By: John Ray
Serial Killers
Most Serial Killers kill because they often are
abused or mistreated as a child causing them to hurt
someone.
Thesis Statement
There is a form of aggression on one end of the continuum known as assertiveness while the
other end of the continuum is hostile or disruptive aggression The assertiveness
form of aggression is healthy, non-pathological and non-destructive, and fuels human
motivations such as ambitions, ideals, goals, autonomy, connection with others and self-
realization.We are all capable of being aggressive, of
containing unimaginable aggressive fantasies of
torture, sadism and murder, but we are not all serial killers. In various ways, we manage to
control our aggression, to not act out our violent fantasies. Serial killers, however, have
lost the boundaries between fantasy and reality, between assertiveness and aggression,
betweensavagery and civilization, and have
disconnected from humanity in a way that leaves most of
us stunned and afraid of their unthinkable cruelty and unfathomable enjoyment of
inflictingpain and fear.
Serial murder is defined as the killing of three or more people over
a period of more than30 days, with a significant cooling-off period. This cooling-off period
may be weeks, monthsor even years The sexual nature of the crime, which may or may not be
explicit, isperverse and sadistic and reflects an aggression that is particularly
destructive,pathological and rooted in violent fantasies that are acted out on the
victim
The audiology of this type of serial murder is unclear. Researchers have put forth
various theories such as sociological, biological, neurological and psychological theories
that seem to offer a partial understanding of the nature of serial murdering other words, all these
theoriesgo some way to contributing to the
conceptualization of serial killers’ behaviors, but in
isolation they maintain a focus on certain aspects while necessarily ignoring other aspects.It is for this reason that there is a consensus that
what makes a serial killer is acombination of many complex and interrelated
neurological, social, physiological, environmentaland psychological factors
Examining early infantile development, Freud (1920) stated
initially that aggression is areaction to frustration in the satisfaction of the ‘‘pleasure principle’’. He described the‘‘pleasure principle’’ as the
dominant motivational force within the infant psyche that seeks
primarily to obtain pleasurable experiences and will do so without
consideration or regard forthe other.
Some serial killers lead ostensibly normal lives as students, friends,
married peoplewith children, gainfully employed and active community members
The vast majority are not insane; they knew what they were doing
at the time ofthe crime The police evidence
points to their intentions even if the actual
crime was apparently sloppy, disorganized and opportunistic.
Serial Killers tend to follow a pattern in some way whether they kill a number of people and
leave a number of people they kill or each person
they kill die the same way or have some kind of
connection.
These severe problems of consistent definition
of serial killers and accurate assessments of
their victims cloud all attempts to understand
their behavior.
Most Serial Killers exbit personality disorders that makes them to lose control but steal wrong some serial killers may seek help to get
better but hardly accomplish help and go to jail.
The majority ofserial killers are not technically
insane. ‘Insanity’is a legally specic term that
addressesonly the question of whether or not
the killerknew at the time of the murder
that the act waswrong; most serial killers know
that theiractions are wrong.
One of the controversies involved in attempting
to analyze serial killers is the question of
motive: should they be categorized by the intent
that drives their behavior, or by its outcomes?
AllSerial killers derive enormous
pleasure, sexualeradication and intense exhilaration by the act
of violence and extreme domination over another
Person.
Serial killers are frequently categorized by
law enforcement officials as ‘organized’ or ‘disorganized’
terms that not only summarizetheir behaviors but serve as
two polesin a continuum of mental
illness.
Many forensic psychologistssuspect a genetic chemical
imbalance in thebrain
Some serial killers, such as Arthur Shaw cross,possess an extra Y
chromosome, which mayproduce hyper-aggressive
behavior
essential element of psychological pleasure in inflicting pain on another.
Related tothis perceived threat, these types of serial killers may be viewed as protecting a weak
and inadequatesense of self.
It is for this reason that there is a consensus that what makes a serial killer is a
combination of many complex and interrelated neurological,
social, physiological, environmental
and psychological factors
Most serialkillers exhibit a well-known triad of
behaviorsin childhood: prolonged bed wetting,
cruelty toanimals and a fascination with .re.
Most werephysically and sexually abused.
Serial killers are frequently categorized by
law enforcement officials terms that not only summarize
their behaviors but serve as two poles
in a continuum of mental illness.
David Canter, Toby Coffey, Malcolm Huntley, and
Christopher Missen steZelda G. Kinghoffer n hantke