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There are multiple criteria that come into play when determining a psychological disorder. One reason is because, it is hard to know for sure if an action is abnormal or not. Something could be abnormal in our country, but a custom in another. According to Psychology in Action, “[r]ather than being fixed categories, both “abnormal” and “normal” behaviors exist along a continuum, and no single criterion is adequate for [i]dentifying all forms of abnormal behavior” (Huffman). There are four criteria

particular moment. Buffalo Bill corresponds with the culture of the twentieth century mainly because serial killers were very active during those times and they still are. In some ways he is like the infamous Texas Chainsaw Massacre murderer Ed Gein. Like Gein, Buffalo Bill skins his victims and makes a female body suit out of their flesh. In the movie Silence of the Lambs, Buffalo Bill maps out his victims, goes to their locations, pretends like he needs help lifting something, kidnaps them, starves

a mental disorder not a choice. By studying sociopathology, those suffering can be helped through medication or simply therapy. Not all sociopaths have a severe disorder, and many can be directed down the right path unlike serial killers such as Ed Gein, Charles Manson, and Son of Sam. More people should be interested in learning about this disorder, and should overall have the human courtesy to be more understanding towards the patients.

family members and loss of close relatives, such as in the case of Ed Gein (Morrison 51). Ed Gein was also a Schizophrenic, who began digging up graves and most notably skinning his victims to make suits consisting of women’s breasts and genitals (Morrison 52). People hypothesized that Gein wore these suits made from his female victims because he wanted a sex change (Brogaard). This is incorrect because in an interview with Morrison, Gein made it clear that they were wrong and they were only assumptions

Introduction Throughout the course of our evolution hominids have engaged in, what today would be considered savage, inhumane practices, such as manslaughter, torture and mutilation (Lewis, Jurmain & Kilgore, 2013). These actions today are considered almost taboo in society, however anthropologists who study such behaviour and historians who have meticulously documented it are completely comfortable divulging their work to the scientific community. Based on this acceptance, one would expect the topic

Horror movies generally are all the same. They all have been based off of something that has already happened or a previous movie. Society has paid to be entertained by these gruesome stories that we all truly fear. Before movies, people would purchase books of similar tramatic events to read in their spare time for amusement. Writters such as Bram Stoker created graphic novels that grabbed peoples attention for years to come. But the horror movie, The House Of The Devil(1896), was noted as being

Why do people go out and commit crimes? Several theories have put together over the years, and they continue to be researched, alone and in mixture, as criminologists look for the most effective outcomes in ultimately reducing the types and levels of delinquency. I believe the surroundings of where individuals live play a huge part but it’s only one of the many reasons. This essay will look at how the social learning theory and social control theory view why some people commit the specific crimes

Horror movies generally are all the same. They all have been based off of something that has already happened or a previous movie. Society has paid to be entertained by these gruesome stories that we all truly fear. Before movies, people would purchase books of similar traumatic events to read in their spare time for amusement. It has been said by the Filmmakers IQ's horror film lesson (2012), that writers such as Bram Stoker created graphic novels that would grab the audience's attention for years

early childhood”(142) is a sign of Macdonald Triad. Then I started to search what serial killers I want to use in my paper. I had to look for serial killers who showed Macdonald Triad and who had some type of psychological problem, so I came across Ed Gein, David Berkowitz, Ted Bundy and cases that had serial killers who had mental disorders. I also wanted to know, how can serial killers gain power and/or pleasure by killing. I wanted to base my essay off serial killers who can’t control his or her mind

A serial killer is to be known as a killer that will pause for a long period of time before killed more peope. After a serial killer killed one person, they would wait months or years before they killed another and pause after that and they did that till they were caught. But, a man or woman doesn’t just decide one day that they will kill people, it all starts when they were a child. What makes a person want to kill and why can’t we get into a serial killers mind? It may be the way they were raised