Serial killers in the mindset have very different ideals and thoughts that can contribute to some odd behavior. This article will compare the differences and similarities of serial killers and the general population. Ideals are a form of thought on what a person believes. A serial killer has their own ideas in just the same way as a non serial killer would. But their thoughts can be in different patterns. While the regular person may be thinking about his love for god. The serial killer finds prosperous field of joy in slaughtering people for “the greater good” of it all. This makes people want to question other people about the Sanity in question. Although, a serial killer can be very great at hiding their insanity from everyone with their …show more content…
tricky personality. They are in a complete mess. They can sometimes hear voices to tell them to do this or maybe they just believe that it is making the world a better place. But what makes this all happen in the first place? We can assure in one place that a serial killer and a regular person have in different are that the serial killer in one way, shape, or form beaten down physically or mentally. This is what starts the psychotic thoughts of the serial killer. Rather it be rape or just bad parenting. Serial killers methods are something of importance that needs to be looked at to fully discover how sick and twisted these people actually.
They treat humans like they are the prey and the serial killers are the hunters looking for a great trophy. Many say that serial killers have mixed so much phantasy with reality that they just don’t know what is real to them anymore and don’t care. There are four different categories for a serial killer. These categories are visionary, hedonistic, power control, visionary and mission orriented. A visionary serial killer suffers from psychological breakdowns with reality and sometimes believes they are another person and are compelled to murder by the word of god or the devil. A mission-oriented killer tries to justify their acts as getting rid of something in the world. Usually a certain type of person. Homosecuals, prostitutes, or a group of people with a different religion are the main targets for this group of serial killers. As an example, the Zebra Killers were only after white …show more content…
caucasians. Hedonistic types seek a trill and grabs onto a large amount of pleasure from killing their victims. They people as a scrap that can be thrown away in any time or place. Although, there are three different subtypes of hedonistic. Lust, thrill, and comfort are the three subtypes. The subtypes are pretty self explanatory. Sex has most of the time been a primary motive for the lust killer.
Fantasy plays a really high role in the killings of people. Secual pleasure depends on the amount of pain and suffering to to victims. The need for control is very high for this sub type. Gratification is needed to feel one hundred percent glory. Knifes are one of the most used weapons by these killers because of the need to be close to people. Thrill killers have one primary motive. To induce pain and terror in victims which will provide the stimulation and excitement they need to “survive.” Like many drug users they are chasing the adrenaline rush of every hunt they go through. The thrill killers are only about the kill and not what comes before. They are swarmed with happiness when the kill is made and only care about what they want to feel in that point in time. A comfort killer is all about material gain. Family members and close acquaintances are the one mostly killed. After killing a person, the comfort killer will have a grace period where they wait to go again. They use a lot of poison like arsenic to try to kill the person without having to face a confrontation. The main comfort killer are females for the gain in goods. Although, Some of the female killers are
not. Many serial killers state that their violent culture had been influence by the media to commit murder. That it made them want to do it because of how enticing it sounded at the time. Other idolised figures like John Wayne, and jack the Ripper. The ideals of a serial killer and a regular person are much different. I serial killer has no thoughts about feeling of any kind of other people. While a regular person actually cares about how other people feel emotion wise. Sanity isn’t even something that is needed to be talked about. A serial killer may act sane but will never be actually sane like a normal human being. A normal human being follows a path of straight lines one might say. No major laws are broken and they are a great pillar of the community. Willing to help out where anything comes fit to their aid. Non serial killers don’t really have any methods to be weary of. They have a close conscience with the rest of their thoughts that help guide them through the day without many hiccups. This is the screws and nails between serial killers and regular people. That is the way the cloth tears. As you can see, serial killers are way different from regular human being. But never the less, they are still humans. If people like it or not.
A primary motivation for the hedonistic killer is sexual, killing in hopes of achieving arousal; often partaking in intimate acts such as necrophilia, rape and cannibalism.
The motives and backgrounds of serial killers is a vexing topic. Not two people are the same, so therefore their motives differ. The different types of serial killers are: hedonistic, power seekers, gain, mission oriented, visionary, psychopathic, comfort, medical, organized, and disorganized. Motives of these murderers range from fear of being rejected, to “getting rid of what they deem bad,” or even to get sexual satisfaction from the suffering of their victims.
Have you ever wondered why some people love art and music, and some love science and math? These individuals love math or art because they get a sense of relaxation and excitement from these activities. Serial killers are the same way they love to kill people and have lots of different motives for why they kill them. A serial killer is a person who kills repeatedly. The one motive that drove Dennis Rader, to kill his victims was to gain power and control over them.
What drives serial killers to kill their victims in the most brutal way possible? The answer to that question is still being researched today. The psychopathic mindset of serial killers tend to be influenced by abuse, insanity, and mental illness. In Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, Capote shows great examples of mental illness and how being abused can affect their mind. An example of this is when Perry was abused by his parents, he had troubles wetting the bed and sucking on his thumb at ages “normal” people would consider troublesome. Serial killers are often portrayed as bloodthirsty monsters, when in reality, their psychological mindset needs to be considered.
