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Serial Killers
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Serial Killers
A look at the psychological profiles of some notorious serial killers.
2,641 words (approx. 10.6 pages) |
6 sources |
MLA | 2007
Paper Summary:
The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the topic of serial killers. Specifically, it looks at Jeffrey Dahmer, Arthur Shawcross, Randy Craft, Aileen Wuornos, Bobbie Sue Terrell and Jane Toppan and explains their behavior from a psychological standpoint. It examines how they all meet specific psychiatric profiles and how serial killers have several commonalities that set them apart from the rest of the population.From the Paper:
"Aileen Wuornos also fits the pattern of a serial killer, as she believed her victims all deserved to die. So did Jeffrey Dahmer and Arthur Shawcross. Wuornos was a prostitute in Florida who killed seven victims after having sex with them. Unlike most of the other killers, she did kill for a motive; she wanted the victims' money. She, like the other killers, preyed on some of the most vulnerable people in society - men who wanted prostitutes, and, like many others, she was a sexual predator, killing after having sex. Dahmer and Kraft preyed on young men or homosexuals, Shawcross preyed on prostitutes, and Terrell and Toppan preyed on the elderly. All of these people had little or no defense, and so, they chose victims they knew they could dominate. "Sample of Sources Used:
- Fox, James Alan, and Jack Levin. Overkill: Mass Murder and Serial Killing Exposed. New York: Plenum Press, 1994.
- Giannangelo, Stephen J. The Psychopathology of Serial Murder A Theory of Violence. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1996.
- Kelleher, Michael D., and C. L. Kelleher. Murder Most Rare The Female Serial Killer. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998.
- Methvin, Eugene H. "The Face of Evil." National Review 23 Jan. 1995: 34+.
- Seltzer, Mark. "Serial Killers (1)." Differences 5.1 (1993): 92-128.
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Serial Killers (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-Serial-Killers/97210
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"Serial Killers" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-Serial-Killers/97210>
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