Criminal Psychology Serial Killers & You

1. Criminal PsychologySerial Killers & You Chapter 28: Forensic Psychology Chapter 29: Forensic Psychiatry Chapter 30: Serial Offenders: Linking Cases by Modus Operandi and Signature Chapter 31: Criminal Personality Profiling

2. What is Murder? • Some murders are committed only for the offender’s own enjoyment and psychological satisfaction • Many killers have high numbers of victims and their actions are sadistically brutal

3. Mass and Spree Murder • Mass murder: The killing of several people at one location. • Spree murder: The killing of several people at different locations over a period of several days. • These killers typically commit suicide or are killed by the police. Two types of mass murderers: • Those who chose specific targets who the killers believe to have caused them stress. • Those who attack targets having no connection with the killer but who belong to groups the killer dislikes.

4. Mass and Spree Murder • Most mass murderers are motivated by a hatred that simmers until some specific event provides the flame that brings it to a boil. • Spree killers move from victim to victim in fairly rapid succession. • Spree killing is rare, but spree-killing teams are even rarer and are typically composed of a dominant leader and submissive lover. • Spree and mass murderers have increased steadily in the United States since the middle of the century.

5. Serial Murder • FBI’s three criteria for defining a killer as a serial killer: • Kill in three or more separate events. • At three or more separate locations. • Engage in an emotional cooling off period between murders. • Serial murder: The killing of three or more victims over an extended period of time.

6. The Extent of the Problem • Some empirical evidence suggested that roughly 20% of the murders in the United States yearly were committed by serial killers. • However, other data sources contented that the share of serial killers accounted for no more than 300-400 murders each year.

7. 88% MALE AVERAGE AGE 28.5 TARGETED STRANGERS 62% CAUCASIAN 85% OPERATE IN SPECIFIC LOCATION 71% DEMOGRAPHICS

8. ADOLESCENT LIFE ALL COME FROM DYSFUNCTIONAL BACKGROUNDS INVOLVING SEXUAL OR PHYSICAL ABUSE BIPOLAR MODE DISORDER A FEELING OF RESENTMENT TOWARDS SOCIETY SEXUAL FRUSTRATIONS DAY DREAMING ISOLATION WHAT MAKES A SERIAL KILLER?

9. MOST NOT PSYCHOTIC THEY ARE PSYCHOPATHS THEY PERCEIVE THEMSELVES AS GODS BECOME ADDICTED TO KILLING MENTAL ILLNESS *You can also have Copy Cat Killers: those who set out to copy more infamous killers

10. Psychopath Definitions of Psychopath (or sociopath) on the Web: * A person who willfully does damage without remorse. "Such individuals are insensitive to other's needs, and unable to anticipate the consequences of their behavior... characterized by absence of guilt and anxiety normally accompanying an antisocial act."

11. Categorizing the Serial Killer • Killer • Sex, race, age • IQ • Psychopathology • Crime Scene • Type of weapon • Use of torture • Attempt to hide body • Location • Motive • Sex • Power • Fianancial Gain • Victim • Sex, Race, Age • Occupation • Personality

12. Types of Serial Killers • Visionary: betterment of society, for better good • Missionary: justified killings • Hedonistic: pleasure (lust), ‘black widows’ • Economic Gain: for material ends, “things” • Power & Control: domination, abused as child, most common • Sexual in Nature You may come across additional reasons in your research. http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/

13. Types of Serial KillersAntisocial Personalities • Definition • Pattern of irresponsible or harmful behavior • Lack of conscience • Ignore social rules and laws • Impulsive • Fail to learn from punishment • Examples • Gang Members • Criminals who kill for no reason This type is not the primary focus of our discussion / project.

14. Figure 12.2 Stephen Giannangelo's Diathesis/Stress Model of Serial Killing

15. Law Enforcement’s Response to Serial Killing • The Investigative Support Unit (ISU) of the FBI has developed methods of profiling serial killers and other violent offenders through extensive interviewing and formal psychological testing of incarcerated killers in order to develop a typology based on personality and other offender characteristics. • Offender profiling is augmented by crime scene analysis, which often tells experienced investigators a lot about the perpetrator’s personality. • May serial murders may occur in diverse police jurisdictions without law enforcement being able to not the connections between them. This problem is known as linkage blindness.

16. Law Enforcement’s Response to Serial Killing • In 1985, the FBI created the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (VICAP) which was a national clearinghouse that collates information on unsolved violent crimes from different jurisdictions. • Law enforcement now has the ability to link a number of homicides committed in different jurisdictions to a single individual or individuals.

17. Serial Killers • Henry Lee Lucas • Angelo Buono • Andrei Chikatilo • Belle Gunness • Richard Trenton Chase • Ed Gein (Tx Massacre) • Jake Bird • Michael Swango • Mary Ann Cotton • Karla Homolka • Robert Yates • Gary Ridgway • Nannie Doss • Bloody-Benders (US) • Thug Behram (India) • Miyuki Ishikawa (Japan) • Alexander Pichuzkin (Russia) • Bruce Lee (Britain) • Nikolai Dzhvmagaliev (Russia) • Karl Denke (Germany)

18. More Serial Killers • Jeffrey Dahmer • David Berkowicz (Son of Sam) • Jack the Ripper • Zodiac Killer • Albert Desalvo (Boston Strangler) • Yorkshore Ripper • BTK • Weepy-Voiced Killer • Charles Ng & Leonard Lake • Eddie Gein • “Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run” • The Frankford Slasher • William Burke & William Hare • Frederick Bailey Deeming • Fritz Haarmann • Black Dahlia • Black Widow • Charles Manson • John Wayne Gacey • Ted Bundy • Daisey de Melker (South Africa’s 1st serial killer) • Clairemont SK • Green River Killer • Rostov Ripper • Carl Panzram • Axeman of New Orleans • Berrima Axe Murderer • Anna Marie Hahn • Jack the Stripper

19. Project: What makes a Serial Killer? Create a PowerPoint Presentation detailing the following: • Part 1: Brief Overview of … • What Makes a Serial Killer (cause, reasoning, thinking, normal behaviors, abnormal behaviors, intelligence) • Actions of a Serial Killer (reasons, victims, what they get out of the killings, trophies/keepsakes, what they do with the bodies, etc.) • Media Attention (good or bad or both) • Part 2: Psychoanalysis of Your Serial Killer • Discuss your Killer based on the items you explained in Part 1 • Discuss their adolescence and how it played a part in the person s/he became • What was abnormal about his/her life in comparison to your/our lives (i.e. were there any signs that would indicated this person would become a serial killer)? • What type of killer are they? Motive? Reasons for doing what they do? • Be sure to give sufficient detail on the victim(s) – was there a trend between all the victims? (what does info about the victim(s) tell about your sk?) • Where are they now? (captured-arrest-confession-trial-sentencing)