Quotes from Criminologists and Serial Killers -Message

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