#What makes a serial killer a killer sociology serial#
Lust Serial KillersLust murder is the commission of a sexual killing and is a distinct subcategory of homicide (Holmes & Holmes, 2002)Ī homicide in which the offender searches for erotic satisfaction by killing someone.Ĭommonly this type of crime is manifested either by murder during sexual intercourse and/or mutilating the sexual organs or areas of the victim's body. Female serial killers are often this type. The victims are usually close acquaintances or family members. These killers can go long periods of time without killing.COMFORT (PROFIT): material gain and extravagant lifestyle are primary motives. The victims often are strangers, who the killer may have stalked for a period of time. THRILL KILLER: primary goal is to inflict pain or create terror in the victims. They tend to use weapons that require close contact with victim. Sexual gratification depends on the amount of torture and mutilation they perform on the victims. MOTIVES(continued)LUST SERIAL KILLER: sex is the primary motive and fantasy plays a large role in their killings. MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS: these killers are often referred to as “angels of death.” They are often involved in fraud. Many of these killers sexually abuse their victims to gain control over them, not for sexual gratification. Often these killers are abused as children, which results in them feeling powerless and inadequate as adults. POWER/CONTROL TYPE: objective is to gain power/control over the victim. HEDONISTIC: derives pleasure from killing. Often the victims are prostitutes, young women, gay men ect.3.
They believe that they need to “rid the world” of what they consider immoral or unworthy. MISSION-ORIENTATED TYPE: displays no psychosis. VISIONARY MOTIVE TYPE: insane or psychotic, compelled to murder by entities such as the devil (“devil mandated”) or God (“God mandated”).2. 80% of the 400 of the past century have emerged since 1950
in the past century with anywhere from 2,526 - 3,860 victims50-300 serial killers are active at any point in timeSerial murders have increase over the past 30 years. Prevalence of Serial KillersApproximately 400 serial killers in the U.S.
Types Of Serial Killers:ORGANIZEDAbove average intelligence Methodological Lure victims Maintain control over the crime sceneThey follow their crimes in the mediaUsually socially adequateDISORGANIZEDLow intelligence ImpulsiveMurder when the opportunity arisesThey rarely dispose of the body, usually leaving the body where they found it.Introverted Psychopaths lack empathy and guilt, are egocentric and impulsive, and do not conform to social, moral and legal norms.They often follow a distinct set of rules which they have created for themselves.They appear to be normal and often quite charming - the “mask of sanity” They suffer from traits within a specific cluster of dysfunctional personality characteristics, those most commonly associated with Antisocial Personality Disorder or Dissocial Personality Disorder. The murders may have been attempted or completed in a similar fashion and the victims may have had something in common for example, occupation, race, appearance, sex or age group.ĬharacteristicsSingle, white malesIntelligentEmployment difficulties Unstable family historyOften abandoned by their fathers and raised by their mothersCriminal, psychiatric and alcoholic historiesAbuse historiesHigh rates of suicide attemptsInterested in voyeurism, fetishism and sadomasochistic pornographyHave a history of inappropriate bed wettingFascinated with firesSadistic activity/torturing small animalsĬharacteristics (continued)Psychosis is rarely noted among serial killers.The diagnosis’ usually is psychopath. SERIAL KILLERSPresented By : Dana Brebber& PietroSoldaĭefinition A serial killer is a person who murders three or more people over a period of more than 30 days, with a “cooling off” period between each murder, and whose motivation for killing is largely based on psychological gratification.Often, a sexual element is involved with the killings.
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