Robert Ressler Essays

  • Robert Ressler: The Father Of Serial Killers

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    Administration at Michigan State University. In 1962, Ressler graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree and continued his education to obtain a Master’s degree. In 1968, he graduated from Michigan State University with a Master of Science degree. After graduation, Ressler enlisted in the U.S. Army as a military investigator. The Army provided Ressler with the knowledge and skill set necessary to apprehend criminals. After leaving the U.S. Army, Ressler began working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation

  • Robert Ressler Coined the Term Serial Killer

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    tomorrow.” (Ted Bundy). Serial killers are not always those people that look like monsters or behave in strangeous ways. Sometimes they are the successful people, the ones that have a family and a job. The term “Serial Killer” was first coined by Robert Ressler, former director of the FBI’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program. Serial killers are often defined as people that kill two or more people over a period of more than 30 days with “cooling off” periods between each kill. Many historical criminologists

  • The Interracial Killer: James Clayton Vaughn Jr.

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    Teten, Patrick Mullany, Robert Ressler, John Douglas, and Roy Hazelwood. The first success to be experienced by the group that also brought a lot of credibility to the field of psychological profiling was in the case of the David Meierhofer murders. This offender abducted and murdered

  • From Cain and Abel to Serial Killers

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    M., and James DeBurger. Serial Murder. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1988. Lunde, Donald T. Murder and Madness. San Francisco: San Francisco Book, 1976. Markman, Ronald, and Dominick Bosco. Alone with the Devil. New York: Doubleday, 1989. Ressler, Robert K., Ann W. Burgess, and John E. Douglas. Sexual Homicide - Patterns and Motives. Lexington, MA: Heath, 1988. Taylor, Lawrence. Born to Crime. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1984.

  • What Motivates Murdresses to Kill

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    between a murderer(male) and a murderess (being a female). I will talk about the different motives between a male and a female, I will elaborate the classifications and its vast categories. The term “serial killer” was invented in the late 1970's by “Robert K. Ressle... ... middle of paper ... ...ple are going to kill, they will. A very famous unknown serial killers said that “No handcuffs are strong enough to stop me from killing”. If they are out free in society they will kill, if they are locked

  • The Mind of a Serial Killer

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    As police walk into an abandoned house, a foul stench overtakes them. The room is dim and looks as though no one has been here for months. They walk further into the house and begin to see spots of blood on the floor. They follow this trail down the stairs into the basement where the smell becomes overwhelming, causing some of the officers to gasp and run back up the stairs. In the basement, they find the remains of several young boys who have been molested and badly mutilated. What could cause someone

  • Overview of Criminal Profiling

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    Being a criminal profiler is not like it is on all the television shows, but it is still an interesting and important job. Criminal profilers have been used to close many police and federal cases. They work in several homicide cases involving rape, racial killings, brutal killings, and involving serial killers. They help make it easier for the police to find the right person by examining the crime scene. Being a criminal profiler is a tough job but with hard work and dedication it is a great career

  • Forensic Psychology and Criminal Profiling

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    believed that investigation bodies like the FBI refuse to give out statistic information regarding the failures and successes of the profiles which they always give. Even though statistics like 70% achievement level have been distributed (Shachtman and Ressler, 1992), there is yet to be a profile put before investigators to authenticate this assertion. ... ... middle of paper ... ...ter that make use of a methodology that was able to be gauged (using larger samples than in the US this was covered in

  • Katherine Ramsland Case Study

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    The author, Katherine Ramsland, is a forensic psychologist that teaches criminal justice. The purpose of this article is to answer the question of ‘how and why’ a human could have so much anger towards another person. Anthony Meoli holds a BS in criminal justice from Penn State University, a MA in forensic psychology from Argosy University, and a JD from John Marshall Law School. He was interviewed while I was reading this article and answered questions based off of why he was launching this project

  • Early Indicators of Someone Becoming a Serial Killer

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    Introduction: The term serial killer was created in the 1970’s by a man named Robert Ressler. He chose serial killer as the name to describe a killer that murders three or more victims over a period of time because the FBI were always studying a series of cases created by the killers (Freeman, 2007). Serial killers have been around for centuries, since ancient times. There have been many studies done to try and figure out how the minds of serial killers work, so the FBI can catch them and find a

