1.Understanding The Criminal Behavior System And Crime

Serial killers seem to be a constant part of society. From Vlad the Impaler to the Angels of Mercy killers people with murder on their mind have always been in our society. All of civilization has been focused on war and defense since

In addition, these criminals have affected our public perception to view them as popular figures rather than for the violent acts they have committed (Schmid 4). By buying their merchandise, watching their movies and treating them as celebrities, society no longer sees the killer – they see the mask, hence alternating our perception to judge if a killer is 'good' or 'bad'. That is to say, serial killers are psychopaths that shouldn't be idolized. Although some serial killers react to social changes, society has a reaction to all serial culture.

Robert Durst is believed to be the one responsible for deaths of two people, as well the potential involvement of a third death. In the early months of 1982, Durst’s wife, Kathleen, suddenly went missing. Durst did not end up informing authorities about his wife’s state after nearly a week had passed. Authorities were never able to directly relate Durst to the murder as a result of a lack of evidence. In the late months of 2000, Susan Berman, a friend of Roberts was found dead in her California home. Coincidentally, Berman had been murdered in the days before she was to be questioned by authorities about Kathleen's murder In the fall of 2001, while living in Texas, Durst was involved in an altercation with his neighbor, and ultimately murdered

Many serial killers suffer from a mental illness or incapacity of some type, and more specifically, many serial killers suffer from Psychopathic Personality Disorder, or PPD, a mental disorder that causes the inability to empathize with others (Forensic Science 563). It is believed that infamous serial killer, Ted Bundy, suffered from Psychopathic Personality Disorder because he “…looked upon others as objects, not people to be loved or hated, just objects” (American Decades). People with PPD are very highly manipulative and intelligent, exceptional liars, and feel as if they are superior to everyone else and therefore disregard rules and laws. However, they do not have the capacity to feel emotional remorse even when they know their actions were wrong (Forensic Science 563), just as Perry knows he should not have killed the Clutters, but he does not feel sorry for doing it (Capote 358). Basically, a psychopath’s “main aim [in life] is self-gratification,” no matter the cost (Forensic Science 563). Serial killers suffering from Psychopathic Personality Disorder usually do not start their lives of crime with murder; they often start with small acts, such as systematic lying, animal cruelty or vandalism, as children (Forensic Science 563). Jeffrey Dahmer, a serial killer thought to have killed hundreds, collected and dissolved road kill in acid as a child

“Actresses like charlize theron, who played wuornos in the movie monster, earn” ( Keya, M.A., 25) and “popular movies and books such as “Silence Of The Lambs,” “Kiss The Girl,” and “Taking Lives”” (Krueger 3) have dramatically over-idolized serial killers and their actions. Dexter Morgan, a charming yet twisted young character from a T.V. series has been admired for being a “vigilante killer... who (is), “taking out the trash” of society” ( Keya, M.A., 9). Killers such as Jeffrey Dahmer, who committed the rape, murder, and dismemberment of seventeen men and boys between 1978 and 1991, and Jack The Ripper, who killed and mutilated prostitutes in East London in 1888 , have become common household names. That is the next lens they look through, the household. We will often look to a killer's childhood to

The idea of serial killers and the role they play in our lives has fascinated people since the cases of Jack the Ripper and H.H. Holmes, although serial murderers existed before them. The infamous and mysterious complexities of these cases have puzzled and terrified people for over a century. Perhaps due to the deviant and taboo nature of serial killings, people in our society and others have tried to attribute many reasons for why they occur. In this search for answers, one major scope has been widely left out of the research: the sociological imagination. It is through this method of understanding that I will attempt to explain the development of serial killers and apply theories that explain the frequency of serial killings in our society.

A number of criminological theories have been developed throughout the course of time for the purposes of attempting to understand and pinpoint what motivates individuals to demonstrate criminal behaviors by engaging in criminal acts. The focus of this work will be to apply theories of crime to the offense of burglary. Three criminological theories will be identified, discussed, and then related to the criminal behavior of burglary. The associations between the theories and the criminal behavior will be clearly explained. Additionally, the reliability and validity of each theory will be assessed. Lastly, this writer will offer an opinion as to which theory best explains a burglar’s behavior. This estimation will be supported by one practical example and relevant factors that are described in the most applicable theory.

