"Serial Murders and Their Victims"

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This paper examines how the crux of the approach and theory of Hickey is centered around two fundamental issues - the separation of myth from reality regarding serial killers, and understanding the means by which the serial killer is specifically distinguished apart from other forms of murder such as mass murderers. The paper looks at how Hickey provides a veritable blueprint for the study of mass murder that further enhances the field by providing a model for evaluation that has given rise to computer programs, sophisticated tracking systems, and high level psychological profiling by law enforcement officials, that has served to center the focus in the study on the particular type of mentality that the mass murderer has.

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"Hickey's motivation for writing his book and providing and a blueprint model for the study of the serial killer is to address the clinical tendencies of the serial killer, and separate myths from facts so that law enforcement which contributes to law enforcement more effectively, objectively and quantifiable pursuit of the factors regarding serial killers, in developing methods of apprehending serial killers and maintaining the damage that they wreak on society thereof. Hickey takes a critical eye to the social phenomenon of the serial murderer, which gives rise to a relatively objective and empirical model for studying the serial killer that has given rise to technology, departments, and organizational advantages in techniques of law enforcement and application of law enforcement theory in apprehending the serial murderers thereof. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Defining Serial Murder." 2007:http://www.serialhomicide.com/defining-serial-killers.htm
• Hickey, Eric. Serial Murderers and Their Victims. Wadsworth Publishing Company; 2nd edition (July 23, 1996)
• Lambert, Pam. "Nightmare alley: to catch killers, FBI profiler William Hagmaier probes the dark side of the human psyche." People Weekly v49.n6 (Feb 16, 1998): pp163(3).
• Ryan, Alan. "Expert system stalks killers. (an expert system that helps do police work)." Computerworld v21.n28 (July 13, 1987): pp33(2).
• "Serial Murder Hickey." 2007: http://www.personal.ksu.edu/~lswilli/SerialMurderhickey4.html

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