Introduction According to a psychological profile, the IQ level of caught serial killers is above the average value that equals approximately 150 that is very close to the level of genius. Actually, the issue of a psychological profile of serial killers is global, because this method used in many countries such as United States and Australia, Canada and England, Finland and the Netherlands, Singapore and South Africa (Criminal profiling). I have chosen this issue, because it is interesting for me
theories in relation to serial killers, some theories stem from the killers upbringing while other theories focus on their social skills and how they functioned in society. Some concepts go as far as religious aspects like that of demonic possession, the battle of good and evil, or mental illness like schizophrenia. However, the Biopsychosocial Theory is a combination of biological, psychological, and social factors that come together like ingredients to form the mind of a serial killer. Religious theories
In 1988 during an eleven week period, occurred the most well-known and clever serial killer case of all time, Jack the Ripper. This case took place in Whitechapel and Spitalfields in the East end areas of London, England. The first victim of the Jack the Ripper case was a prostitute, Mary Ann Nichols who was found with her throat slit open and several incisions in her abdomen. Annie Chapman was the next victim who was also a prostitute. Annie was found with her throat slit, stomach cut open, her
John Knowles born on April 17, 1946 in Orlando Florida his nicknames are The Casanova killer, Lester Daryl Gates , Daryl Golden. His father gave him for foster homes, and reformatories after he was convicted of petty of a crimes. Knowles was first incarcerated at the age of 19, and in the years following he would spend his time in prison. Knowles claims to kill 3 people that night because Angela broke it off with him. His first victim was 65 year old Alice Curtis, he broke into her home. And gagged
“On an average studies show that people are 21 times more feasible to be murdered or killed by someone they know then a stranger on the street.” http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-kellermann.htm. How coincidental is it that two non-related cases have similar outcomes. Both murderers killed someone they knew. While most people feel safe around their loved ones or people they may know for long periods of time as an outsider looking in it might be safe to say that people should be very observant as well
Criminal Minds is an American television show which focuses on a fictionalized version of the Federal Bureau of Intelligence’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, a group of professional profilers who travel around the country solving crimes and catching killers. In the 8th episode of the 4th season, titled “Masterpiece,” the team deals with a psychopathic murderer who turns himself in so as to play a gruesome game with the BAU. He tells the team that he has already murdered 7 women and hidden the evidence—but
A rampaging killer known as buffalo bill to the public is kidnapping and murdering young women across the Midwest. Believing it takes one to know one, the head FBI agent sends the new agent in training, Claire Starling, to interview a prisoner who may provide insight to who the killer is. The prisoner in questioning is psychiatrist, Dr. Hannibal Lector, an intelligent man who also happens to be a murderous cannibal. He must be kept in a separate cell with a glass wall to prevent him from biting or
minds of those who murder, rape, and torture over and over again, it is more than just murder. It is a passion. Serial killers unlike a “typical” individual, turn to violence and death in order to feed their gruesome thrill and addiction. Society views serial killers as they are portrayed in films or TV shows. There’s Dexter, the average looking Miami male. However, Dexter is a serial killer, who lives a casual life while feeding his need to kill by getting rid of all the “bad guys” in Miami. Then there’s
According to the New Oxford American Dictionary, murder is the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another. Sadly, murders are not uncommon, as one person is murdered every 60 seconds and more then 2,000 child murders are committed every day in the United States. Yet there was one horrific child murder committed by two teenagers, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, in an attempt to commit “the perfect crime”. Nathan Leopold, 19, son of millionaire box manufacturer, was a child of wealth
y was one of the most well-known serial killers, of all time. He confessed to about 30 murders before he was executed in 1989, but it is thought that he killed over 300 women. When people hear about all of these killings, they wonder, what makes a serial killer tick, and are they made that way throughout childhood, or are they born that way? There is conclusive evidence, using the nature vs. nurture idea and the Jim Fallon brain study, that one is made a killer, not born one. Using Ted Bundy as