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Table of Contents1. Monsters or Victims? 2 2. Studying the Serial Killer Brain 6 2.1. Antisocial Personality Disorder vs. Psychopathy 6 2.2. Organized vs. Disorganized Killers 7 2.3. The Holmes and Holmes Serial Murder Typology 9 4. Joseph Christopher: "The Midtown Slasher" 14 5. Donald Henry Gaskins: "The Meanest Man in America" 16 Conclusion 20 Bibliography 21
Introduction A serial killer is traditionally defined as a person who has killed three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification. Serial killers are not the same; they are classified in many categories. They can kill because of the traumas from their childhood or because of a problem of their brains. This subject is of interest because people should be informed about the problems that can affect the human brain, or the family problems that can make a human become a serial killer. The paper contains 5 chapters. The first chapter “Monsters or Victims?” will solve the mystery of the serial killers brains. It will explain how a serial killer’s brain works and what is wrong with it. The second chapter in entitled “Studying the Serial Killer Brain “and is divided into 3 subchapters: “Antisocial Personality Disorder vs. Psychopathy”, “Organized vs. Disorganized Killers” and “The Holmes and Holmes Serial Murder Typology” which divide Serial killers into more categories. The third chapter “Joe Ball - "The Alligator Man" tells us a story about a man with a sad childhood. The fourth chapter entitled “Joseph Christopher - "The Midtown Slasher" gives us another example of an obsessed serial killer who killed many innocent victims without any reason. The last chapter “Donald Henry Gaskins": The Meanest Man in America" tells us about a coldblooded killer named Pee Wee or The Meanest Man in America who destroyed approximate 181 lives with his brutality. 1. Monsters or Victims?Psychopaths and serial killers are much discussed subjects. Not only that people are fascinated by their lack of feelings, but people are also interested to learn what makes them what they are. 
If who we are and what we do originates in the brain, than this can explain our entire catalogue of personalities and behaviors. However, what about those with a deviant behavior? If those are like as Crime times quoted: “Lacking in conscience and in feeling for others, psychopaths cold-bloodedly that take what they want and do as they please, violating social norms and expectations without the slightest sense of guilt or regret” (03 February 1997), There is something wrong or inaccurate in their brains. What is the difference between the brains of these individuals whom our society finds unforgivable and cruel predators? Society might find a biological reason for such deficient behavior more comfortable than the prospects of 'good and evil' or a mistake. Recent reports in science have found discrete locations in the brain that are used in complicated systems that serve as the human moral compass. Changes in the brain have long been known to change the behaviors of a man. By finding places in the brain where behavioral traits lie we can understand that there may exist people with neuropath logical disorders. This consists in lack of social emotions that guide normal human behavior. Charles Montaldo, who wrote the article “Characteristics of the Psychopathic Personality,” says that: “A psychopath is incapable of feeling guilt, remorse, or empathy for his actions. He is generally cunning and manipulative. He knows the difference between right and wrong, but dismisses it as not applying to him. A psychopath is also incapable of feeling normal emotions like love, and often shows extreme egocentric and narcissistic behavior.”(30)  Current research indicates that the serial killer has difficulty in actually processing, understanding and using emotional material in general. The material tested varies from emotionally disturbing pictures to simply emotional words. Noting that the right hemisphere of the brain is specialized for processing the emotional significance of words, researchers speculated that "psychopaths, who are unempathic, callous, and emotionally shallow, would rely less than non- -based decoding strategies.
This would mean that repeated stressors may induce an initial minor depression in vulnerable persons. This theory seems to be able to explain the escalating pattern of killings, the relief that some murderers feel after the killing, the quickening of the cycle, and the out-of-control feelings. It may be that some serial killers have an unrecognized, aberrant, or atypical form of mood disorder. Directory: file -> view view -> Western Europe after wwii view -> Author study: paul fleischman view -> Qpa1 7ela study Guide view -> Arctic Oil/Gas Neg view -> November 1970 Approximately 150,000-500,000 deaths Bhola Cyclone Bangladesh view -> Grade Level: 6 Unit of Study: Caribbean glce view -> Citation: Duffield, Katy view -> Table of Contents Lesson # view -> Chinese Wind Energy Disad Download 0.57 Mb. Share with your friends:
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