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Green River Serial Killer, 2004.
An examination the investigation into the case of the Green River killer.
1,075 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 54.95
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This paper looks at the investigation into the case of the Green River killer, which stretched from 1982 to 2001, before Gary Ridgway was finally arrested for murdering 48 women. Ridgway's case is distinguished by the length and expense of the homicide investigation.
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Early Years
Police Investigation: Mid-1985 to 1987
Forensic Investigation
Conclusion
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"Armed with a warrant, investigators take hair and saliva samples from Ridgway, in addition to evidence from his car and his locker at work. However, the Washington State Crime Laboratory failed to link Ridgway to the Green River Killings. The investigation is further stalled when another victim's boyfriend cannot possibly identify Ridgway from a photo montage. Meanwhile, another prostitute disappears in February.
By 1988, the task force turns to national television, offering a $100,000 reward. By this time, the investigation had cost $13 million. Victims? remains would continue to be unearthed throughout the 1990s. However, with the lack of evidence, the investigation into the Green River killer grows cold. The Green River Task Force is officially disbanded in 1991."
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Female Serial Killers, 2005.
This paper discusses that a female serial killer is a much more complicated and complex character than a male serial killer who, unlike women, often commits multiple murders because of sexual motivation.
3,475 words (approx. 13.9 pages), 8 sources, APA, AU$ 142.95
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This paper explains that a female serial killer, whose motivations in committing the crime of murder is manifold and range over a wide variety of reasons, often goes unnoticed and goes on committing her crimes, undetected over many years. The author points out that a majority of the female serial killers, who often are quite shy, employ toxic substances, harmful medicines and asphyxiations as their procedure for murder. The paper states that criminal profiling is just another investigative tool, not a total solution; because of the many myths surrounding female serial killers, criminal profiling of female serial killers is not appropriate.
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F.B.I. Criminal Profiling of Female Serial Killers
Sexual Predator, Black Widow, Angels of Death, Revenge, Profit and Unsolved Categories
Methods and Motives
How to Stop or Prevent Creating Profiling the Female Serial Killer
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"In some cases, a female can take more females as partners, and the crimes will be asexual, or she can team up with a single man, in which case the crimes become sexual in nature. Female serial killers connive with their male accomplices in forty to forty-five percent of the cases, whereas in fifty-five to sixty percent cases they do it all by themselves. Though killings at the hands of a female serial killer must have been going on from time immemorial, it is only from the year 1960 onwards that serious notice was taken of the phenomenon of the serial killer, when the number of murders began to rise at an alarming rate, and it was in the 1980's that the FBI began to think up a system of identifying and studying the psychology behind a serial killer. "
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Serial Killers and Feminism, 2002.
The paper presents a detailed exploration of serial killers and feminism, using several sources to explore what the feminist film contributes to the understanding by society of serial killers.
1,315 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 64.95
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The paper shows that for many years people have studied the patterns and lives of serial killers in the effort to establish how they are created; and other studies are conducted to discuss the pattern of the victims of the serial killers. It shows that since the 1960?s the women?s movement has been in full force-- from housewife and helpmate to equality in the world between the genders. The paper examines several works which have been published that have examined the feminist role, and reaction to serial killers. Books examined include "In Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film" by Carol J. Clover and Mark Seltzer?s "Serial Killers: Death and Life in America's Wound Culture".
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"Chapter six of the book discusses the popular psychology of the serial killer. In this area of the book the reader is taken on a journey of what the popular beliefs are when it comes to serial killers(Seltzer, 1998). This chapter also addresses the victim even if not directly. It manages to dovetail with Clover?s opinion that serial killers in films are not the heroes."
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Serial Killers, 2006.
This paper discusses serial killers, which the FBI generally defines as someone who kills three or more tomes with a cooling-off period between the crimes.
3,980 words (approx. 15.9 pages), 9 sources, MLA, AU$ 158.95
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This paper explains that, to the public, serial killers appear to be so skilled and clever that they are a particular worry for society and a hidden danger for which there seems to be no shield or protection. The author points out that, in addition to disrupted childhoods, there seems to be some genetic link to criminal behavior as demonstrated by twin studies, which have shown that patterns of significant antisocial behavior are more common between identical twins than non-identical siblings. The paper stresses that serial killers are caught because, regardless of how clever they are, eventually, they leave some kind of evidence behind that forensic science, which has made tremendous advances in recent years, can use to identify the killer. The paper includes many examples of serial killers.
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Introduction
Traits of Serial Killers
Causes
Examples of Serial Killers
Example
Catching Serial Killers
How Many Serial Killers are There?
