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Serial Killers
Childhood characteristics:
- Psychologically, physically and sexually abused by friends, family or strangers
- Father may be domineering and abusive
- Delinquent acts such as pyromania, theft, and cruelty to animals
- Early psychiatric problems
- At an early age they are interested in fetishism, sadomasochistic, pornography and voyeurism
Characteristics of a serial killer:
- Over 90% are white males between the age of 25 and 35
- Range from lower to middle class backgrounds
- Average to high intelligence
- Minimum of 3 murders to be classed as a serial killer
- High rate of suicide
- Usually hate their parents
- They reflect a need to sadistically dominate their victim
Who do they kill?
- Serial killers select their victims
- Victims may represent a sort of “symbolic value” to the killer
- Victims are usually vulnerable such as prostitutes and runaways
Why do they kill?
There are four types of serial killers based on motive for killing and who their victims are. ... Visionary Motive Killers
2. Thrill Oriented Killers
3. ... Mission-Oriented Killer
Another point about serial killers is that their minds are constantly going through these stages.
Approximate Word count = 878
Approximate Pages = 3.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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