Justice In Serial Killers

In today’s world, murderers aren’t a surprising thing, as long as they are fictional. Plenty of TV shows and movies have plot lines around murder, but what about real life? As Scott Bonn states in his writing, of the approximate 15,000 murders in the United States, only 1 percent are serial killings, amounting to about 150 victims per year, with between 25 and 50 serial killers active at any given time. There are plenty of statistics on serial killers. 1 in 20 had the same three characteristics as a child: bedwetting, fire setting, and torturing animals. Animal torture is a common indicator that the child will be violent in the future. Also, over 30 percent of murderers use killing as a way for their sexual arousal (Stone). A murderer

One in six American women, and one in thirty-three men are murdered by serial killers. The government has announced an even more horrifying fact: One in nine underage girls were killed as well. Society has rushed to arms to imprison the killers and attempt to recover from this horrible tragedy -- wait. I apologize; this is the wrong crime. These are the statistics for rape according to RAINN (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network). The public immediately takes on a different outlook. Rape is much less damaging than murder, right? After all, surely the victims deserved it. They were drinking or dressed wrong. If they didn’t want to be raped they shouldn’t have been walking alone at night. It must have been the victim’s fault. There are countless websites and classes which teach women how not to be raped; they shouldn’t drink, shouldn’t take public transportation, and should return to their homes and lock their doors by nightfall. If the victims had only followed these rules, they would have been safe.

Crimes and criminals define not only places, but certain time periods. Serial killers are usually the ones that individuals tend to remember the most. An individual is considered a serial killer when they murder three or more individuals during a period of time with a cooling off period between each crime (Frailing & Harper, 2016). The purpose of this paper is to discuss one of the most controversial and yet famous serial killer, Theodore Robert Bundy. Something interesting that attracts the attention of most towards him is the fact that he was an unexpected face for a serial killer. The fact that he was handsome, intelligent, integrated into his community and with a bright future ahead of him made him an unexpected suspect during the investigation.

A serial killer by definition of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is a person who kills three or more people on different occasions (Barkan and Bryjak 70). Serial killers have been present in societies all throughout history, giving researchers opportunities to study them and bringing attention to their name. Fear and fascination with them enables the media to intrigue society as it creates TV shows, movies, and documentaries about famous serial killers of the past and how they develop (“Subtypes, Patterns, and Motives”). The creation of a serial killer is not based on just one aspect, but instead includes a combination of factors stemming from childhood, a biological and psychological basis (“Development, Dynamic, and Forensics”). When apprehending a serial killer, it is pivotal to assess the individual to determine the level of sanity in order to proceed in the criminal justice system (Grasham).

Serial killers can be profiled in many ways, but they do not always fit perfectly into one category. Most of the definitions and techniques used to profile these criminals are based on reoccurring patterns and characteristics in their killings. While society may view most of these people as troubled, there are classifications of some serial killers as being well adapted into society. Serial Killers can be characterized as organized or disorganized murders, as well as classified into four different types created by Ronald and Stephen Holmes; serial killers are typed as visionary, mission-oriented, hedonistic, or power-oriented. Albert Fish is a well-known serial killer who is a good representation of how serial killers do not always fall or stay in one box.

This serial killer was chosen because this serial killing pair is the most infamous English serial killers duo in the 1990s. Fred and Rosemary West were not convicted of all the murders they participated in; however, they were sentenced to life imprisonment. Also, this case is interesting because Rosemary West, to this day, does not claim to know anything about the murders even though she has victims that survived her attacks and have spoken against her in court.

A right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures is declared by the Fourth Amendment, but how one is to translate the guarantee into concrete terms is not specified. Several possible methods of enforcement have been suggested over time; however, the Supreme Court has settled, not without dissent, on only one as an effective means to make real the right.

Yes. While an individual being prosecuted for the death of a Plaintiff’s loved one is helpful in a wrongful death and/or survival case, it is not a requirement.

One of the most famous serial killers, Ted Bundy, once said, "We serial killer are your sons, we are your husbands, we are everywhere. And there will be more of your children dead tomorrow.”(6) According to a recent survey, which I conducted with 45 Crane High School student and faculty, most people concur that Ted Bundy was one of America's worst serial killers of all time. NIne-percent said he wasn’t the worst serial killer, and thirty-five-percent said he was.

Serial killers have been a rare phenomenon throughout history. Although, they are rare researchers have long since tried to determine characteristics and typologies of serial killers. Their main goal is to get into the minds of these vicious offenders. This article is intends to discuss the different characteristics and typologies that law enforcement, researchers and criminologists have used to tried to explain what create a serial killer and develop a profile in hope to be able to catch serial killers quickly, if not before they kill.

Justice is a concept that revolves around a central idea of good being rewarded, and evil being punished. Meanwhile, injustice is the opposite. Over the thousands of years that humanity has existed, one of the main goals of civilization is to achieve justice whenever possible-rewarding those who do right, and punishing those who do wrong. In Boxers and Saints by Gene Luen Yang, Yang pushes the idea that justice can be achieved, but injustice happens more frequently than justice.

“I don’t feel guilty for anything. I feel sorry for people who feel guilt.” Those are famous words of Ted Bundy. A serial killer. A serial killer according to the dictionary is a person who murders three or more people, usually due to an abnormal sense of gratification.

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A proper theoretical understanding of justice in sociology and criminology is crucial in order to fully benefit from the criminal system and what it has to offer. Maynard and Manzo discuss how doing justice is finding the defendant to be declared not guilty in spite of certain facts and particular circumstances (Part 10 Notes). Alan Feuer’s article that includes the dismissal of a conviction that involved a molestation between a grandfather and his daughter. The conviction was thrown out due to a realization that evidence was poorly investigated, yet still won the jury over into a guilty verdict. A variety of different stages are described that relate to jurors and their decision and the social components that build up to a jury’s verdict.

What is justice? is it the same as revenge? I personally think justice is not the same as revenge,yes revenge might make you feel better but so will justice just in a different way. Revenge is like when that person maybe kills somebody in your family and by getting revenge you kill them yes it is a little extreme, but it could happen. Now justice is you just waiting it out and actually finding out who did it and that's not even a 100% positive but it would be better than you just killing somebody, back to justice, justice is when the person that killed somebody you cared about gets taken to court and gets his sentence which could also reflect in that person dying from the death penalty, or they would just sit in jail for the rest of their