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"While most serial killers are white, some belong to other races. Most are male, but about 15% are female. Female serial killers are often harder to detect because they work so quietly, often using poison, kill with longer gaps between victims, and typically murder for financial gain, although a few, such as Aileen Wuornos, use more violent methods and target strangers much as men tend to do. The average male serial killer will have 10 - 13 victims before being stopped."
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Serial Killers, 2006.
An analysis of the profile of serial killers, focusing on Arthur Shawcross.
2,145 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 98.95
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This paper discusses psychological profiling of serial killers. It provides the case example of serial killer Arthur Shawcross. The writer states that serial killers have long fascinated and repulsed Americans and the world and that many of them are extremely famous, such as Jack the Ripper and the "Boston Strangler." It discusses how much study has gone in to why some people become serial killers, and this has helped identify and capture many modern serial killers. Serial killer Arthur Shawcross killed eleven people in Rochester, New York during a two-year spree; his profile by the FBI turned out to be amazingly accurate and helped lead to his capture.
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"What makes a killer take the lives of repeated victims? Serial killers (those who kill more than three victims) have been around for centuries. One reporter writes, "Yet in the last two decades serial killings have become increasingly frequent, with as many as half a dozen peppering the headlines and newscasts simultaneously, terrorizing entire cities and regions" (Methvin, 1995). While this type of murder may be relatively common, it was not until recently that serial killers were seriously studied, and devices were created to help identify and capture serial killers on the loose. That method is psychological profiling."
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Serial Killers, 2007.
An analysis of the etiology of the serial killer behavior.
2,947 words (approx. 11.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 127.95
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This paper discusses how serial killers almost have the level of cult heroes in the psyche of the United States and other countries. It attempts to define who serial killers are, what makes them who they are and why they have commanded our interest in such a way.
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Introduction
Backgrounds of Serial Killers
Motivation of Serial Killers
Male versus Female Serial Killers
Police Hunts for Serial Killers
Conclusion
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"Documentation of crimes felt to be attributable to serial killers have been noted since the 15th Centrury. In the Psychopathica Sexualis, Richard von Krafft Ebing reports an incident of serial murder in Italy in t he 1870s. We all have heard of Jack the Ripper, who terrorized London in 1888. The term serial killer, however, , yet the term only came into popular use sometime in the 1970s. No one is sure who exactly gets the credit for the nomenclature. It was first widely applied to the cases surrounding the murders committed by Ted Bundy and the Son "
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The Serial Killer, 2008.
This paper studies the serial killer and looks at the related psychopathology.
1,234 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 6 sources, APA, AU$ 62.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the serial killer has become a staple in crime fiction, movies, and television shows, including the recent film 'Zodiac', which tells the story of a serial killer who terrorized San Francisco for almost a decade. The writer points out that as the latter shows, the serial killer is a reality and not just a plot device, and the psychopathology of this sort of killer has been studied closely for its cause and different ways in which it is manifested. The writer notes that such studies are of use to psychiatrists, of course, but also to a profiler who uses the data to make assessments of serial killer cases in order to hone in on a suspect and stop the crimes. The writer concludes that studies of serial killers are necessarily largely confined to those caught and convicted, leaving some uncertainty about killers who have not been caught and even more about the many who may not even have been discovered or recognized.
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"Victims may be chosen for their symbolic value as much as for any other reason. A series of murders undertaken for financial gain would not qualify. Cult murders would also be eliminated because there is a different motivation for that sort of crime.
"The serial killer is most often identified as a psychopath or sociopath. The criteria for this disorder have been identified by the American Psychiatric Association as follows. First, this individual shows a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others. This would have been true since the age of 15."
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Serial Killers, 2004.
Examines three infamous serial killers to gain a deeper understanding into what influenced their psychotic minds.
1,771 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 7 sources, APA, AU$ 83.95
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Serial killers have long fascinated the general public, not only because their crimes are so heinous, but also because they embody the extremes to which psychological disorders can take a person. In the name of psychological insight, the lives of serial killers are dissected down to the most minute detail in the hope of understanding what factors contribute to making a 'monster'. This paper shows that what motivates the serial killer is an area of much research. Whether we are any further ahead in our understanding of the psychotic personality is debatable, however. The question of environment versus genetics is a matter of contention in the study of serial killers, as is the question of power versus pleasure in the motive. By looking at such serial killers as John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, David Berkowitz, and Jeffrey Dahmer, this paper provides a clearer understanding of the many influences in developing the antisocial or psychotic personality.
