What Makes Serial Killers Kill?
Essay by Tyrone Kirk • April 22, 2016 • Essay • 789 Words (4 Pages) • 1,337 Views
Introduction
Everybody in the world always ask the infamous million dollar question of, what makes serial killers kill? This question holds many different answers none of which are technically wrong or right. Personally I think what motivates them to start out on their killing spree is that simply they are crazy for reasons unknown, it could be from their past or it could be for other reasons. Wait I am getting ahead of myself let me take you back and start you off with what defines a serial killer. A serial killer is a person who goes on murdering sprees killing three or more people over a series of time. Now if we take a look back at all of the well-known serial killers of all time, what do they all have in common? All have killed multiple people, all had a bad childhood, all looked like they belonged in a nut house in my opinion, and all blended into society so know body suspected them. As you read this paper you are going to gather your own conclusions to this million dollar question, have fun.
Methodology
To find all the information need for this paper, my plan is to use the internet and find psychologist pages to help explain the question. There are thousands of pages to choose from most of them use words we do not understand so the goal is to take that information and put it in this paper in words that everybody can understand. Hopefully, the information that is gathered will answer the million dollar question, but also it will provide support of my theory as well.
Research
When people find out that someone they know or a loved one has committed a horrible crime such as murder they are usually in a great shock, but usually there are signs to tell what they are able to commit further down the line. Say if someone you know has antisocial behavior and personality and can show no remorse or guilt, that is a sign but it is not always considered has a bad thing, some signs would show when they are younger to, for example the love for setting fires and watching things burn, and killing animals such as cats and dogs while showing no remorse of what happened. Dr. Helen Morrison, has done research she said "No matter what country, ethnicity, race, socioeconomic background, education, familial background, they are all exactly the same." She believes that there is a chromosomal disorder that is abnormal that begins to show up during puberty, which causes most serial killers to kill their first victim during their teenage years.
The other standing question is how do baby’s turn into serial killers? Some scientist think that it’s because it is engraved deep inside their minds and they will show it when they are no longer happy in somebody else’s arms unless they are in their mothers arms. For this reasoning this why they believe that serial killers are not attached to their victims. While those who
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