Norman Chen Forensics Science P3 Edmund Kemper Case Study Edmund Emil Kemper was one of America’s most feared serial killers. The early 1970’s were known as the age of violence, and with good reason too. Not only was Kemper going around preying on and taking the lives of hitchhikers, but two other murderers, Fraizer and Muller, were claiming victims as well. Altogether, the three claimed a total of 28 victims. Initially in May 1972, female hitchhikers began to disappear.
Ridgway growing up around this society developed him into a man who undervalued women and also felt to gain power after living a very broken-childhood, which is why violence upon women was his escape to accomplish a sense of authority. During the time in-between 1982 to 2001, Ridgway had only been arrested twice, with many killings of other women that had gone unheard of. The social institutions did not fulfill the needs of a stable society. In 2001, that is when Ridgway had been arrested on the suspicion of murdering four women 19 years after in
Throughout history we have seen many tyrants create and even maintain conflict just to further their own ends, resulting in the loss of many innocent lives. The likes of Muammar Gaddafi, Joseph Kony, Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler. These self-obsessed leaders have only come to power by being corrupt and creating conflict causing thousands of innocent people to suffer, they have used their high authority to steal land, money and even force their religious views/options. Roughly 66,000 innocent children have been abducted and made to kill their parents by Kony; 20,000 people were killed during Gaddafi’s reign; 300,000 people were murdered by Benito Mussolini and 7 million were executed or worked to death by Hitler. In total, at least 7386,000 people were murdered all because tyrannical, self-obsessed leaders wanted to further their own ends.
Aileen Wuornos without a doubt is one of the most interesting, animated, and sickly entertaining serial killers of modern times. Wuornos also happens to be one if not the first female serial killer sent to death row and executed. She was held responsible for the murder of 8 men found in central Florida around I-75. Aileen was known as a street walker, a hitchhiking hooker, but yet had a romantic relationship with a Tyra. Serial killers usually have a traumatic childhood, so it must be apparent that something went tremendously wrong with Aileen as a child that led her to be a psychotic serial killer.
vs After analysing criminal cases of Dr Harold Shipman and Dr Peter Green, some similarities become apparent. They were both a GP doctors, using their GP practices to source their victims. Both of them used their position of thrust and authority to facilitate their crimes. They both were preying on vulnerable people – Harold Shipman targeted old and frail patient, Dr Peter Green used young people with intimate problems - to fulfil their distorted needs. The criminal activity of both family doctors lasted for many years – allegedly Harold Shipman was killing his patients over the period of 23 years; Peter Green was abusing his patients for over 17 years.
Aileen Wuornos was an American serial killer who murdered seven men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. The case was a media sensation, not only because Wuornos was a woman but also because it touched upon many other factors of interest to a sensationalist media, including sex and sexuality. By the time she was executed on October 9th 2002, Wuornos had become one of modern America's most notorious serial killers, and her case had divided public opinion. Today, the Aileen Wuornos case can be seen as a testing ground for the debate over criminological approaches to rehabilitation, and as an example of the different theories regarding why an individual commits murder. Wuornos's background was extremely troubled.
11/03/2014 Gary Ridgway Gary Ridgway was best known as the “Green River” serial killer due to where he left his victims. For two decades Ridgway went on a shocking killing spree targeting more than forty-eight prostitutes and teenage runaways. Overtime, killing became part of his well-being. It takes a certain kind of mind to digest the taking of another human life with no remorse. For an individual to lose self-control in such deviant and heinous activity, left fear upon many.
Based on the infamy and notoriety of these crimes, Jack the Ripper was the most notorious serial killer of the 19th century, due to the fact that he had killed five women, very brutally, kept and sent letters that were sick and twisted, and he killed all the women at the same location in England. Jack the Ripper was the most notorious serial killer because of the victims he killed. According to Bessel, Paul. jack the
However, this was not enough for the newly acclaimed serial killer. He sought out Kathryn Bright on April 14, 1974. This time he stabbed his victim while she was tied up and then strangled her. At first she was not thought of as a BTK victim, until a letter was sent to the Wichita Eagle-Beacon in October of 1974. This is when Dennis Rader took credit for his crimes and taunted authorities with his games and signed the letter BTK (Bind, torture and kill).
Marie Caccavale Bundy vs. Kuklinksi 10/10/11 Richard Kuklinski and Ted Bundy are two American psychopaths. These men both murdered many people but their motivations, victims and styles differed vastly. They are very different types of psychopath which can be seen in how each committed their crimes. Luckily there is a number called a PCL-R score that can tell us exactly how psychopathic someone is quantitatively. Though as a citizen you would probably deem one the lesser of two evils based on whether you are a college girl or a person in debt to the mafia, Hare’s checklist is very reliable.