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Serial Killer John Wayne Gacy

the distinction of being responsible for more deaths any other lone killer before him in U.S. history (Shih, 1997; p. PG). John W...

Sociological Theories and Serial Killers

In five pages this paper considers the anomie concept in this discussion of serial killings and how they may be explained through ...

Inside the Criminal Mind by Stanton Samenow and Mass Murderers

done regarding the men and (some) women who kill repeatedly. "Inside the Criminal Mind" Dr. Stanton E. Samenow would agree with...

Motivations and Personalities of Serial Killers

has also been pointed out that those with active or high fantasy prone imaginations are more apt to be able to become serial kille...

Serial Murderers Jeffrey Dahmer and David Berkowitz and the Impact of Adoption

This paper considers the impact of adoption in serial killing in this comparative analysis of murderers Jeffrey Dahmer and David B...

A Ted Bundy Profile

In five pages the serial killer's early life is discussed in order to determine what may have set him on a murderous path. There ...

US Culture and Violence

In five pages this paper discusses US culture's representation of violence in an overview of the actual events involving serial ki...

First US Serial Killer Herman Mudgett

In eight pages this paper examines the documentation related to Herman Mudgett, who is believed to be the first known serial kille...

Serial Killers' Personalities

London, England. This case remained unsolved, with speculation regarding the possible culprit. Rumours of a Royal or an American c...

Causes and Diagnosis of Asthma

In seven pages asthma is examined in terms of environmental and biological causes along with diagnostic techniques such as Sensiti...

Annotated Bibliography on Female Serial Killers

In eleven pages this paper discusses women serial killers in a comparison and contrast with their male counterparts in this journa...

Types of Serial Killers

relative change in the number of incidents. Mitchell (1996) cites the words of retired FBI Agent Robert Ressler: "Serial killing ...

Childhood of Serial Murderers Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer

In six pages this paper searches for clues in the childhoods of these serial killers in order to determine whether or not anything...

Serial Killer vs. Mass Murderer: What is the Difference?

before stalking prey, often traveling from one state to another. Rather than being delusional, serial killers often calculatedly ...

Hunting Humans

they must be understood in the context of society as a whole. Because it is their relationship to society-or their inability to fi...

Serial Killers and Mass Murderers

or days (Siegel, 2008). A spree killer is like a mass murderer except the spree killer moves from place to place (Clark, 2007). Se...

Dahmer, the Mind of a Serial Killer

marriage broke-up and their was an acrimonious divorce (Jeffrey Dahmer, 2009). Dahmer developed alcoholism in high school. After g...

What Do Killers Think

have become far more visible over the last few decades, such as spousal abuse, school violence, child abuse, car-jacking, and so o...

Hermann Ebbinghaus Life and Contributions

f?r Psychologie und Physiologie der Sinnesorgane (Hermann Ebbinghaus). (The title translates roughly as the "Journal of Psychology...

BOOK REVIEW: MIND HUNTER

because it shows the toll of Douglas work on his health and personal life. This is very clear from the first paragraph of the prol...

Criminal Profiling and Other Issues

artists, ruthless manipulators, and petty criminals. Psychopaths usually commit crimes because they like to control, dominate, and...

Distinguishing Murder Multiple Victims, Motives, and Characteristics

1029 While there are always exceptions, murders can often be...

Bias in Decision Making

manner to a lesser extent. In investment decision this is also known as the sunk cost fallacy (Howells and Bain, 2007). There ar...

Questions on Media, Power and Culture

This research paper covers a variety of topics that pertain to media in contemporary culture. Topics include social media, the Hol...

49ers Press Release and Supporting Information

for Breast Cancer in June 2008 with the target of raising $300,000 and work with the Bill Wilson House in August 2008 where free T...

The Mass Media and Black Americans

6 pages and 7 sources. This paper relates the fact that the mass media has promoted a variety of ways of viewing African American...

Homelessness and the Media's Negative Portrayal

In seven pages this paper discusses the shift between the 1980s to the 1990s regarding the media's portrayal of homelessness from ...

Serial Killer Edmund Kemper III

"I see no psychiatrist reason to consider him a danger to himself or any other member of society" (Methvin, 1995). Kemper had a se...

U.S. and Religious Minorities

In six pages this paper discusses the media's portrayal of U.S. religious minorities with Judaism, Santeria, and Catholicism among...

Serial Murderer Jeffrey Dahmer's Plea of Insanity

This paper consists of five pages and discusses how the insanity plea was not plausible in the case of psychopathic murderer Jeffr...