Albert Fish Personality Disorder

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The serial sexual murderer of focus is Albert Fish. Albert Fish was known to many people as the Gray Man and the Werewolf of Wysteria. Albert Fish was an insane person, like no other. He was extensively perverted in so many ways, on one side, his personality comes off as caring about some things, but lacking any care towards others. The crimes he committed occurred in a period when people trusted their neighbors, not having many suspicions; he is one of many to open the eyes of these naive people. In exploring the fundamental elements of Albert's life, one must understand the breakdown of his life, his death, and try to understand the reasons behind what he did.
To study Albert Fish and understand what he did, I believe it is important to comprehend serial sexual murders. When reading the book Sexual Murder: Catathymic and Compulsive Homicides by Louis Schlesinger it explains how sexual serial murders enjoy inflicting pain upon …show more content…

With that thought, there have only been, few known serial murders to have had some head trauma. These serial murders are Albert Fish, Leonard Lake, David Berkowitz, Kenneth Bianchi, John Wayne Gacy, and Carl Panzram. It does not think that there are different kinds of injuries as well as diseases that involve the brain that can cause people to have a lack of emotion, added aggressiveness, or even some violent tendencies, and sexual perversions. Individuals with these issues do not even realize they have a problem with the brain and that medication could fix their problems.
The last thought that could cause someone to become a murderer is sensory deprivation. It is believed that a lack of any physical touch is harmful to a child's development. Some known serial murderers are known to have been separated from their parents at an early age. It is even shared that some serial murders were also denied their mother's affection and were not given any physical

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