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    Aileen Carol Wournos A profile Report by Eric W. Hickey (2015) described Aileen Carol Wuornos was a serial executioner who had murdered seven men, broadly accepted to be the United States ' first female serial executioner. She was indicted six for the killings and sentenced to death, at last meeting her end through execution by deadly infusion. The result of an exceptionally broken marriage, Aileen had been subjected to terrible torments as a young lady. Her dad was a psychopathic pedophile who

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    Aileen Carol Wuornos: The Life of a Serial Killer “I robbed them, and I killed them as cold as ice, and I would do it again, and I know I would kill another person because I've hated humans for a long time.” (Wuornos, 1999-2010) These words came from Aileen Wuornos after she was arrested for the murders of seven men during the course of a year. She faced numerous adversities from early childhood through adulthood. She displayed many psychological warning signs, but none was attended too regardless

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    Aileen Wuornos is often referred to as one of the major female serial killers (Newton, 2002). Therefore, I wanted to take her story and apply it to a criminological theory. Aileen had a traumatic childhood and according to Gottfredson and Hirschi this gave her a low self-control personality. Having a low self-control personality leads to instant gratification and completely fast tasks with little sensitivity to others. Applying the theory of self-control to Aileen as well as the 2003 movie “Monster”

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    According to the class textbook, “the demographic characteristics most commonly studied in homicide research are race or ethnic origin, gender, socioeconomic status, and the victim–offender relationship” (Bartol, C. R., & Bartol, A. M., 2020, p.293). My demographic summary below is for the serial murderer Aileen Wuornos, based off the data given in the class Final Project Scenario. Name: Aileen Wuornos Birth date: February 29th, 1956 Death date: October 9th, 2002; execution Race: White Gender: Woman

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    killers were women (Aamodt, 2014). Aileen Wuornos is notorious for killing seven men in the years 1989 to 1990 along a Florida interstate. This research paper will take a look at Aileen’s early life from a child to her teen years as well as her adult life and how the events of her life have affected her psychologically. Aileen faced many life altering events in her life that sculpted her into the person she was and died as. Description Aileen’s Early Life Aileen Wuornos was born February 29th 1956 in

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    Aileen Wuornos Rape

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    Man Eater! Man-eater is a successful song performed by musical artists Hall and Oates that exemplifies and brings into the light the life of the infamous lesbian prostitute and serial killer, Aileen Wuornos, who robbed and lured men to their death. First and foremost, a serial killer is a term describing a type of killer who kills a number of people over a long period of time. For that reason, the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics, defines a serial killing as “the killing of several victims

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    viewing the film “Life and Death of a Serial Killer” starring one of America’s first female serial killers, Aileen Wuornos; I began to wonder why do individuals become serial killers? What is so special about committing murders and what causes the urge, thrill and the desire to kill? What exactly is the reason behind it all? These questions constantly cross my mind. After learning about Aileen Wuornos childhood, I concluded that her upbringing was one factor that drove her to become a serial killer.

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    killers, females, psychopathy, archival research Motivations of Serial Killers & Gender Differences Serial killing is a topic that has long fascinated those who study psychology, criminal behavior, and even the general public. Figures such as Ted Bundy, Ed Gein, and Jeffrey Dahmer have been the subject of numerous studies, documentaries, and books. Females do not readily come to mind when one thinks of serial killers because it is a rare phenomenon. Aileen Wuornos is one female who brought the concept

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    question when we hear the news of a new serial killer, our first question is “who is he?” But as we will examine through the research for this paper, women can also be geared to not only kill but to do it over and over again. Although women historically are not as abundant as their male counterparts, there is quite a list of female serial killers. Two of those women are Aileen Wuornos, who has been deemed the first female serial killer, and Dorothea Puente. Dorothea

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    general public. Figures such as Ted Bundy, Ed Gein, and Jeffrey Dahmer have been the subject of numerous studies, documentaries, and books. Females do not readily come to mind when one thinks of serial killers because it is a rare phenomenon. Aileen Wuornos is one female who brought the concept of a female serial killer to the public’s attention, but she is not the only woman who has committed these types of crimes. Serial killers have different methods and traits, but some primary motivations can

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