Top Research Papers on Serial Killers

The study shows that nearly half (40%) of theserial killings were occurred in United States of America, only 2.5% elderly victims of serial killings were found in India, and study has shown that female serial killers use less violent methods to kill their victims and the preferred methods are poisoning.

ABSTRACT This is an investigation into the ways in which serial killer mythology and notions of place are often co-created. In this study, we focus on the mythos of the serial killer and its relationship to the construct of Australian suburbia. We focus on the ways in which the tension between working-class suburbia and upper-middle-class suburbia plays out through the serial killer narrative. Politically, the serial killer narrative is also intertwined with the production of race-based, class-based and gendered definitions of space. We show how culture is deeply invested in ‘making sense’ of ...

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Os crimes cometidos por serial killers denotam que a mente humana merece atenção de todos na sociedade. As várias faces dos assassinos têm demonstrado que a aparência não tem nada que ver com os pensamentos hostis que rondam aquela mente doentia. Acerca dos estudos para esta obra, vários livros de diferentes épocas e escritores foram consultados, além de entrevistas para se obter uma maior gama de opiniões especializadas. Mantendo o estudo sobre as questões do cérebro, pretende-se entender como as sinapses desses indivíduos lidam com mudanças à sua volta. 

ABSTRACT An unsolicited spam email message leads to musings on the improbable correspondence between an attempt at extortion and the future of academic journals. Literal and figurative meanings of “serial killer” are explored.

Requiem for a Female Serial Killer, written by Dr. Phyllis Chesler, was published in 2020 by New English Review Press years after her phone conversations, letters, and visits on Death Row with serial killer, Aileen “Lee” Wuornos. Though her interactions occurred over thirty years ago, Chesler remained haunted by her time spent with the high-profile serial killer. She says her motivation to write this book was to memorialize Wuornos’ life, deeds, and death, but, in fact, it also seemed cathartic for her; remembering her work on this case was important to help Chesler better understand the compl...

Serial criminals have always influenced, with great fascination, the imagination and thoughts of the general public. From the earliest eras of history, such criminal personalities, widely publicized at the time, were personalities that shocked and gave rise to reactions as diverse as possible within society. It has long been considered that a serial killer is a man who cannot satisfy his sadistic sexual instincts and resorts to crime in order to obtain satisfaction. It has been observed, however, that the trigger of the serial crime is much wider, therefore there is a vast typology of serial c...

I June 1987, 40-year-old Arthur Shawcross was granted his freedom—freedom to kill. He had been convicted in 1972 of murdering two young children in upstate New York. His first victim was 10-year-old Jack Blake, whom he kidnapped while Jack was on his way to a friend’s house to play. Shawcross confessed to having raped and butchered the boy, and then devouring his genitals. Shawcross’s other victim was 8-year-old Karen Ann Hill, whom he raped and murdered. Shawcross served the minimum of a 15to 25-year sentence before being paroled. Despite his hideous past, Shawcross blended well into the Roch...

Latin system, a break he justifies at length at the beginning of Book XI: the pronoun and the participle were invented to fill two gaps, the noun having no person marking, the verb lacking case marking: ‘ce statut d’hybrides justifie leur contiguïté, qui n’est donc pas accidentelle, mais assumée et signifiante’ (p. 16). The text of Priscian is highly informative on different conceptions developed by his predecessors, whether this is done explicitly (he mentions the Stoic position of setting the participle under the verb, but argues that this part of speech should be considered as self-standing...

Serial killers are known to experience disorders that lead them to believe killing innocent people is normal. Traits or behaviors that may reinforce this belief includes abuse as a child, torturing animals, and bizarre sexual fantasies. These traits are usually develop as children are experiencing unusually traumatic events. This research is a case study, comparing two well-known serial killers – Richard Ramirez and Jeffrey Dahmer – to identify common themes in their upbringing and crimes. Findings have implications for professionals working in the juvenile justice and criminal justice systems...

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The sexed, gendered, classed, and skin-tone-based tensions between the sketches used by the police, the media's narrations of the Mataviejitas case, and the official discourses of what a criminal stereotypically “looks” like are highlighted.

Darth Vader is one of the most iconic supervillains in popular culture. As an evil archetype, Vader’s unequivocal villainy is predicated upon the enigma of his origin and the good versus evil polarity that arguably underpins the Star Wars franchise. However, the Star Wars prequel trilogy complicates the oversimplified dualism of this thematic premise by revealing Vader’s past as Anakin Skywalker: the once heroic “Chosen One” turned corrupted Jedi Knight then Sith Lord. Considering Vader’s various depictions across movies, comic books, and television, this chapter examines the sequential comple...

