American Criminal Minds of the 20th Century
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AMERICAN CRIMINAL MINDS OF THE 20TH
CENTURY
Diseases that affect the human brain, and the family problems can make a human become a
monster.
STRUCTUREIntroduction1. Monsters or Victims?2. Studying the Serial Killer Brain
• 2.1. Antisocial Personality Disorder vs. Psychopathy• 2.2. Organized vs. Disorganized Killers• 2.3. The Holmes and Holmes Serial Murder Typology
3. Joe Ball - "The Alligator Man"4. Joseph Christopher: "The Midtown Slasher"5. Donald Henry Gaskins: "The Meanest Man in America"ConclusionBibliography
F I R S T C H A P T E R : M O N S T E R S O R V I C T I M S ?
A serial killer has difficulty in actually processing, understanding and using emotional material
Androgens (hormones), may have a direct influence on physiological mechanisms governing behavior or organize the developing human brain to make particular behavioral responses more likely
SECOND CHAPTER: STUDYING THE SERIAL KILLER BRAIN
A N T I S O C I A L P E R S O N A L I T Y D I S O R D E R V S . P S Y C H O PAT H Y
People with personality disorder:• - have a long history of arrests • - are often involved in physical fights• - act impulsively
Psychopathy - a severe form of personality disorder
Psychopaths:• have the antisocial behaviors mentioned• have additional traits such as lack of remorse or guilt
for their actions
O R G A N I Z E D V S . D I S O R G A N I Z E D K I L L E R S
Organized killer - leading an orderly life, high intelligence, socially competent, and more likely than the disorganized killer to have skilled employment
Disorganized killer - reflecting an overall sense of disorder and suggests little, preplanning of the murder ,socially incompetent and have below-average intelligence
T H E H O L M E S A N D H O L M E S S E R I A L M U R D E R T Y P O L O G Y
Visionary - kills because 'commanded' to do so by voices or visions
Mission-Oriented - The murderer has a goal (to rid the world of certain type of person)
Hedonistic - kills for pleasure
Power/Control Oriented - the criminal act is based on the desire to show total control over other human beings
T H E T H I R D C H A P T E R : J O E B A L L - " T H E A L L I G AT O R M A N "
Serial killer from Texas
Murdered 20 women during 1930s
Had a saloon named Sociable Inn where he kept five alligators
Joe killed himself after he was exposed
THE FOURTH CHAPTER: JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER: "THE MIDTOWN
SLASHER"
Racist from 1980s
Killed 30 black people in 4 months with a 22 caliber
gun
Was convicted to 60 years of prison
in 1985
THE FIFTEEN CHAPTER: DONALD HENRY GASKINS: "THE MEANEST
MAN IN AMERICA
A killer from South Carolina
Brutal, detached, pedophile, cannibal, and psychopath.
He killed both family members, close friends and strangers
He confessed to over 181 murders
Was executed on September 6, 1991, at 1:10AM.
Was the fourth person to die in the electric chair after the death
penalty was reinstated in South Carolina
CONCLUSION
In the end, all we can conclude is that serial
killers are human black holes. Killing others is not
an attempt to fill the void, but to spread the void.
They are an embodiment of the darkness, desire,
and power that we must repress within ourselves
BIBLIOGRAPHYDouglas, John. The Mind Hunter. New York: Pocket Books, 1996. Print
Marquis, de Sade. Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings. New York: Grove Press, 1990. Print
Osterburg, James and Ward, Richard. Criminal Investigation ed.6, New York: Anderson Publishing, 2010. Print
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