Serial Killers

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Every human being has feelings and emotions. When they get frustrated, some of them cry, scream, swear, and some of them try to find peace of mind while some of them commit crime. Out of these people who commit crimes, some of them become the most dangerous criminals, known as serial killer. A serial killer is a term to describe that human being who commits series of murder. The word ‘serial killer’ was given by Robert K. Russler (FBI Investigator) in 1975 after he encountered series of murders. Serial killers are just not murderers but also the victim of bad society or the bad environment in which they grew up in.

The serial killers are psychotic and mentally insane people; usually typical white males, in their twenties or thirties. They are mentally insane people because a normal person cannot murder for his own satisfaction. No person shows a behavior to become a serial killer in his early childhood, but the environment and social factors affect his behaviors. Most of the serial killers have same kind of childhood; they are abused and there is much more unwanted violence. They usually become a killer because of childhood abuse, genetics and chemical imbalance, brain injuries, and exposure to traumatic events, insanity and social injustice. “I hated all my life. I hated everybody, when I first grew up and remember, I was dressed like a girl by mother. And I stayed like that for two or three years. And after that I was treated like what I call the dog of the family. I was beaten; I was made to do things that no human bein’ would want to do. I have to steal, make bootleg liquor; I’ve had to eat out of a garbage can. I grew up and watched prostitution like that with my mother till I was fourteen years old. Then I started to steal,...

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The word ‘serial killers’ is strong enough to fill trauma and terror in one’s mind. The way to stop them is to stop before they begin.

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