Gacy

criminality and aggression were two well researched long term affects of exposure to violence. John Wayne Gacy witnessed and was the subject of physical abuse by his father and I believe that these events lead to his serial killing criminality. Social learning theory states that crime is learned through social interaction, and the family is the primary association group. I believe John Wayne Gacy learned his serial killing criminality from his childhood family social interactions. John Wayne Gacy’s

The Case John Wayne Gacy was convicted on the murder of 33 teenage boys between 1972 and 1978. These murders took place in Cook County, Illinois; all inside of John Gacy’s home. The city of Chicago, Illinois, during this time was very violent, with crimes happening regularly; this played out well for Gacy. Twenty victims have been identified, while thirteen victims still remain unidentified. All of John Gacy’s victims were teenage boys, all dying due to strangulation, except for his first victim

The “Clown Killer” of Illinois The Obituary states that John Wayne Gacy was born on March 17th, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois and he spent most of his youth in a small house with his mother, two sisters, and a violent alcoholic father. As John grew up, his long downward spiral towards alcohol abuse, drug habits, and the death of over 30 teenage boys began to rise after his first arrest and sentence of 10 years for sodomizing a young man and the divorce of his first wife in 1968. After serving only 18

A serial killer is described as a person who has murdered three or more people over a time period of more than a month, there are at times where the killer will become dormant between murders. Typically when there is a break between murders it seems as though the killings are not connected, unless the killer has a style or signature when murdering their victims. More often than not a serial killer victim is chosen at random. Since serial killers do not usually know their victims it suggests that

Gacy’s social isolation brought on perhaps by abusive home life and heart condition fueled a retreat into a fantasy world of power, which he had none, then violence which he carried out, resulting in 33 deaths of young boys and men. Although John Wayne Gacy did suffer a head trauma during childhood, there is no additional evidence support to suggest his eventual violent behavior was related to the incident. Furthermore, the physiological analysis of Gacy’s brain during his autopsy failed to show any

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary In the 1970s, a prolific serial killer named John Wayne Gacy gained notoriety for being the “Killer Clown”. Gacy raped and killed 33 young boys and men in Chicago. He would bury the victims’ in a crawl space he dug or throw them into the Des Plaines River when the crawl space ran out of the room. He pled not guilty by reason of insanity and claimed he lost count of how many victims he buried in the crawl space. Even though he was well known in the community for his active

Ridgway’s childhood is more straight forward when it comes to affecting his future behavior. His mother was an intimidating woman who constantly asserted her dominance over both her son and her husband. She never did sexually abuse him, but he later admitted that her demeanor and dress made him feel some sexual attraction towards her. In high school, he was a D student who did not go on to college after graduating. After graduating he had a couple odd jobs and would eventually marry three women,

John Wayne Gacy in his early years was shown to have a minor biological impairment. At the age of 11, Gacy was playing near a swing set and was hit in the head causing an accidental blood clot in the brain. The blood clot was not discovered until he was 16 years old and he suffered from blackouts from the clot from the ages of 11 until it was discovered. There was a brain blockage that medications were able to dissolve. Gacy also had a series of health problems that kept him hospitalized for a significant

understand how exposure to childhood abuse and violence in adolescence can lead individuals to violent behaviour in adulthood. Drawing on the case study I chose and social learning theory, my paper will explore the life of John Wayne Gacy, a U.S serial killer. John Wayne Gacy killed 33 young men and hid their bodies in the crawl space under his house. In this regard, I will explore how young people are socialized towards violence through their family. Specifically discussing the impact of children witnessing

Most of the time people cannot comprehend why people that work in the forensic department are sometimes overwrought with anxiety when they have a serial killer case brought into their lab. These forensic scientists have these feelings due to knowing that this could potentially help advance technology. Over the years, serial killers have unpremeditatedly helped further advance the criminal investigation process by unintentionally leaving things behind for a forensics team to analyze. When the team