Psychological Development of Ted Kaczynski

Jeffrey Dahmer was a serial killer during the 1980s and early 1990s murdered and dismembered at least 17 men. After his arrest, law enforcement found inside his apartment several body parts, which led to his confession about all the crimes he had committed. Dahmer described in great details how he met, killed, and dismembered his victims, facilitating the work of the police. Studies and assessments related and unrelated to these murders were able to create a psychological profile about Dahmer, thus linking his killing spree and his actions with mental disorders. Investigators were able to find that Dahmer was a very insecure individual, who had experienced strong emotions and events at an early age, factors which contributed to his later

Jeffrey Dahmer was born on May 21, 1960 in West Allis,Wisconsin. He and his parents, Lionel Dahmer and Joyce Annette, were an average american family who strived for the best. Jeffrey’s father was a graduate student who wanted to pursue a career as an analytical chemist. His mother worked as a teletype machine instructor. However, Jeffrey Dahmer’s mother was not a stable women. She had a history of psychological problems which meant that her son was susceptible to mental illness due to genetic factors. Growing up, Jeffrey had trouble with interacting with his peers. He also had a peculiar fascination with dead animals and “according to his father, his son was ‘oddly thrilled’ by the sound the bones made and instantly developed a fixation for playing with and collecting animal bones (“Jeffrey Dahmer” Wikipedia).” As he got older, he developed an addiction to alcohol. He started drinking heavily during high school which negatively affected his grades. Another issue that Dahmer faced in his early life was

The biggest manhunt against a criminal in U.S. history has been to catch serial killer Theodore John Kaczynski. Ted Kaczynski, terrorized the entire country for nearly 20 years. Ted build improvised explosive devices and mailed them to universities, airlines, and various others. The FBI would later name him the “Unabomber” code word for “the UNiversity and Airline BOMbing targets involved.” (FBI, 18 May 2016). A question some have been wondering for many years is why Ted did what he did and how he chose his targets. Studies show, Teds early life events may have impacted him so greatly that it caused psychological abnormalities.

“I started having obsessive thoughts of violence intermingled with sex and it just got worse and worse” (“Jeffrey Dahmer”). These are the words of one of the most notorious serial killers of the twentieth century: Jeffrey Dahmer. Jeffrey Dahmer committed crimes of murder, rape, necrophilia, dismemberment, and cannibalism. He committed seventeen murders over the course of thirteen years, which consisted of mostly young African American males. However, the people who knew Jeffrey Dahmer were entirely unaware of who he truly was. He fooled family, friends, and even law enforcement into thinking of him as just the guy next door. Attempting to understand Jeffrey Dahmer and the heinous crimes he committed

Jeffrey Dahmer, one of the most famous serial killers, was a sick and extremely twisted man. Rape, necrophilia, dismemberment, and cannibalism were all involved in Dahmer’s murders. Jeffrey Dahmer was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 21, 1960. Dahmer had a fairly normal childhood. His parents recall that Jeffrey was an “energetic and happy child.” Dahmer’s parents believe something went wrong with their son at around the age of four after he had a surgery to try and correct a double hernia. He started becoming distant at around age 10; soon, his interest involved dead animals and drinking. Eventually, his parents grew tired of his outrageous drinking problem and Jeffrey’s father made him enlist in the army. Soon enough, he was kicked out

On April 3rd of 1996 in Lincoln, Montana, Ted Kaczynski was arrested and sent to court. Pleading guilty, Kaczynski was addressed as a “Domestic Terrorist.” Serving four life sentences for transporting, mailing, and use of bombs, and also murder of 3 people, Kaczynski was also added another 30 years after his life sentences, no parole, and barely missed the death penalty. No one ever saw this coming in Kaczynski’s life. From an early age, his parents pushed him for academic success. At the age of 16, he was accepted to Harvard with a scholarship. Even though Kaczynski did seem socially awkward, no one thought that he could be diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia. Mainly people thought he didn’t know how to express his greatness, but never

