- 1. Mindhunter: What Drives Human Behavior? BY MAGGIE JAMES
2. What is criminal profiling? Criminal profiling is the process
ofusing available information about acrime and crime scene to
compose apsychological portrait of theunknown perpetrator of the
crime.(Damon A. Muller, Criminal Profiling) Profiling does not
solely solve a case,however it is an investigative aid: atool that
providers law enforcement withimportant information about what
typeof offender they are looking for, andultimately helps them
solve the case. 3. Who could do this? One of the fundamental
questions profilers attempt to answer is Who could commit acts as
malevolent as these? What triggered the evil aspects of their human
nature to surface? 4. What motivates murderers?While various
motives- fear, rage, thrill, profit, and desirefor attention-
stimulate the actions of a serial killer, each murderer is driven
by a desire to control their psychological insecurities. 5. What
motivates murderers? (watch until 0:16) 6. Just taking care of
business Understandably, serial killers do not need to kill.
However there is a psychological need, a demandwithin their minds,
which drives them to commitmurders. What drives this need? 7.
How/Why does one become a serial killer? The author of my novel,
John Douglas, does notbelieve that an individual is or can be born
evil.(Similar to the blank slate ideas by John Locke) Serial
killers are manufactured: somethingdramatic happens in their
childhood that corruptsthem, making this person emotionally
unstable. 8. Common Motives The three most commonmotives of serial
rapists and murderers turn out to bedomination, manipulation, and
control. (Douglas 179). 9. Common Motives
DOMINATIONMANIPULATIONCONTROL 10. Common Motives most of these guys
are angry, ineffectual loserswho feel theyve been given the shaft
by life, and thatmost of them have experienced some sort of
physicalor mental abuse (Douglas 128). Most killers are emotionally
unstable as a resultof neglect or abuse. Most are also incapable in
their daily lives: theyfeel as if they have no power over their
life situations.This makes them upset and unsatisfied; they
yearnfor a purpose, something they can control. 11. Common Motives
Serial killers act using the ID; the pleasureprinciple. They are
motivated completely by their urges anddesires Murderers are
egocentric: they dismiss all positivemorals and act keeping solely
themselves in mind. 12. Individual Motives Name: David Richard
Berkowit Nicknamed: Son of Sam, .44 Caliber Killer Offense: killed
six people (and wounded others) in the course of eight shootings in
New York between 1976 and 1977 13. Video 1: If you want to watch
this, watch from 2:28-2:56, but it basically just describes how he
was neglectedand rejected by his families as a child and became
anarsonist.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFX8_Il6SUU 14. Fear Rage
Thrill ProfitDesire for attention 15. Fear Rage Thrill ProfitDesire
for attention 16. Individual Motives Name: Edmund Emil Kemper
Nicknamed: The Co-ed Killer Offense: murdered his grandparents when
he was 15 years old. He later killed six female hitchhikers, his
mother, and mothers friend. 17. Background Kemper had been close
with his father and despised his mother, Glarnell. When they became
divorced he was forced to live with his mother, and lived in fear
that he would never be connected with his father again. 18. Video 2
If you want to watch the video: 3:44-4:56 The first section
describes how he perceived his mother, second his childhood
situation, third this was manifested in his childhood behaviors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTyIa6_4GFA 19. Fear Rage Thrill
ProfitDesire for attention 20. Fear Rage Thrill ProfitDesire for
attention 21. Helen Morrison 22. What makes a serial killer? After
all these years, I still dont knowwe try to give them motives, but
they dont have any. They just do it. (Helen Morrison, Doctor Hunts
For Motive in Brain of Serial Killer). If you want to read the
article:http://www.seattlepi.com/national/article/Doctor-hunts-for-motive-in-brain-of-a-serial-1144308.php
23. Works CitedSharon Cohen. "Doctor hunts for motive in brain of a
serial killer"Seattle Pi. Friday, May 7, 2004. Web. June 1,
2012.Douglas, John. Mindhunter. New York: Mindhunters, Inc.,
1995.Print.Former FBI Serial Killer Expert John Douglas. Allan
Gregg.TVO, 1996. Film.Arthur Shawcross: Serial Killer Documentary.
TruTV, 2005. Film.Edmund Kemper: The Co-Ed Killer. Crime and
InvestigationNetwork, 2000. Film.
