CRIM 400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Dennis Rader, Spree
2 Apr 2019
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Types of mass murderers: disciple killer, pseudo-commando, school shooter, disgruntled employee, set-and-run killer. Examples of mass murderers: charles joseph whitman, seung-hui cho. The killing of three or more individuals without a cooling-o period, usually at two or three di erent locations. The killing of a number of people (usually a minimum of three) over a period of time, and with a long cooling-o period. Serial killer phases (norris, 1988; ressler et al. 1988: aura phase, wooing phase, capture phase, murder phase. Based on motive (holmes & deburger, 1985, 1988; holmes & holmes, 1998): mission-oriented, hedonistic (lust, thrill, or comfort, power-seeker. Based on method of killing (ressler et al. , 1988: organized, disorganized. Examples of serial killers: dennis rader (the btk killer)
