Serial Killers

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The topic I chose for my research paper is serial killers. More specifically, are serial killers born or made? I believe serial killers are made. A serial killer is a person who commits a series of murders, often with no apparent motive and typically following a characteristic, predictable behavior pattern. Most cases of serial killers are form those who were born in a domestic abuse situation. However, there are plenty of cases of serial killers who lived in a healthy, loving, and stable home. Most serial killers are psychopaths. Psychopathic tendencies are discovered in children at a young age. It is believed that future murders start off by mutilating animals or performing their killing and sexual fantasies on animals. An example of this …show more content…

For example, there is a program on TV that specializes in serial killers called Criminal Minds. One specific episode of Criminal Minds had the most compelling and interesting case. Season four episode twenty is about a young boy name Adam Jackson who had a traumatizing upbringing. At the age of five, Adams mother passed away and Adam became the target of his father’s abuse. Adams father, Mark would beat Adam and force him to wear women’s clothing as a form of punishment and amusement. In order to survive mentally, Adam created an alter ego named Amanda who would take control when Adam was in pain or in danger. Amanda stayed dormant within Adam all throughout his adolescence because she felt Adam was safe. When he reached adulthood, Amanda took control during situations she felt where a danger to Adam and would punish those she felt were responsible. These punishments included rape, and then murder. When the B.A.U (behavioral analysis unit) caught up to him, they realized the murders were conducted by a team of a submissive male and dominant female. Shortly after this discovery, the B.A.U realized that Adam had an alternate personality and that Adam was sleeping in his subconscious. They discovered that Adam was not the person responsible for the murders, his alter ego Amanda was. In this case Adam’s upbringing played a role in him becoming a serial killer but the main cause was his weak mental constitution.

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