-Gain, John Wayne Gacy and Gary Ridgway. The question that still ponders is, “What Makes a Serial Killer?” Some killings could have been said to be because of a brain abnormality, an abusive childhood, or is the child insane, defined by legal definition? Every individual brain is made up of the same components to make it function.
663). Serial killer means someone who commits three or more murders in three or more separate locations with an emotional cooling off period in between the homicides. Serial killers are the group of people who kill, kill, and kill over a long period of time without ever being caught or stopped. Serial killers are generally cunning, manipulative and know the difference between right and wrong but dismiss it as applying to them. They are not capable of normal emotions such as love and generally react without considering the consequences of their actions.
This causes us to ask ourselves if the social constructs we have since created are a subconscious attempt to further suppress the need to kill. The people as a whole have made murder into such a horrible idea that not many people attempt it, for fear of being punished. In this case, the idea of a constructed society with pressures and expectations may be considered quite beneficial to
Secondly, it is true that death penalty is irreversible, but it is hard to kill a wrongly convicted person due to the several chances given to the convicted to prove his innocence with the appellate systems in place with the existing justice system, otherwise why does every country in the world have one? Thirdly, death penalty assures safety of the society by eliminating these criminals, thus eliminating repeat offenders. Deterrence means to punish somebody as an example and to create fear in other people for the punishment. The death penalty is one of those