By: John Ray

By: John Ray

Serial Killers

Most Serial Killers kill because they often are

abused or mistreated as a child causing them to hurt

someone.

Thesis Statement

There is a form of aggression on one end of the continuum known as assertiveness while the

other end of the continuum is hostile or disruptive aggression The assertiveness

form of aggression is healthy, non-pathological and non-destructive, and fuels human

motivations such as ambitions, ideals, goals, autonomy, connection with others and self-

realization.We are all capable of being aggressive, of

containing unimaginable aggressive fantasies of

torture, sadism and murder, but we are not all serial killers. In various ways, we manage to

control our aggression, to not act out our violent fantasies. Serial killers, however, have

lost the boundaries between fantasy and reality, between assertiveness and aggression,

betweensavagery and civilization, and have

disconnected from humanity in a way that leaves most of

us stunned and afraid of their unthinkable cruelty and unfathomable enjoyment of

inflictingpain and fear.

Serial murder is defined as the killing of three or more people over

a period of more than30 days, with a significant cooling-off period. This cooling-off period

may be weeks, monthsor even years The sexual nature of the crime, which may or may not be

explicit, isperverse and sadistic and reflects an aggression that is particularly

destructive,pathological and rooted in violent fantasies that are acted out on the

victim

The audiology of this type of serial murder is unclear. Researchers have put forth

various theories such as sociological, biological, neurological and psychological theories

that seem to offer a partial understanding of the nature of serial murdering other words, all these

theoriesgo some way to contributing to the

conceptualization of serial killers’ behaviors, but in

isolation they maintain a focus on certain aspects while necessarily ignoring other aspects.It is for this reason that there is a consensus that

what makes a serial killer is acombination of many complex and interrelated

neurological, social, physiological, environmentaland psychological factors

Examining early infantile development, Freud (1920) stated

initially that aggression is areaction to frustration in the satisfaction of the ‘‘pleasure principle’’. He described the‘‘pleasure principle’’ as the

dominant motivational force within the infant psyche that seeks

primarily to obtain pleasurable experiences and will do so without

consideration or regard forthe other.

Some serial killers lead ostensibly normal lives as students, friends,

married peoplewith children, gainfully employed and active community members

The vast majority are not insane; they knew what they were doing

at the time ofthe crime The police evidence

points to their intentions even if the actual

crime was apparently sloppy, disorganized and opportunistic.

Serial Killers tend to follow a pattern in some way whether they kill a number of people and

leave a number of people they kill or each person

they kill die the same way or have some kind of

connection.

These severe problems of consistent definition

of serial killers and accurate assessments of

their victims cloud all attempts to understand

their behavior.

Most Serial Killers exbit personality disorders that makes them to lose control but steal wrong some serial killers may seek help to get

better but hardly accomplish help and go to jail.

The majority ofserial killers are not technically

insane. ‘Insanity’is a legally specic term that

addressesonly the question of whether or not

the killerknew at the time of the murder

that the act waswrong; most serial killers know

that theiractions are wrong.

One of the controversies involved in attempting

to analyze serial killers is the question of

motive: should they be categorized by the intent

that drives their behavior, or by its outcomes?

AllSerial killers derive enormous

pleasure, sexualeradication and intense exhilaration by the act

of violence and extreme domination over another

Person.

Serial killers are frequently categorized by

law enforcement officials as ‘organized’ or ‘disorganized’

terms that not only summarizetheir behaviors but serve as

two polesin a continuum of mental

illness.

Many forensic psychologistssuspect a genetic chemical

imbalance in thebrain

Some serial killers, such as Arthur Shaw cross,possess an extra Y

chromosome, which mayproduce hyper-aggressive

behavior

essential element of psychological pleasure in inflicting pain on another.

Related tothis perceived threat, these types of serial killers may be viewed as protecting a weak

and inadequatesense of self.

It is for this reason that there is a consensus that what makes a serial killer is a

combination of many complex and interrelated neurological,

social, physiological, environmental

and psychological factors

Most serialkillers exhibit a well-known triad of

behaviorsin childhood: prolonged bed wetting,

cruelty toanimals and a fascination with .re.

Most werephysically and sexually abused.

Serial killers are frequently categorized by

law enforcement officials terms that not only summarize

their behaviors but serve as two poles

in a continuum of mental illness.

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