This may explain why some serial killers are good at dis¬arming their victims with little coercion and avoiding apprehension for an average of 4 to 5 years. In several small studies, approximately half the serial killers satisfied criteria for psychopathy as measured by Hare’s Psychopathy Checklist. Second, some serial killers exhibit tell-tale signs of a psychopathic personality. First, serial killers are more likely to have a history of criminal activity, often in the form of petty crimes, than a history of psychiatric treatment. There is no single psychological or personality profile that all serial killers fit, but there are certain characteristics that have been found in serial killers. His obsession for necrophilia also put him in the disorganized category (WordPress, 2017). However, based on the murder spree he did in 1978, he moved towards becoming more disorganized in his murders. He does tend to have more organized crimes. He is a mixture of both organized and disorganized crimes. Then there is Ted Bundy, we can’t discuss serial killers without mentioning Mr. Examples of disorganized killers are Ottis Toole and Richard Chase, also known as The Vampire of Sacramento (Crime Museum, LLC, 2017). These killers are prone to have no recollection of their deeds, or confess that they were motivated by voices in their heads or some other imaginary source. They rarely have close friends or family, and do not like to stay in one place very long.
Disorganized killers usually have low IQ’s and are extremely antisocial. They take no steps to cover up their crime and tend to move to other towns or states regularly to avoid getting caught.
This type of serial killer usually strikes at random when they find an opportunity or a person in a vulnerable place. Majority of the time, their victims happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Unlike the organized killer, disorganized killers rarely plan out the murders of their victims. Killers like the BTK and John Wayne Gacy were listed as organized killers. One of their motivating factors may be just to attempt to stump the law enforcement officers who are trying to solve their crime. A criminal like this take pride in what they consider to be their “work” and tend to listen and watch news stories about their crimes. Once the victim is killed, the perpetrator will usually take precautions and hide the body. Once the victim is chosen, the killer will pick them up, usually through some sort of ploy to gain sympathy, and take them to another location to do the killing. It is common for this person to watch their next victims for several days to find someone they consider to be a good target. They must plan out every detail of the crime in advance and the killer takes every precaution to make sure they don’t leave incriminating evidence behind. These killers are extremely intelligent and extremely meticulous. The organized killer is the hardest to identify and catch. One of the more popular typologies, the organized and disorga¬nized typology, was developed at the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit First, there is the organized and disorganized killer. Several typologies have been advanced to classify these killers into discrete categories. The term serial murder was becoming well-known in the 1970s by an investigator with the FBI. However, there is debate from criminologists about the proper definition of a serial killer. This paper will review the definition of serial killing, demographics of serial killers, results of research on the killers and their motivations, and typologies that are used to classify these individuals.Īccording to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a serial killer is a person who commits at least three murders over more than a month with cooling off periods (Brogaard B. This knowledge might not stand up to more rigorous testing. So, our current level of knowledge on serial killers is at best, still a little sketchy. Our current knowledge on serial killers is based almost exclusively on a small number of cases studies and past investigations. Many of these accounts leave impressions that serial killers are different and distinct from other criminals. You see books, newspapers, television shows, and movies based on well-known killers like Ted Bundy and Andrew Cunanan who had the destructive minds that continually kill. Today, I feel everyone is fascinated by crime with serial murder being the most fascinating crime out of all crimes.
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