Charles Manson had two disorders. He was schizophrenic and he had a paranoid delusional disorder. His mother was a prostitute, and only sixteen years old when she had him. When he was younger, he was aggressively anti-social. He spent most of his middle school and high school years in three boy’s homes and in juvenile detention. After a while, he became the leader in what’s

Ted Bundy was born in Burlington, Vermont on November 24 1946. Ted was an illegitimate child, his mother was not married and she was in her early twenties which was socially looked down upon. Her mother and he then moved in with his mother’s grandparents. Ted was then told a lie that her mother was her sister and the grandparents was his parents. In 1951, his mother married and had several children, which in that point everything looked normal. During his adolescent years he was teased in school, never really fit in school. It was also during this time that he was told the truth about the lies that he is an illegitimate child, his mother lying about being his sister and his parents are actually his grandparents. Up until he enrolled into University

Charles Manson had a long history of neglect and abandonment since his childhood and this may have played a role in the development of his personality. The psychoanalytic analysis could argue that since he spent his childhood and feeling he had no control of his life due to the instability, this could have led to his personality traits.

On April 15, 2013, two pressure cookers exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The fatalities were low but the symbolism was high: more than a decade after 9/11, the United States is still not safe from militant jihadist terrorist attacks. The bombers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had planned on killing and dying in the name of global “jihad”. The two brothers were self-radicalized homegrown terrorists. Existing evidence points to the fact that, while inspired by militant jihadism and in loose contact with terrorists in Dagestan, they operated alone. This is a case study of the radicalization process that led Tamerlan Tsarnaev to adopt violent “jihad”, kill three people and injure 250 others.

The personality of Jared Loughner and the reports about the content of his writing, along with his later actions, present us with clear signs of mental disorders of a psychotic nature. Based on the information made public by law enforcement, Loughner exhibits the symptoms and signs of an individual who suffers from a delusional disorder, as well as schizotypal personality disorder and possibly schizophrenia. Even though he can be described as an educated, well informed, and fairly intelligent individual, the psychotic messages and behavior presented by Loughner present no doubts with regard to the presence of mental illnesses. Many behavioral specialists and medical professionals have argued against a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia.

Looking back on Ted Kaczynski life, one have to wonder when did his behavior changes.

Jeffrey Dahmer suffered from severe loneliness and antisocial behavior which were both influenced by his genetic makeup and his environment. Jeffrey Dahmer was born on May 21, 1960 in West Allis, Wisconsin. Jeffrey had an intellect that was above average and seemed to have the mind of a normal, curious child until his parents divorced and his mother died. Shortly, Dahmer became a very reserved child who also had an attraction to animals. Dahmer’s later psychotic behavior

The two perspectives that seem to best explain the life of Charles Manson are sociocultural and behavioral. The behavioral perspective represents learned behaviors. At an early age Manson was around drugs, drinking, and prostitution. Naturally Manson learned that these things were ok. His mother was a prostitute that wanted nothing to do with her son; she also had a drug problem. Manson grew up in and out of prison and developed a drug and alcohol problem. Manson could not have a functioning relationship, his first wife left him due to him being in and out of jail. Manson second wife was a prostitute and divorced Manson after he was arrested for pimping, stealing, and conning. After being released from prison Manson headed to San Francisco where he played guitar. Manson began to develop followers. Manson developed a need for followers, he and his followers moved to a ranch and soon it became a cult compound for “the family.” The consequences of Manson’s actions were reinforced each time he was thrown into prison but let right back out, or each time he was allowed probation. He was able to commit the crimes knowing he would just be back in jail and shortly

Clearly, the public is concerned largely about safety and the overarching goal to bring the Kaczynski to justice. Safety an be seen as the value of nonviolence which falls under the category of morals. While the public can not be assured that Kaczynski will not continue his bomb-making with the publication of the manifesto, they can be reasonable assured that the bomb-making will continue if it is not published. To this end, they value the preservation of life.