FREE ESSAY ON SERRIAL KILLER

SERRIAL KILLER

SERIAL KILLER
Shaine Dolan
The country has been gripped by fear and the serial killer has played right into that
fear. The serial killer epitomizes the fear that police officers and the criminal justice
cannot protect us. Serial killings account for less than one percent of annual homicides
we have in America, yet they somehow touch the lives of almost every America. Serial
killers are more common here in America then anywhere else in the world. Even though the
likely hood of ever encountering a serial killer is very slim it is the serial killer
that brings fear to many people in the Unites States. According to the book a serial
killer kills several victims over a period of time. Almost all serial killers are
sociopaths. They lack superego or conscience. A serial killer des not care about the
humanity of his victims he does not empathize
with them, or feel remorseful. Serial killers like the power they have over there
victims. Most serials killers are driven sexually to kill. They like the physical contact
with there victims. Sociopaths have a character flaw they care about inflicting pain and
suffering because as far as they are concerned there victims are unfeeling objects.
Killing makes these people feel superior not only to their victims but to the police
investigators too. Serial murders have been around for a long time. The furthest it has
been dated back to was in the 1400's.
Serial murders are the hardest for police investigators to figure out. Most of the
regular murders are done by someone who was close to the victim. Serial murders on the
other hand are done at random within a group of people. Police call these stranger
killings because neither victim, nor the victim's family knows the killer. This makes it
very hard for police to find the killer. The FBI was able to study many serial killers
and have developed a profile to help them catch serial killers. A typical serial killer
is a white male that has grown up in a dysfunctional family with an abusive mother. But
the most useful physiological insights come from the crime seen itself. The FBI
discovered the each criminal mind commits a different signature crime. After over twenty
years the FBI has made catching serial killers an art.