Serial Killers PowerPoint-3

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Serial KillersChristine Marolda

Mary Daugherty


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Why Serial Killers?

(Paramount)


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Background Information

FBI definition of serial killings

Series of 3+ In the United States

Have common characteristics that suggest thepossibility that the crimes were committed by the

same actor or actors (Serial Murder) 4 types of serial killers

power and control visionary

mission hedonistic (Chase)

(Seal and Motto)


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Organized & Disorganized Criminals

Disorganized, Asocial Offenders Organized, Nonsocial Offenders

IQ below average, 80-95 range IQ above average, 105-120 range

socially inadequate socially adequate

lives alone, usually does not date lives with partner or dates frequently

family emotional abuse, inconsistent family physical abuse, harsh

usually a high school dropout may be college educated

may contact victims family to play games usually contacts police to play games

kills at one site, considers mission over kills at one site, disposes at another

usually leaves body intact may dismember body

responds best to counseling interview responds best to direct interview

not interest in police work a police groupie or wannabee

(OConnor)


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Nature vs. Nurture

(Current Worldwide)


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Nurture

68% of serial killers report some sort of

abuse

Abused children are 40% more likely to

commit a violent crime.

Absent Parents

(Scott, Shirley L.)


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Nature

Oxytocin: The cuddle hormone

This hormone has been proven to affect a persons

empathy.

Traumatic events affect this hormone. Monoamine oxidase A

Warrior Gene

Serotonin and Dopamine

Orbital Cortex Involved with ethical behavior.

(The Brain of a Serial Killer)


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PET Scan

From left to right: normal person, murderer with atroubled childhood, murderer with a relatively standard

childhood (Sabbatini)

(Sabbatini)


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Gary Ridgway (The Green River Killer)

Grew up poor withviolent parents.

Was described asfriendly but strange.

Had a low IQ andstruggled in school.

At sixteen he stabbed asix year old boy.

Began Killing at thirty-three

Committed moremurders than anyone in

the US.(Gary Ridgway Biography)

(Gary Ridgway Biography)


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Ted Bundy

Grew up in a good,Christian home with

four other siblings.

Was popular in high

school.

Graduates from UW

with a psychology

degree.

Started killing at 28.

Killed over 30 women,

all with a similar

appearance. (Bell, Rachael)(Bell, Rachael)


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Quotes From Ted Bundy

We serial killers are your sons, we are your husbands, we

are everywhere. And there will be more of your childrendead tomorrow.

I didnt know what made people want to be friends. I

didnt know what made people attractive to one another.I didnt know what underlay social interactions.

I dont feel guilty for anything. I feel sorry for peoplewho feel guilt. (Vronsky)


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Jeffrey Dahmer

Parents absent

during childhood Outcast in high

school

Dropped out ofcollege, joinedmilitary

Raped, killed and

dismembered 17boys and men

(Jeffrey Dahmer) (Martinez)


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Dahmer Articles

"Jeffrey Dahmer." Milwaukee's Finest.

"Jeffrey Dahmer." Milwaukee's Finest.


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Dennis Rader

Appeared to be anaverage boy growing

up.

Developed fantasies

about bondage,control, and torture

at an early age.

Poor grades in

college, joined the airforce.

BTK killer.

Convicted of killing

10. (Dennis Rader-BTK)


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Dorothea Puente

Grew up in an orphanage

Multiple abusive

relationships

Brief time in jail for checkfraud

Killed for Social Security

checks

Murdered 3-9 elderly

and/or disabled at her

boarding house (Dorothea

Puente), (Vronsky)

(Female Serial Killers)


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Puentes Boarding House

(Home of Notorious Serial Killer)

(Dorothea Puente. True Crime XL.)


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Boarding House, contd...




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Conclusion

Scientists believe that psychopaths are

made from three ingredients:

Genetic

Makeup

Brain

Patterns

Childhood

abuse or

Violence


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Work Cited

Barker, Susan E. "Oxytocin : The Cuddle Hormone." Oxytocin : The Cuddle Hormone. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov.

2013.

Bell, Rachael. Ted Bundy. Crime Library. TruTV, 2013. Web. 07 Nov. 2013.

Chase, Jennifer. "Investigating Four Types of Serial Killers." CrimeSpace. Ning, 7 Jan. 2012.

Web. 7 Nov. 2013.

"Current Worldwide Homicide/Murder Rate." ChartsBin. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2013.

Dennis Rader-BTK Killer-a Biography. Blogspot.com.N.p. N.d. Web. 07 Nov. 2013.

"Dorothea Puente." NNDB. Soylent Communications, n.d. Web. 04 Nov. 2013.

"Dorothea Puente." True Crime XL. N.p., 24 July 2012. Web. 21 Nov. 2013.

"Female Serial Killers." Dorothea Puente. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2013.

Gary Ridgway Biography. Bio.com.A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 04 Nov. 2013.


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Works Cited, contd.

"Home of Notorious Serial Killer Where Elderly Tenants Were Buried in the Yard Opens as a

Macabre Tourist Attraction (and There's Even a Model of the Murderer Holding a Spade)." Mail

Online. N.p., 13 Sept. 2013. Web. 20 Nov. 2013.

"Jeffrey Dahmer." Milwaukee's Finest. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Nov. 2013.

"Jeffrey Dahmer." Serial Killers Murders. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Nov. 2013.

Martinez, Phillip. "Third Coast Daily." Inside The Jeffrey Dahmer Files Comments. N.p., 1 Oct.

2012. Web. 21 Nov. 2013.

O'Connor, T. "Profiling Serial Killers." MegaLinks in Criminal Justice. N.p., 04 Nov. 2012. Web.

04 Nov. 2013.

"Paramount Re Announces "Zodiac." HighDefDiscNewscom RSS. N.p., 18 Sept. 2007. Web. 21

Nov. 2013.


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Works Cited, contd.

Ramsland, Katherine. "The Many Sides Of Ted Bundy." Forensic Examiner22.3 (2013): 18-25.

Criminal Justice Abstracts. Web. 7 Nov. 2013.

Sabbatini, Renato M.E. "The Psychopath's Brain." Brain & Mind. Brain & Mind Magazine, n.d.

Web. 04 Nov. 2013.

"Seal and Motto." FBI. FBI, 21 May 2010. Web. 20 Nov. 2013.

"Serial Murder." Federal Bureau of Investigation. Ed. Robert J. Morton. U.S. Department of

Justice, 21 May 2010. Web. 05 Nov. 2013.

Scott, Shirley L. "Childhood Abuse." What Makes Serial Killers Tick? Crime Library on

TruTV.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2013.

"The Brain of a Serial Killer." Best Counseling Degrees. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Nov. 2013."The

Brain of a Serial Killer." Best Counseling Degrees. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Nov. 2013.

Vronsky, Peter. Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters. New York:

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