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. One of the main reasons that Aileen Wuornos became a serial killer was due to her upbringing. Her mother abandoned her very early in her childhood and her father was a convicted pedophile who eventually committed suicide in prison. One could only assume that she was adopted by close family members or a foster child. Another disturbing revelation about her childhood was that Aileen had sexual relations at a young age, but with her brother Keith.
Aileen Wournos: Woman Serial Killer Leilani Daniels AP Psychology Background: Born Aileen Carol Pittman on February 29, 1956 in Rochester, Michigan. Wuornos' childhood was a troubled one. She and her brother were taken in by their grandmother when she was four years old after her father, who is claimed to be a schizophrenic and committed sex crimes with younger girls, hanged himself in prison. Their mother abandoned them in 1960. Her grandfather was an alcoholic and she had claimed he abused her.
On the other hand, Elizabeth seems to be genuinely scared and helpless. The account is quite short on the paper suggesting that she doesn’t want to talk about it and supports my point above. The beginning sentence of the text shows confusion and fright which later turns into just fright because Elizabeth didn’t hear the message from Daisy Bates earlier due to lack of communication. Eckford could also be confused as a result of the fact that she has never experienced this type of anger between two groups of people because she is so young and naive. The quote “ I tried to see a friendly face in the mob” implies that she feels feeble and helpless as well as lonely.
Then in 2007, is what the police believe, Sowell started killing the women he brought back to his home on Imperial Avenue. During Anthony’s childhood he was raised by his single mother. Anthony’s mother had three children, Anthony a daughter and another son. Anthony’s mother also took in her seven grandchildren. Sowell’s childhood consisted of watching his mother beat on his nieces and nephews while he and his brother watched, from a different room.
Kemper’s mother had sent him to live with his grandparents because she was tired of his eccentric behavior. Edmund Kemper, seventeen at the time, decided to shoot his grand mother “just to see how it felt” and eventually shot his grandfather when he returned home. He was sent to a mental asylum later for his actions but proved to his psychologist, through assistant work and studies, that he was deemed normal enough for release including expunging his juvenile records. However, he was still fascinated with killer which began his murder campaign around the age of 24. Edmund worked for the department of transportation in Santa Cruz and began to pick up hitchhikers, bring them to deserted areas, and brutally rape and kill them.
Similar to almost every teenager in our world today, Anne Frank was a rebellious adolescent. For instance, when Anne was recommended by her father to not get involved in a relationship with Peter. In spite of the wise words of her father, she chose to proceed being romantically involved with him. At one point, Anne speaks to her mother in a disdainful way, accusing her of being cold and tactless. Anne was also described by one of her neighbors as harsh, rebellious, and sharp-tongued, all characteristics shared by numerous teens today.
We learn the backstory of a head of police; his daughter was also abducted and killed many years ago. As the film moves forward, we are led to believe that the drug lord took the girl in revenge, but we soon discover that it was in fact the head of police, caring for the girl and protecting her from harm. The main investigator, who makes this discovery, is caught in a moral dilemma, but chooses to return the girl to her rightful family, and abide by the law. This sparks many questions about what we ourselves would do in this situation, and how we would react. Do you return the girl, to her loving yet broken and unstable family clouded with drugs?
Parents are busy making fortune and they are either too busy or quite tired to interact with their kid. They want to replace their presence through material aspect and here lies the real danger. The teens who are not related with the syphilis outbreak or are even aware of it allow the investigator to delve into their own dark world where there are everyday new rules for dating and sex. And children of age group of twelve or thirteen are even the victim of this social malice and in fact are the worst affected
Working With Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Trauma: The case of Brenna Marissa Bowman Walden University In the case of Brenna social and economic injustice was present in the areas of housing, education and healthcare. Brenna became a victim of sexual assault at the age of 15 by her mother’s boyfriend. When she disclosed to her mother about the sexual assault Brenna was asked to move out. There was an immediate lack of concern for Brenna’s well-being by her mother virtually kicking her out with no regard to how she would survive or continue going to school. Freud’s theory regarding the ego and psychosexual development states that: “perceiving welfare recipients as victims of psychologically abusive histories can result in character disorders
For example, the antagonist, Abigail Williams, continuously lied about other people’s lifestyles and practices to benefit herself and help herself attain what she wanted. Her lies, as well as several other young girls who followed her example, lead to hysteria in the community, and unjust, unreasonable convictions that lead to many individual’s imprisonment and death. The girls participating and telling such dogma, gave them a sense of empowerment, which was uncommon for women and children in their society. On the other end of the spectrum, John Proctor, the protagonist, saw the girl’s behavior as fallacious and refused to partake and accept such ludicrous antics. After confessing honestly to committing adultery against his wife, and refusing to testify against Abigail ultimately lead to his down fall.