Some psychologist believe that if a serial killer displays or kills his victims in such a way then it qualifies as fulfilling as sexual desire. These killers are usually diagnosed with a mental disorder referred to as sexual sadism. Psychologists refer to serial killers who kill in this manner as sexual sadist. A sexual sadist enjoys the ‘suffering or embarrassment of others to the point of arousal’ (Serial Killers and Sexual Sadism). Sociologists believe that a serial killer needs to “fulfil a sexual desire by turning a fantasy into a controllable reality” (Serial Killers: Nature vs. Nurture). Sadist crave the dominance and control over their victims because they feel as if they cannot control other aspects of their life. Another biological factor derives within the DNA of the person. Many killers have the “MAO-A gene (monoamine oxidase A). This gene, which has been the target of considerable research, is also known as the "warrior gene" because it regulates serotonin in the brain. Serotonin affects your mood — think Prozac — and many scientists believe that if you have a certain version of the warrior gene, your brain won't respond to the calming effects of serotonin (A Neuroscientist Uncovers a Dark Secret).” With this gene psychologist and scientist alike believe that this can foretell a serial killer before he becomes a serial
They are all motivated to for different reasons; some kill to gain or exert power over the victims, entertainment or mission. Some kill because they believe they have the responsibility to society to do so (Julietta Leung N.D.) Frequently, homosexuals, prostitutes, and the homeless are viewed by serial killers because they might believe they are devalued in society or they view as being beneath humanity. They believe those kinds of people are easy targets based on the belief that no one would notice if they went missing.... ...
A serial killer is a person who has killed three or more people over a month apart. Their motivation for killing is usually based on psychological issue.(Sanmartín,2001) In the U.S, the most reported serial killers are lower middle class white males, usually in their late twenties to early thirties (Skrapec,2001). Serial killers, often, are liars. They have no sense of remorse or guilt. Most of the time they are not in serious relationship or have any emotional obsession to any one person, besides their victims. Most of the well-known serial killers are: Robert Pickton, Charles Manson, Anthony Sowell, Ted Bundy, The Zodiac Killer, The Green River Killer, and The BTK murderer. (Sanmartín,2001). Often, women were never seen as even a suspect
As years go on so will the research on serial killers and hopefully we as a society will fully understand them and one day be able to cure whatever inside that makes them have the urge to kill. Works Cited The Electronic Journal of Sociology, published by the University of Guelph, Ontario. http://www.scribd.com/doc/167086215/How-Serial-Killers-Work. According to the article “10 Most Common Traits of Potential Serial Killers By Hestie Barnard Gerber. According to Comrade Chikatilo: The Psychopathology of Russia's Notorious Serial Killer.
A serial killer is defined in Webster's Dictionary as someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short period of time. There is no one generic profile to identify a serial killer. They usually are people seeking for a sensation, a lack of guilt or remorse, a need for control, impulsivity, and predatory behavior. These traits make up a psychopathic personality disorder. Psychopathy is a disorder manifested in people who use a mixture of charm, manipulation, manipulation, and occasional violence to control others, in order to satisfy their own wants and needs. There are four main types of serial killers; thrill seekers, mission-oriented, visionary serial killers, and power and control killers. There may be other
' God, I've never done anything. Help me, help me, help me! God, why is this happening? Help Me!'; Robert Violante screamed as the Son of Sam's .44 caliber bullet tore through his temple (Mitchell p.15). At this moment Robert Violante must have asking himself why this was happening, what could cause someone to do something so atrocious? This paper examines issues related to the definition and study of serial murder. It probes the minds of some of the world's most infamous killers all the while asking the question WHY. It examines methodological issues such as problems with the FBI's so called serial murder profiling system: the fact that the serial killer stereotypes does not necessarily stand true. This paper argues that the killer is not the only one to blame for his/her actions. Together we will probe the minds of killers such as Charles Manson and John Wayne Gacy. I ask you, 'Are they Murderers or Victims?'; I personally have come to the conclusion that they are both murderers and victims.
According to Psychological Inquiry, “Strong evidence suggests that people who have become serial killers have typically suffered from sever over control, humiliation, neglect, or all of these from the individuals who should have cared for them at an early age”.
There have been many serial killer cases that have attracted the attention of not only the media but of mental health experts as well. Many experts from a variety of different fields have come together to answer one question: Why did they do it? It is believed that most, if not all, serial killers have a mental illness, motives, and/or trauma during their lives that made them start killing. Serial killers are not only the effect of nurture but also nature. The environment of their country, the United States is our focus, can cause the number of serial killers to increase especially if the country itself is unstable.
Mass Murderers and Serial Killers are nothing new to today’s society. These vicious killers are all violent, brutal monsters and have an abnormal urge to kill. What gives people these urges to kill? What motivates them to keep killing? Do these killers get satisfaction from killing? Is there a difference between mass murderers and serial killers or are they the same. How do they choose their victims and what are some of their characteristics? These questions and many more are reasons why I was eager to write my paper on mass murderers and serial killers. However, the most interesting and sought after questions are the ones that have always been controversial. One example is; what goes on inside the mind of a killer? In this paper I will try to develop a better understanding of these driven killers and their motives.
Criminologists Ronald Holmes, Stephan Holmes, and James DeBurger have created a classification system for serial killers based off motive as opposed to the FBI’s classification system that is based off method (Vronsky 147). This classification system is broken into four categories: visionaries, mission-oriented, hedonistic, and power/control
...e to murder over a period of time frequently show sociopath tendencies. Serial killer's have little self-esteem and a sociopath's inability to feel other people's pain or sorrow for any wrongful acts that they have committed (Casey, p. 80).