This chapter focuses on the difficulties the Mexican police, press, and public had in conceptualizing a serial killer, and how this affected the search for El/La Mataviejitas. It opens with a discussion of Mexico’s cultural beliefs concerning serial killing—that it is a product of anomie; it can happen only in a society deficient in moral values. The chapter then shows how from official discourses to popular culture, Mexicans conceive of their society as strongly grounded in traditional family values and how this belief influenced the search for a serial killer. The chapter closes with an anal...

This chapter surveys selective twenty-first century serial killer narratives and outlines their most significant recurrent themes and tropes. The most notable twenty-first century trend considered here are the depiction of the serial killer as a sympathetic anti-hero, as in Jeff Lindsay’s Dexter novels and the TV series of the same name, the TV series Bates Motel (2013–) and the YA novel/film I Am Not a Serial Killer (2009/2016), all of which depict disturbed teenagers struggling to repress their seemingly innate bloodlust, and the pre-eminent serial killer TV show of the past decade, Hannibal...

In this chapter, Blanshard examines one of the peculiarities of deliberative practice in the Athenian democratic governmental system, namely the tendency for decision-making to occur within the supportive presence of a network of peers. No major life decision, whether it related to the marriage of children, the sale of property, or the arrangements of funerals, was taken without wide consultation among friends and family. This means that when individuals were forced into situations of decision-making without the presence of their support networks, those decisions became, at the least, unsettli...

The present work embraces multiple aspects related to the theme of serial murder, which is essentially addressed by a criminological and personological perspective. Attention will be focused first on the serial killer figure, which will analyze both the intrapsychic peculiarities and the most intrinsic motivations behind the homicidal action as well as the more technical and specific aspects of the modus operandi and the signature that convey this kind of offenders. At the same time, a victimological overview will be developed, focusing on the preferential victims in this delinquent mode. The ...

This paper seeks to identify how the serial killer is portrayed in the title sequences of modern television shows.The modern age has witnessed a proliferation of television shows that showcase a deep study of crime amongst other topics.Within this genre there is an increasing focus on the serial killer who is becoming a North American cultural icon, while originating in its regeneration from the Gothic tradition. Subsequently, the popularization of the television show has also been trademarked by opening title sequences that start each episode.This title sequence uniquely marks a condensation ...

Abstract Serial sex killing is developing into the moral panic of the 1990s but unlike previous moral panics about sex crime the activity of serial killing in Britain is very limited and the current concern is probably overstated. American definitions of the problem are becoming too influential and we are moving towards socially constructing a world-wide epidemic of serial killers. A serial killer industry is building up which gains much by a growth in the fear of serial killers. There are benefits for social control agents, particularly the police; for business interests as technology expands...

In a sample of 248 killers of two victims in America from 1900 to 2005, obtained from an encyclopedia of serial killers by Newton (2006), those completing suicide did not differ in sex, race, or the motive for the killing from those who were arrested.

This essay traces a clinical case in which the danger in the analysand's destructiveness was deployed primarily through passivity and withdrawal. Problems of envy, fears of competition, and anxieties about loss and abandonment kept the treatment too frequently at impasse. The case is used to illustrate the way that countertransference collusions may mask highly destructive processes in treatments. Technical and theoretical considerations of work with such patients are discussed.

Discusses general profiles of serial killers and the fact that a profile will not fit every serial killer.

This article presents a feminist analysis of the serial killer portrait film—a cycle of contemporary low-budget films featuring serial killer protagonists. Although unusual within serial killer cinema for their frustration of identification and suspense, portrait films remain locked into wider popular discourses around serial murder, particularly in their intertextual aspects. In the portrait film, this results in a tautological construction of the serial killer (he kills because he is a killer, he is a killer because he kills) that places him not only beyond understanding but also outside soc...

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Seit den Anfangen des Films ist die Figur des Serienkillers nicht mehr aus dem Medium wegzudenken. Im weiteren Verlauf ist ein regelrechter Hype um die Figur entstanden. Der Film und spater auch die Serie sind bei der Darstellung des Morders standig mutiger geworden und haben den Zuschauer immer naher an den Killer herangefuhrt. Den derzeitigen Hohenpunkt dieser Entwicklung bildet dabei wohl die US-Serie DEXTER. Denn sie hat es geschafft, dem Publikum einen Serienkiller zu prasentieren, der nicht nur blutrunstig ist, sondern der auch zur Identifikation einladt. In meiner Diplomarbeit habe ich ...

Kimberley Tyrrell is PhD student at The University of New South Wales. email: kimberleytyrrell@hotmail.com ©2001 Kimberley Tyrrell (text) ©2001 Jane Cafarella (cartoon) As Andrew Tudor has shown in his study of the horror film, there has been a dramatic rise in the number of films featuring psychotic or disturbed individuals as killers or monster-figures since the 1960s, replacing more conventional forms of threat such as vampires, werewolves, or aliens. This psychologically troubled character has increasingly taken the form of the serial killer since the term was coined by FBI agent Robert Re...