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"The serial killer who seeks sexual pleasure may be of several different types. "Lust murders can be disorganized or organized, and the sexual orientation can be either heterosexual or homosexual. The primary difference is that an organized lust killer can usually escape police detection." (Connor, 2004). Ted Bundy fits the profile of an organized lust killer, who seemed quite personable, and was able to seduce at least twenty-two women to their deaths. A variety of deviant practices often accompany the lust murder. These may include pedophilia, bestiality, pyromania, necrophilia, torture and cannibalism, although the latter three are usually found in the disorganized serial killer. (Connor, 2004)."
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Serial Killers, 2008.
An analysis of serial killers as addicts and what we can learn about their nature if we perceive them in this way.
2,439 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 11 sources, MLA, AU$ 108.95
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This paper discusses the nature of a serial killer. It specifically looks at whether serial killing can be considered to be an addiction and if we can learn more about a serial killer by perceiving it as an addiction. The paper describes the major types of serial killers and discusses the nature of addiction. The paper finally questions if being a serial killer is an addiction, if there are possible interventions to help him or her with this malady.
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"While rare, this gender bias in serial killers is occasionally bypassed. Often falling into their own separate category, female serial killers are more often than not associated with therapeutic settings in hospitals or nursing homes. These are nurturing settings that also allow them to be in complete control over a patient, usually an elderly or terminally ill patient, but not necessarily so. Although not officially categorized as such, they are referred to as the lethal caretakers, or more sensationally as the Angels of Death. "This contemporary Angel of Death embodies an especially pernicious darkness in our humanity by systemically attacking the weak and defenseless who have been involuntarily placed into her care or must rely on her for comfort and support" (Kelleher, and Kelleher 60). Aileen Wuornos is perhaps one of the most famous and atypical examples of a female serial killer. Although debatable, she actually falls under the genre of Hedonistic Gain Killer; killing truck drivers and other motorists for their money and their cars (Jenkins)."
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Serial Killers and Gender, 2007.
An analysis of the gender theories behind what drives serial killers.
1,288 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 63.95
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This paper discusses serial killers, specifically the roles of gender in determining serial killers. It looks at some of the theories of what drives serial killers and suggests that many of the theories are based on male case studies that often do not hold true for female serial killers. It also presents a study in the form of a survey to illustrates its hypothesis.
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Introduction
Hypothesis
Participants
Method
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"The idea that all serial killers are driven by sexual fantasies has been challenged by some theorists, who suggest that these murders are less defined by sex -- even when it plays a functional role in their execution -- and more driven by some other psychological aspect, such as the desire for power or status. (It is somewhat ironic that theorists have traditionally argued that rape is always about power, rather than sex, but that serial murder is always about sex) According to Buss, serial killers may actually be motivated by status. Serial killers, in this idea, are seeking revenge on the world for denying them the status they feel they have earned, while mass murderers are attempting to gain or maintain status by killing those who threaten it. This might be applied both to sadistic sexual murders and to what might be called "feminine" murders of intimate associates."
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Psychological Profiling of Serial Killers, 2008.
This paper discusses psychologically profiling serial killers, with a look at the famous Zodiac killer.
1,131 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, APA, AU$ 57.95
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The paper relates that law enforcement agencies are increasingly utilizing psychologists to track serial killers by creating a psychological profile of the offender. This paper discusses aspects of psychological profiling, including victimology, the classification of the motives of serial killers and how they are used to profile a serial killer. The paper focuses on the Zodiac killer and the inability of psychological profiling to result in a conviction.
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"Victimology is the study of the victim's physical traits, lifestyle and personal demographics (Think Quest, 2004). These can reveal information about the killer. For example the size of the victim and whether they have been carried a distance might indicate the size or number of the perpetrator/s (Petherick, n.d.). If they have been carried a distance, the offender is likely to be large or not working alone. Alternately the lack of signs of a struggle suggests the offender was known to the victim or able to them into going with the offender and is possibly of the organised typology (Petherick, n.d.). If the victims of multiple crimes have similar characteristics e.g. blonde students, they may be the workings of the same offender. This information can then be used to warn people matching those demographics to be more cautious."
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Analyzing the Serial Killer, 2006.
This paper analyzes the complicated and dangerous mind of the serial killer as well as the psychological and emotional factors that contribute to the development of these murderers.
888 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 46.95
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This paper explores the various similarities found when profiling serial killers. The writer of this paper contends that most serial killers had less-than-ideal childhood and most likely experienced one or more of the following incidents throughout the most crucial stages in their development: Incest, abuse, divorce, adoption and neglect. This paper delves into "The Right Man Syndrome" which is defined as male's irrational need to have total control over women. This paper also discusses depression which is a common condition found in most serial killers as well as the lack of emotional response which results when these killers continue on their murder sprees.
