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.