Canadian couple Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo met in 1987 when Paul was twenty three years old and Karla was seventeen years old. The couple instantly became sexually obsessed with one another. Karla was very encouraging when it came to Paul’s sadistic sexual behavior and he enjoyed that. She would also encourage his fantasies towards other women and not only approved his behavior but even praised it. He would verbally and physically abuse her and she liked it. The twisted attraction between the
Karla Homolka is a prime example of a person who has committed a violent crime. The story of who Karla Homolka is and what she had done is very well known, not just in Canada but all over North America. After hearing the story of what her and Paul Bernardo did many people would wonder why, why and how could two people commit such violent acts. There are many theories that criminologists could use to try and explain the reasoning behind the actions of Karla Homolka, one would like to believe that
Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka: Canadian Rapists/Murderers Paul Bernardo was a well liked child by all the parents in the neighbourhood, he was pleasant and friendly. Although, when he was a sixteen, he got into an argument with his mother and she told him about how he was a illegitimate child and showed him the picture of his real father for whom she had an affair with. Paul was devastated and after the incident he did not get along with his mother. He started to hang around a tough crowd
Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka Case Analysis Colette Ouattara Wright State University Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka are serial rapists and murderers known for the heinous crimes they committed as husband and wife. Prior to meeting, Paul was seen as the “perfect” child. He was a high achieving student, polite, and always happy. No one ever suspect that he harbored such dark and vile sexual fantasies. May 4, 1987, Paul brutally attacked and raped a 21-year-old woman he followed
What would you be willing to do for the person you love? The answer varies for everyone but for two women the answer was the same, they would be willing to kill. Although Frederick West,Rosemary Letts,Paul Bernardo, and Karla Homolka were all born and raised in different places and by different people they all have one thing in common, they choose to kill. In this paper i will analyze and compare how two different couples could both abduct and kill together. Frederick West was born in the town of
Synopsis of Homolka Case Karla Homolka is a Canadian convicted serial killer. In May of 1993, after working out a plea bargain with the Crown, she was sentenced to 12 years with 2 counts of manslaughter, to which she pleaded guilty in exchange for testifying against her husband and partner in crime, Paul Bernardo. Without her testimony, there would not have been enough evidence to convict him. In 1991, Homolka took part in the rape-murder of 14 year old Leslie Mahaffy and then the rape-murder of
There are many reason why an individual might decide to commit crime. There are many theorist that would try and explain the reason behind such immortal acts, to some it’s an act out of necessities and to others its lack of support and guidance. This paper will look at Paul Bernardo’s (The Scarborough Rapist) case and the different theories that could be used to explain his case. The three main Theorist this paper will focus on are Reckless’ Containment Theory, Hervey M. Cleckle the Mask of Sanity
victims, portrayal, investigation and framing of the story that is portrayed in the movie, Karla 2006. This critical analysis will be done by utilizing knowledge and concepts obtained through the Serial Killers Topic course offered through the University of South Florida. The two killers being analyzed are Paul Bernardo and his wife Karal Homolka, accused and convicted of raping and murder three women; Tammy Homolka, Tina McCarthy (based on Leslie Mahaffy) and Kaitlyn Ross (based on Kristen French). INTRODUCTION
One of the biggest problems which the United States is faced with is juvenile crime. The reason experts feel juvenile 's commit crimes is because of risk factors when they were younger but experts still have not found the main reason why juvenile 's commit crimes. Some risk factors associated with juvenile crime are poverty, repeated exposure to violence, drugs, easy access to firearms, unstable family life and family violence, delinquent peer groups, and media violence. There are persistent patterns
Is Scott Peterson, is a dark figure of the crime, it seems to be the case, but if we search deeply, why his ex-lover or girl-friend just start to “trust police” and collaborate agains him, immediately after his wife disappeared? Once we make “an inside view into the homicide event”1 it not a part of a demonic plan agains the man, who the whole nation decided to make a Public Enemy N1? Amber Frey ( what a beautiful and scenic name she has), is now a famous writer, and therapist Where, I 'm more
that is, becoming so sexually aroused by the event, to the point of having an orgasm (Pearson, 1998). Does this sound like the heinous acts of Jeffrey Dahmer, Jack The Ripper, or Ted Bundy? How about the petite, pretty, fawnlike, Texas teen named Karla Faye Tucker? A woman? A killer? A sexual predator? Never before had such a thing been heard of, until Miss Tucker. Typically, when one thinks of serial killers, such images as Son of Sam, John Wayne Gacy, or the Boston Strangler, come to mind
There are many heinous crimes that have saturated our society; news reports of a woman being attacked while walking to her car late at night, a child being abducted and his frantic mother pleading with the assailant to let her child go. There is a common theme threaded into the reports we frequently see plastered on our television screens and that theme is masculinity in crime. It seems almost unfathomable that a woman could commit murder, least of all a sex crime. Due to this distorted thinking
her three children (she tried to kill all of them) in order to win back a lover who didn't want kids. Susan Smith drowned her boys in a neighborhood lake because her boyfriend did not want the responsibility of raising some other man's children. Karla Homolka and husband Paul Bernardo sexually assaulted, tortured and killed several young women for thrills. There a...
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was signed into law by Queen Elizabeth II April 17, 1982. Often referred to as the Charter, it affirms the rights and freedoms of Canadians in the Constitution of Canada. The Charter encompasses fundamental freedoms, democratic rights, mobility rights, legal rights, language rights and equality rights. The primary function of the Charter is to act as a regulatory check between Federal, Provincial and Territorial governments and the Canadian people. Being
of bestiality was banned in China, for example, someone in Switzerland could post those pictures and the Chinese would have access to every single bit of data. Another example, this being completely factual, occurred in Ontario concerning the Karla Homolka/Paul Bernado trial. The courts decided that in order not to influence the jurors outside of the courtroom that a gag order would be put on media coverage of the trial. Conventional media complied, but an Internet site appeared. This was in turn
His dead body was found in the woods near Daytona Beach, Florida, shot with a twenty two caliber rifle. “She ended up shooting six .22 caliber bullets into him” (McDuff 202). This is just one of the many catastrophes performed by a woman serial killer. Serial killers are a problem in the United States, murdering on average 2000 people each year (Indiana University np). “In fact, serial murder in the United States alone makes up more than three-quarters of the estimated world total” (Innes 5). Although
Programs in prisons that are tailored to women’s unparalleled needs would benefit society in the grand scheme of things. On an individual level it could break the cycle of abuse, victimization, and self-loathing. It is essential that the double damage done to female offenders be repaired because they deserve an unbiased chance at a good life. After all, they could represent your mother, aunt, sister, niece, wife and girlfriend. In her book, A woman doing life: Notes from a prison for women, Erin