Table of Contents:
A Childhood of Horrors
The Damaged Mind
"The Right Man"
To Thine Own Self Be Known
Two to Slaughter
The Greatest of Ease
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"Third on our trip through the serial killer's mind is the home of another trait found in some cases of their dark, terrifying minds. This is a psychological trait exhibited only in a few male serial killers, but is there none-the-less. It is called "The Right Man Syndrome". This syndrome is basically a male's irrational need to have total control over a woman, a need to believe they are God's gift to women, and they also cannot handle being proven wrong. If these criteria are not met, the male will most likely erupt into a furious rage, taking it out on anything, or anyone, around him. While a man with this syndrome may cheat on his wife, she must not cheat on him, or she will trigger one of there outbursts. In turn, he may take this rage, which can be a deadly one, out on the next female stranger he comes across."
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Serial Killers, 2002.
A research proposal to study the impact of the psychology of parent relationships on serial killers.
3,132 words (approx. 12.5 pages), 12 sources, MLA, AU$ 133.95
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This paper discusses how serial killers have been studied, to no avail, by law enforcement agencies and mental health professionals in the effort to determine what triggers them and with the hope of being able to prevent their attacks on other people. It proposes a research study to analyze the impact of the killer?s relationship with his or her mother has on he or she becoming a serial killer and explores whether a negative relationship or bonding experience with the mother can create the backdrop for a serial killer personality.
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"For the purpose of this proposal it is important to understand the difference between a mass murderer and a serial murderer. A mass murderer is one who commits one act of murder that takes the lives of many(Chong, 2002). Examples of mass murders would be Columbine and the two young boys in the Arkansas school who laid in wait at their school and shot students and teachers as they exited the building for a false fire alarm. A serial killer is one who has the desire to kill over and over again and does so. The victims are usually one person at a time, but may be two if they are located together, such as in a parked car. Serial killers may go for periods of time without committing a murder, but the urge eventually becomes to much for them in theory, and the killer seeks relief by murdering again."
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Serial Killers, 2005.
An extensive analysis into the psychological, physiological, and environmental aspects of the development of a serial killer.
2,350 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 105.95
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This paper evaluates the distinct differences between one who commits a murder and one who is labeled as a 'serial killer'. It analyzes the possible biological contributions, such as serotonin versus testosterone, which develop the serial killer mentality. The paper contrasts the possible environmental aspects of such a development, including unbalanced parenting or a dysfunctional adolescence. It analyzes the progression throughout adolescence into adulthood of the serial killer. Finally, the paper emphasizes the importance of the concepts of isolation and fantasy.
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"Furthermore, a low sexual drive would cause them to seek outlandish ways to fulfill their drive, as they are not sustained by normal sexual situations. This is a distinct difference which separates a serial killer; they exhibit a socially dysfunctional sexual awareness, evident through their crimes. Even if not naturally apparent, their crimes are sexually driven. Sex seems to be linked with violence and death rather than pleasure and life; procreation is disturbing (Scott). Biologically, it can be theorized that an abnormality in the hypothalamus may create this sexual awareness. The hypothalamus controls and regulates the sexual drive, as well as violence centers (Myers, 98). If an abnormality exists, it is possible that a closer association between sex and violence could develop."
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Ted Bundy: Study of a Serial Killer, 2004.
This paper analyzes the life of the serial killer, Ted Bundy.
3,390 words (approx. 13.6 pages), 3 sources, APA, AU$ 174.95
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This paper analyzes the life of Ted Bundy, the serial killer. The paper considers how his childhood molded him and what his patterns as a killer can tell us about serial killers in general.
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"Ted Bundy is perhaps the most notorious serial killer in American history. The fact that Bundy was an intelligent, good looking and charming young man stunned the public as he did not fit the standard image of a serial killer that most people held. However, it is important to consider Bundy's childhood and background in order to understand how a man like Bundy could become a cold blooded rapist and murderer."
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Serial Killers, 2000.
A cursory examination of serial killers. Explores the killings of John Wayne Gacy and Ted Bundy among others.
1,967 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 11 sources, MLA, AU$ 91.95
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This work is a short examination of the primary habits and characteristics of serial killers. Some of the serial killers profiled include famous names like Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer and David Berkowitz (Son of Sam). Subjects explored concerning the killers include method, family background, and religious background.
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Murders are committed everyday in this world. Many people constantly walk in fear that some person lurking in the shadows will jump out with a weapon and kill them. Even though people fear all types of killers, perhaps the most feared types of killers are serial in nature. These people kill repeatedly and often torture their victims before their murderous outburst. Athough most serial killers share a few characteristics in common, they are all quite unique in one way or another.
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