01:202:201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: D.C. Sniper Attacks, Serial Killer, Sexual Sadism Disorder
15 Mar 2016
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Characterized by tendency to kill at least 3-4 vicims, oten increasing brutality and stalking their vicims unil geing caught. Myth 1 an epidemic of serial murder in us: less than 1% of homicides in us per year. Myth 5 serial killers are inspired by pornography: vast majority of serial killers do have a keen interest in pornography. Myth 6 serial killers are products of bad childhoods. Myth 8 all serial killers are sexual sadists: those that rape, torture, sodomize and muilate vicims atract a vast amount of atenion from public and press, they are not the only type of serial killers. Serial killers categorized into: visionary, mission oriented, hedonisic. Myth 9 serial killers select vicims who somehow resemble their mothers. Myth 10 serial killers want to get caught: go to great lengths to avoid detecion such as carefully destroying crime scene evidence and disposing their vicims in hard to ind dump sites.