You, for starters, because you need serial killers to stay relevant. Serial killers, of course, because how else will they become famous and strike fear in the hearts of many. Others that would not be okay with downgrading serial killers include movie and TV show producers and authors of crime novels. If these killers are not portrayed as captivating characters, then the movies and the books will not sell. Many people will be out of jobs or may not be as well-known as they are now. Not only will the producers of crime dramas be upset, but the viewers of crime dramas will also not be happy. Even though there will be some uproar, serial killers have to be demoted from the celebrities they are depicted

Serial killers. The plague of our existence, seem to be directly cultivated from the depths of our nightmares, both intriguing and terrifying. Hiding behind regular existences, serial killers often escape capture for years, decades and sometimes eternity. By understanding the motivation and the behaviours of serial offenders, critical knowledge is found in apprehending and convicting them. Over the past 150 years, there has been an immense fascination with serial homicides as noted by characters such as ‘Hannibal Lecter’, ‘Silence of the Lambs’ and ‘Halloween’ (Hickey, 2002). A “Serial killer” is defined as a person who commits more than one murder over a period of time according to the sixth edition of Crime and Criminality (Reid, 2007). Research

Since my research question is based on crime and the criminal justice system, I needed to find a data sample that could give me a wide presentation of offenders, victims, and crimes. Looking at how police act before and after a suspect is taken into custody could be very helpful towards the answering of my research question. With roughly eleven seasons of Criminal Minds, it offers one of the best possible ways in order to gain the information and knowledge of how TV crime drama are depicting offenders, victims, crime and the criminal justice system.

As Boorstin identified, we choose who is famous by our attention, what they do in fact is not what determines their fate. Fame is no longer about the deed behind it, but simply the spectacle – Hitler made the cover of Time magazine seven times, Stalin following with 12 covers of his own. The line between people we love to love and people we love to hate is becoming thinner and blurred, so we thrust not only heroes into the public view but also ‘villains’. This confusion between fame and celebrity owes a lot to the change in newspapers over time; where once they delivered unbiased and detailed factual accounts on events that happened, in the new age of mass media they began to compete with the magazines. Tabloidisation meant that rather than objective articles based on fact we were instead victim to the ‘murder hype’, with sensation-fuelled stories about the latest fashionable murder trial, the papers giving the killers their own stage name and persona to match. The idea of giving serial killers their own moniker is something that has contributed tremendously to the glamorisation of killers, because it is much like a stage name that you would give an actor or a singer. The names can either relate to the act or style of killings – i.e Jack The Ripper, which conjures a mental image of the killer at work – or could be to do with their location as in ‘The Boston Strangler’. This trend seems to originate from the United States, for it is across their newspapers and news shows that

The Federal Bureau of Investigation defines serial murder as the slaying of two or more victims at separate times, with a “cooling off” period between each incident but, as the distinguished scientific magazine Psychology Today notes, to actually pin down the true underlying factors that contribute towards a person committing these acts is no easy feat; the FBI’s definition alone encompasses at least 2,800 known American serial killers, all immensely complex and mysterious individuals (Aamodt). The public’s interest in the gory details of the killer’s crimes is uncontested, as demonstrated by the highly profitable entertainment industry surrounding these twisted and unpredictable characters, but much less glamorous question of what led these

Serial killers are the result of a horrific mix of psychological, biological, and sociological factors. They are an enigma to society due to their deviant and unusual lifestyle but they do raise interesting questions regarding how they got this way, why they murder, and how they choose their victims. Social theories and concepts of sociology can be used to give an understanding to answer these three questions since the construction and driving force of the individual is heavily dependent on society.

Expert have further suggested that there may be Criminological explanations for why people take part in terrorist activities. Generally criminological explanations state that terrorism is the same product of the socialisation process that causes people to commit criminal behaviour. Such processes explain why people become terrorists or criminals and why groups form terrorist or criminal syndicates. There are several criminological theories that argue that terrorism and crime are closely linked together and therefore can be explainable within a framework that explains criminal deviancy. One of the theories we can use to explain terrorism is the Differential Association Theory, this theory was penned by Edwin Sutherland in 1939.

Look around; there are millions of people in our world who look and act normal, but are they really? Serial killers can be anyone; they can be our mom, our dad, our siblings, friends or family. Many serial killers go unnoticed and blend in with society every day. In the sick, disturbed mind of a serial killer, murder is not seen as morally wrong, but perhaps as a form of art. Looking into the mind of a serial killer, such as Dexter, murder is perceived as a game to them, hunting and targeting their prey.