Jeffrey Dahmer Research Paper

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Jeffrey Dahmer was a serial killer active between 1978 and 1991, during which time he murdered 17 young men. His first crime took place when he was 18 and living with his family in Ohio. Just weeks after graduating high school, he picked up a hitchhiker and took him back to his parents’ house. When the man attempted to leave, Dahmer struck him in the head with a barbell and killed him. This first victim was dismembered and buried in the nearby woods. As Dahmer was driving with the body parts in black garbage bags in his backseat, he was pulled over for crossing the centerline. As the officer wrote the ticket, he asked what was in the bags. Dahmer said he was taking garbage to the dump, and the officer allowed him to go on his way (McGregor, 2005). It would be the first of many missed opportunities by law enforcement to stop Dahmer’s impending murder spree. In 1988, one of Dahmer’s victims escaped. The police became involved, and Dahmer was arrested for child molestation. Dahmer only served part of his sentence and was able to convince the judge that he was reformed and would not do it again. He was released on …show more content…

He was able to stay under the radar and convince police that nothing was amiss. Because of this, it is difficult to say what kind of modern technology would have helped to identify Dahmer as a serial killer before such a body count mounted up. Had police noticed that numerous young men were missing, ViCAP may have enabled them to identify a pattern and make an arrest sooner. However, it would seem that revised police procedures would have been the best tool for officers to use in order to catch Dahmer. Had officers responded differently, he may have been arrested for murder when he killed his first victim in Ohio. Dahmer would likely have never even had the chance to kill an additional 16 men, and a serial killer would have been stopped before he had a chance to

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