Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer was born on May 21, 1960, to Lionel and Joyce Dahmer at Evangelical Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Despite Mrs. Dahmer’s rough pregnancy, Dahmer was a loved and wanted child. According to New York Times “Dahmer did not fit the classic serial killer pattern. He wasn't an abused child. He grew up not in a foster home but an actual home where he was loved.” (Rank). He never showed signs of mental problems as a young child but as he grew he became more withdrawn from others.
out their murders for they tend to do research on their victim before committing the murder. For example, Richard Ramirez was found guilty of killing 13 people. Prior to every killing, he would stalk them throughout the
Serial killers are often portrayed in the media as being highly intelligent individuals capable of superhuman feats. The purpose of this paper is to review multidisciplinary research on Serial Killers’ behavioral and personality traits in conjunction with crime scene characteristics to ascertain a better understanding of this phenomenon. A serial killer is someone who murders three or more people in more than 30 days, and there is a usually a cooling off period in between kills (break in the time