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Inside the minds of the mindless

Inside the minds of the mindless. Serial Killers By: Kelly Purdie. Hypothesis. “Those convicted of the most notorious and heinous serial killings have some mental illness in association with a troubled upbringing”. Terms. What is Murder? Mass Murder vs. Serial Murder

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Inside the minds of the mindless

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  1. Inside the minds of the mindless Serial Killers By: Kelly Purdie

  2. Hypothesis • “Those convicted of the most notorious and heinous serial killings have some mental illness in association with a troubled upbringing”

  3. Terms • What is Murder? • Mass Murder vs. Serial Murder • Are all psychopathic? • Within the department of Serial Murder, there are different categories • Most notorious, “celebrated cases” • What is meant by mental illness?

  4. Why study this? • The issue of the people themselves is vastly under studied. • Infrequent nature in which it occurs.

  5. Mental instability • Types of serial killers in relation to mental illnesses • Psychopathic • Psychotic • Mentally retarded • Those effected with organic brain disorders • Hear voices (telling them to kill) • Etc.

  6. Child Upbringing • Is criminal behavior inherited? • Alponse Bertillion • Convulsions or seizures (brain wiring) • Not typical “American upbringing” • “Oliver Twists upbringing would be a vacation of a trip to Disneyworld”. • Other issues suggested • Abuse • Adoption • Mother hater

  7. Paleopsychology • One of the most accepted theories. • We are all animals. • Natural instinct of savagery

  8. Psychoanalysis • What is it? • What has it shown? • Different than criminal profiling. • But used in criminal profiling. • Abnormally normal

  9. Conclusion • Although the serial killers cause the most fear in people, you are far less likely to be a victim of that kind of crime. Those who are convicted of these crimes blend into society so well, it is almost impossible to find them. In hopes of finding a way to classify similarities, mental illnesses and child upbringing have been contributed to why people commit serial murder.

  10. Bibliography • Dietz, Park Elliott. “Mass, Serial and Sensational Homicides.” PubMed. 62.5 (1986): 477-91. Web. 17 Mar 2011. <http://www.ncbi.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1629267/? page=1>. • Donnelly, Paul. 501 Most Notorious Crimes. London, UK: Bounty Books, 2009. 346-449. Print. • Hickey, Eric W. “Serial Killers: Defining Serial Murder.” Mind of a Killer. Kozel Multimedia, Inc., 2007. Web. 17 Mar 2011.< http://www.serialhomicide.com/serial-killers.htm>. • Holmes, Ronald H., and James E. DeBurger. “Profiles in Terror: The Serial Murderer.” HeinOnline(1985): 29-34. Web. 17 Mar 2011. <http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handles=hein.journ als/fedpro49&div=45&id=&page=>. • Newton, Michael. The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. 2nd. New York, NY: Facts on File, Inc., 2006. 308-436. Print. • Ressler, Robert K., and Tom Shachtman. I Have Lived In The Monster. New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1997. 51-72. Print. • Schechter, Harold. The Serial Killer Files. 1st ed. New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 2003. 246- 79. Print. • Schechter, Harold, and David Everitt. The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. New York, NY: Pocket Books, 1997. 48-51, 292-94. Print. • Schmid, David. Natural Born Celebrities: Serial Killers In American Culture. London, UK: University of Chicago Press-Books, 2005. 1-66. Print. • Seltzer, Mark. Serial Killers: Death and Life in America’s Wound Culture. New York, NY: Rutledge, 1998. 1-28, 105-158. Print.

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