The study of serial killing has been dominated by an individualized focus on the aetiology and biography of particular offenders. As such, it has tended to downplay the broader social, historical and cultural context of such acts. This article addresses this lacuna by arguing that serial killers are distinctively modern. It highlights six modern phenomena related to serial killing: (a) the mass media and the attendant rise of a celebrity culture; (b) a society of strangers; (c) a type of mean/ends rationality that is largely divorced from value considerations; (d) cultural frameworks of denigr...

During its first season, Twin Peaks invited us to watch as if we were reading a detective novel. The narrative began with-or at-a dead body, as all proper detective stories do, then unfolded into a series of investigative responses to the murder of a young woman: the arrival of a heroic detective, the evaluation of physical and forensic evidence, the interrogation of suspects and witnesses. But as many people have observed, the series seemed, in the second season-if not even earlier-to become something quite other than a televised detective novel. Twin Peaks asks us to compare it with the lite...

Serial murder is a specific type of violent crime that falls into the crime category of multicide. According to the nomenclature of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Violent Crime Classification Manual and Academic Researchers for the Classification of Violent Crimes, most serial killers are adults. However, serial murder is also committed by young people, although to a lesser extent. Young serial killers are a topic of relevance in areas such as psychology, criminology, and the justice system. Given that the study of the variables that could be the basis of such multicide criminality is n...

The aim of the current study was to compare and contrast non-cannibalistic and cannibalistic serial killers. Using case study data, the present study assessed common patterns among the life histories of cannibalistic serial killers compared to those of a control sample of serial killers that did not commit cannibalism. These include but are not limited to childhood experiences, socio-economic status, biological abnormalities and life events. Results indicated that factors that may differentiate cannibals from non-cannibals likely result from childhood influences, rather than influences at the ...

For years, law enforcement, true crime writers, and journalists have portrayed serial killers as criminal masterminds, but a closer look at serial homicide cases reveals a different story: Serial killers are opportunists who target marginalized and vulnerable populations.

It is argued that the investigation and prosecution of such cases are vulnerable to many cognitive biases and errors of reasoning about uncertainty, exacerbated by the fact that fact-finders have to determine not only whether a particular person was guilty of certain crimes, but whether any crimes were committed by anybody at all.

O propósito deste estudo é descrever os recursos argumentativos utilizados na construção dos frames em duas webnotícias. Para tanto, serão utilizadas as noções de frame e script (VAN DIJK, 2021) provenientes da análise crítica do discurso com base cognitiva, além da noção de estereótipo (AMOSSY, 2022), filiando os pressupostos à discussão sobre argumentação realizada pela Linguística Textual e pela teoria da argumentação no discurso (CAVALCANTE et al., 2022; AMOSSY, 2020). Os resultados das análises elucidaram que as escolhas lexicais utilizadas pelos locutores demonstraram ser também estratég...

This systematic review examines studies about serial killers 2010–2021. It has been proposed that genetic markers and environmental factors may contribute to the development of serial killers. Studies about genetic markers were compared to relevant studies supporting environmental factors and a subset of environmental and genetic factors to better understand the etiology of serial killing. There is evidence for a genetic predisposition for serial killer development. The significance of genetic testing has a promising future for studies about criminals, but there is compelling evidence of a com...

This essay explores the correlation between childhood trauma and serial killers, specifically the extent to which child abuse plays a role in the development of a serial killer. Previously done research has shown that the typical ‘profile’ of a serial killer usually includes some kind of abuse during childhood (Ressler, Burgess, Douglas, & Depue, 1985). Based on results of a study done by Mithell and Aamodt in 2005. On average , 50% of serial killers have experienced psychological abuse, 36% have experienced psychological abuse and 26% have experienced sexual abuse . This essay relies on a mix...

: Serial crimes have always had a strong impact on society and added more complexity to the legal investigative systems. Beyond that negative impact, history has documented with fascination those cases and the name of some killers remain in the memory of society and law with strong reverberation. Maybe an even more complexity is added in these cases, to the psychological and psychiatric examination of the offender, starting from the psychological autopsy, profiling of the killer and the actual examination of the guilty. Psycho-analysis in these cases follows the legal investigation closely as ...

The article deals with the concept "serial killings", gives their classification, and reveals the elements of criminal behaviour in the course of this act. It considers the issues of developing the concept "serial killing", identifying criteria that differentiate this criminal act, and classifying this type of crime. The author of the article presents the results of some research in the field of behavioural constancy of serial killers, assessing the possibility of using them to identify a series of crimes, and highlighting the factors that act as catalysts for aggressive behaviour of serial ki...

