Jeffrey Dahmer: Background Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer was born on May 21, 1960 to Joyce Annette and Lionel Herbert Dahmer; he also had a little brother named David. Dahmer’s mother was said to be tense, greedy for attention, and argumentative. She would work herself to the point of extreme anxiety just for her husband’s attention; she even attempted suicide on an Equanil overdose. Dahmer’s father was not home much due to being at school; he was working towards a chemistry degree. So, Jeffrey’s parents
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