Criminolgists
“The deviant and the conformist...are creatures of the same culture, inventions of the same imagination.” Kai Theodor Erikson
“We are all capable of becoming something monstrous.” Cyraus Foldger
"The
most effective guard against delinquency is a father who is at the same time
both strict and loving.” Sheldon Glueck
Serial Killers
“We serial killers are your sons, we are your husbands, we are everywhere. And there will be more of your children dead tomorrow.” Ted Bundy
“Really now: If you can't get me my newspaper on time, how can you expect me to refrain from killing people?” Jeff Lindsay
Supporting View- Environmental Trauma
"A serial killer is someone who kills at least three victims one by one in a series of sequential murders, with a form of psychological gratification as the primary motive.” - Unknown
"Most criminologists believe the theory that traumatic childhood experiences lead directly to the behavior of serial killers." -Newton
"More than 74% of serial killers were subjected to continuous psychological torture as a child." -Schechter and Everitt
Opposing View- Environmental Trauma
"We cannot exclude that childhood abuse or neglect may be a factor in making psychopaths commit crimes, but it's not a likely contributing factor to psychopathy itself."- Berit Brogaard
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Bibliography
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Giannangelo, Stephen J. Real-life Monsters: A Psychological Examination of the Serial Murderer. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2012. Print.
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Pelisek, Christine. The Daily Beast. Newsweek/Daily Beast, 25 Mar. 2013. Web. 03 Apr. 2013.
Sanderson, Sertan. The South African RSS. N.p., 14 Mar. 2013. Web. 03 Apr. 2013.
"Ted Bundy - Born To Kill? (Documentary)." YouTube. YouTube, 20 July 2011. Web. 03 Apr. 2013.
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Articles
http://www.scienceomega.com/article/855/inside-the-mind-of-a-serial-killer-a-psychologists-perspective
"Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer- a Pyschologists Perspective," explains that serial killers represent the most extreme behavior of the human kind. Serial killers is so fascinating to pyschologists, because sometimes the reasons why the kill are unknown. They describe how it's a pyschologists job to explain why serial killers kill. One of the biggest challenges is explaing why they kill other people. They explain that they figure it out, depending on their brain, damage, childhood abuse, and personality disorders.
http://www.thesouthafrican.com/popular-stories/crimes-of-passion-and-passion-for-crime-sas-top-10-serial-killers.html
"Crimes of Passion and Passion for Crime," is about the 10 worst serial killers in South Africa. It explains what each serial killer did to their victim. It doesn't explain any psychology of a serial killer, but it does explain how they lured their victims and might have caused their anger. Some had childhood tramua, while others seemed to have nothing wrong. They also describe what kind of victims each serial killer prefered.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/25/hunting-for-long-gone-serial-killers-inside-the-dead-man-walking-project.html
"Hunting for Long-Gone Serial Killers: Inside the Dead Man Talking Project," is an article about Carol Burke, who tries to open up cold case files, and discover long gone killers. Trying to test old DNA is very difficult. Sometimes it's even missing. They discover that there are many felons missing from the database, which also makes it hard to convict certain serial killers. Carol Burke is known for opening up cold case files, and finding justice for families who need it.
http://www.thisblogrules.com/2011/09/child-criminology-early-signs-of-a-killer.html
"Child Criminology: Early Signs of a Killer," is about obvious warning signs that a child gives out that could mean they were born to be a killer. The author states that the childhood of a killer is where it all started. If children come from an abusive home, or have hatred toward their parents, those could both be signs of a killer forming. Most serial killers were abused as children. This article explains that children who have fetishes, obsessions, mental illness, has attempted suicide, has extreme bed wetting, and tortures animals could all be explanations of a serial killer in the making.
http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/21994223/article-Serial-killers-Does-childhood-abuse-lead-to-a-life-of-crime--What’s-the-connection---?instance=secondary_stories_left_column
"Does childhood abuse lead to a life of crime?," is about if the children that get beat, smacked, and starved has a child, have a better chance of comitting a crime. One of the experts they interview, explain that their bad childhood experiences is the cause of a serial killer. They reaearched serial killers, and found that in almost all of them, they were abused as a child by their primary caregivers. This could potentially be explained by mental tramua they recieve, and the mental state that is created by the abuse.
"Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer- a Pyschologists Perspective," explains that serial killers represent the most extreme behavior of the human kind. Serial killers is so fascinating to pyschologists, because sometimes the reasons why the kill are unknown. They describe how it's a pyschologists job to explain why serial killers kill. One of the biggest challenges is explaing why they kill other people. They explain that they figure it out, depending on their brain, damage, childhood abuse, and personality disorders.
http://www.thesouthafrican.com/popular-stories/crimes-of-passion-and-passion-for-crime-sas-top-10-serial-killers.html
"Crimes of Passion and Passion for Crime," is about the 10 worst serial killers in South Africa. It explains what each serial killer did to their victim. It doesn't explain any psychology of a serial killer, but it does explain how they lured their victims and might have caused their anger. Some had childhood tramua, while others seemed to have nothing wrong. They also describe what kind of victims each serial killer prefered.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/25/hunting-for-long-gone-serial-killers-inside-the-dead-man-walking-project.html
"Hunting for Long-Gone Serial Killers: Inside the Dead Man Talking Project," is an article about Carol Burke, who tries to open up cold case files, and discover long gone killers. Trying to test old DNA is very difficult. Sometimes it's even missing. They discover that there are many felons missing from the database, which also makes it hard to convict certain serial killers. Carol Burke is known for opening up cold case files, and finding justice for families who need it.
http://www.thisblogrules.com/2011/09/child-criminology-early-signs-of-a-killer.html
"Child Criminology: Early Signs of a Killer," is about obvious warning signs that a child gives out that could mean they were born to be a killer. The author states that the childhood of a killer is where it all started. If children come from an abusive home, or have hatred toward their parents, those could both be signs of a killer forming. Most serial killers were abused as children. This article explains that children who have fetishes, obsessions, mental illness, has attempted suicide, has extreme bed wetting, and tortures animals could all be explanations of a serial killer in the making.
http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/21994223/article-Serial-killers-Does-childhood-abuse-lead-to-a-life-of-crime--What’s-the-connection---?instance=secondary_stories_left_column
"Does childhood abuse lead to a life of crime?," is about if the children that get beat, smacked, and starved has a child, have a better chance of comitting a crime. One of the experts they interview, explain that their bad childhood experiences is the cause of a serial killer. They reaearched serial killers, and found that in almost all of them, they were abused as a child by their primary caregivers. This could potentially be explained by mental tramua they recieve, and the mental state that is created by the abuse.
Documentary Assignment
1.
“Ted Bundy: Born to Kill” is based on the serial
killer Ted Bundy. He was a serial killer who scared the world from 1974-1979.
He brutally killed and raped many women all over the United States. This
documentary explains how Ted Bundy was raised, and how everyone thought he was
normal. He only confessed to 30 murders, but the true number is over 100. The
documentary explains when he was born and where, his death, religion, and many
more facts about him. They study psychological issues that deal with Ted Bundy.
They describe the environment he lived in, and the disorders he had that could
have contributed to his brutal killings.
2.
This film follows one person’s story. The
documentary shows pictures of his victims and headshots of him, and explains
his life before the killings. They show actually footage of where he grew up.
Forensic psychologists and criminologists were interviewed for their opinion on
them. They also interviewed different authors of books written about him to
give there expert opinion. They also
interviewed residents of the communities where Ted Bundy struck.
3.
They showed pictures of Ted Bundy from his
younger years, to his recent years, and pictures that were never seen. They
didn’t show any news articles or programs. The mainly showed pictures of him
and his victims, and then interviews of different experts and people who could
explain Ted Bundy and his ways. They did show actual footage of the court room
during the trial and video clips of what that building looks like. They showed
pictures of skulls Ted Bundy buried, that were his victims.
4.
They interviewed psychologists, forensic
workers, and criminologists to give expert opinions on what they know about Ted
Bundy. They gave their opinion on how his childhood affected him, and why they
think he murdered so many women. They also interviewed an author of a book
written about Ted Bundy, because she sent years studying his ways and trying to
understand his personality and the crimes he committed.
5.
There is a bias, but it’s a bias everyone
probably thinks about Ted Bundy, and it’s that he was a bad criminal. Ted Bundy
murdered many women, so obviously he will not be viewed in this documentary as
a good human. I’m sure he did good things, but overall he was a bad person.
6.
This video helped me learn more information on
how a serial killer acts, and gave me a few examples of some ways that explain
why serial killers kill other, innocent people. I learned about disorders and environmental
issues that help connect to my topic, the psychology of serial killers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zriSw1UBqv8
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