Serial killers are important in American horror because of their ability to exist between ‘myth’ and ‘reality’. The serial killer is one of the most important American myths, but it is one firmly rooted in real life: unlike Paul Bunyan or Superman, serial killers do exist. This essay examines the relationship between the ‘myth’ and the ‘reality’ of serial killers, and the complex relationship between the American public and the serial killer, using Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer as a guide. Firstly, the essay will discuss the creation and importance of American myths, before moving on to e...

We know that every abortion kills a human being created in the image and likeness of God. And we know that each of these individuals, from her biological beginning, is a unique and unrepeatable miracle.

This article reads the perennial popularity of true crime products as symptomatic of repression and cultural trauma. Providing a close-reading of gender representation in the popular Netflix series Mindhunter, the author meditates on the postmodern characteristics of the series, which also signal the “forgotten” or repressed content to which the viewer returns. Utilising a feminist psychoanalytic approach to the popular Netflix series Mindhunter, the author considers representation in relation to seriality in order to speculate that seriality might formalise the traumatic return, and be used a...

When The Babylon Bee published the satirical piece entitled "Serial Killer Released after Explaining Murder Was Only 3% of What He Did," a strange reaction occurred in my brain as I thought about Planned Parenthood's phony claim that only three percent of its business is aborting children.

This paper seeks to identify how the serial killer is portrayed in the title sequences of modern television shows.The modern age has witnessed a proliferation of television shows that showcase a deep study of crime amongst other topics.Within this genre there is an increasing focus on the serial killer who is becoming a North American cultural icon, while originating in its regeneration from the Gothic tradition. Subsequently, the popularization of the television show has also been trademarked by opening title sequences that start each episode.This title sequence uniquely marks a condensation ...

Much psychological research examining the serial killer has adopted an essentialist theoretical focus concentrating on the `nature' of the individual who commits the murder. This study, in contrast, aims to analyse the talk of a serial killer using principles taken from discursive psychology. A courtroom transcript concerning the confession to 10 murders by the serial killer, Dennis Rader, was analysed. The transcript was read and reread in order to examine how the killer drew upon popular understandings of serial killing, until eventually three main discourses were identified: perpetrator as ...

Este estudo foi feito com base na literatura e ficcao que deu vida a realidade de uma sociedade perigosa e violenta com o aparecimento dos serial killers. Foi utilizado o metodo dedutivo para a realizacao desta pesquisa, atraves de estudo com livros, enciclopedias, artigos psiquiatricos, internet e revistas. O problema dos assassinos em serie nao e recente e nao deve ser visto como uma invencao holliwoodiana. Os casos vem aumentando, e o problema aparentemente nao e de solucao rapida. A maioria dos casos e tida como uma doenca mental, ou seja, classifica esses criminosos como psicopat...

Guide to a select group of serial killers in the United States as well as other geographic areas

The American public is fascinated by horror and cruelty. Fictional characters like Hannibal Lecter and Michael Myers amuse moviegoers; but while these interesting beings and their crimes sometimes seem far-fetched, they can be all too close to reality. What happens when the characters of a movie come to life, or cinema imitates reality? Just mentioning " Helter Skelter " or " Zodiac " can send chills down the spine of the biggest horror film fan. Anyone who has a common knowledge of Jeffery Dahmer or Ted Bundy knows they are far from fictional. Bonnie and Clyde, David Berkowitz, and Jack the R...

An attempt is made to understand the transformation of a person into a serial killer considering the life events, psychopathology and stressors that lead to the emergence from the world of imagination and fantasy of a potential murderer to the deeds that comprise the syndrome.

Abstract The author explores the concept of a tableau, a term used to describe the evolving crime scene that is sometimes discovered in the investigation of serial killers. This tableau is considered as a complex architectonic symbol of the killer'S traumatized past. Elements found in the tableau are described. The author illustrates the discussion with a case example of a sadomasochistic young man whose fantasies follow the dictates of a dehumanizing principle.

Recent debates in television studies have increasingly addressed the fact that despite arguments about television being defined by the flow of broadcasting engaging the casual glance of the TV viewer, television has never been restricted to a set time and place, or even to one medium, but instead offers audiences multiple avenues to engage with their favourite products. One of the earliest and most loyal fan followings for a TV programme developed around the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows (1966-71), leading to conventions, novels, comic strips, episode guides, two feature films, and a series o...

There are many cultural myths about serial killers, often propagated even by mental health professionals. Many assume there is a profile of a serial killer, that serial killers always go for the same victim type or always use the same MO, that they are more clever than ordinary people, and that they are inevitably charming and attractive. The truth is not as simple as that. There are different types of serial killers, and while there are many books that discuss the serial killer phenomenon especially in relationship to victim types or context, researchers have not yet been able to come up with...