  • Using Psychology to Find Serial Killers

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    Serial killers have been ravaging society for centuries, even before Jack the Ripper. For every effect there is a cause, there always is a reason for why people do things. On the topic of serial offences it will always lead back to what drove the perpetrator there. When any crime is committed it can be a simple reason such as lust or money. When a serial crime is committed it means there is more to it than just an accident, they like what they are doing. To find and catch these horrific individuals

  • Crime Scene Profiling

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    History is important and gives us information on what has come before, it gives us a look back on where we have been and what we are becoming. It also reminds us where our knowledge and wisdom came from. History is for critical thinkers, it is for those who will not blindly accept what is handed to them. It is for those that would rather come to understand things. Criminal profiling came about in the late 1940’s and is mainly used by the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation). FBI (Federal Bureau

  • The Forensic Science of Criminal Profiling

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    juror come back with a guilty verdict and most importantly save the lives of potential victims. Bibliography: Works Cited Lee, Henry Dr and Dr. Jerry Labriola. Famous Crimes Revisited. Strong Books, Southington, CT. 2001. Simon, Robert Dr. Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream. American Psychiatric Press, Inc. Washington, D.C. 1996. Ross, Drew Dr. Looking Into The Eyes Of A Killer. Plenum Publishing Co. New York, NY. 1998. Goldman, Amy. The Importance of Victimology in Criminal

  • Analysis of Still Life With Peppermint Bottle by Paul Cezanne

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    as a peppermint bottles and fruit (these examples taken from his painting, ‘Still Life with a Peppermint Bottle’), which symbolized the private part of man’s nature. Jane Roberts supports this idea in stating that, “ … man will gladly surround himself with beloved knick knacks with which he can be isolated with and alone…” (Roberts 213). She goes on to say that these objects are contemplative in nature, allowing man to sit and ponder their meaning. When I speak of contemplation, I mean that every

  • History, Race, and Violence in the Arena of Reproduction Enslavement.

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    History, Race, and Violence in the Arena of Reproduction Enslavement. In 1997, Dorothy Roberts wrote a salient book titled Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty. Roberts explicates the crusade to punish Black women—especially the destitute—for having children. The exploitation of Black women in the U.S. began in the days of slavery and, appropriately enough, Roberts introduces her first chapter with an illustrative story: When Rose Williams was sixteen years

  • Free Awakening Essays: The Creole Men of The Awakening

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    The three main characters are typical men of that era. Chopin shows the diversity in each of those three characters. Roberts awakening, and the struggle to do what is the right thing. Alcee and how he is carefree and not concerned with society’s expectations of him, and so has a reputation. Mr. Pontiller, a business man first and foremost, with little left for wife and family. Robert did the right and noble thing by leaving to go to Mexico so as to not have to see the object of his forbidden love.

  • the wars - chapter 5

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    Robert leaves from London to Waterloo where he rides by train and reaches a town called Magdalene Wood. It is here when he realizes that he has been separated with his bag. Robert is now left without rations, clean clothing, and his gun. Magdalene Wood lies about 12 miles from Bailleul. Robert decides he wants to make it before sunrise so he must walk the remainder of the way. Soon Robert joined two horsemen and rode the remainder of the way. When Robert reaches Bailleul and stays the first night

  • Geography of Jamaica

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    fleet sailed into St. Ann’s Bay on his second voyage of discovery to the New World in 1494. He described Jamaica as, “the fairest island eyes have beheld; mountainous and the land seems to touch the sky....and full of valleys and fields and plains” (Roberts, 141). Although founded by a Spaniard, Jamaica was eventually sold to England. Today, Jamaica is the largest of the English speaking West Indian islands. The tropical island of Jamaica, called Xamayca by the Arawaks, is situated in the heart

  • Deterrent Effect Case Study

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    The first, second, and fourth factor weigh against standing. Regarding the first factor, Plaintiff states that he lives and resides in Childress, Texas; which is over 500 miles from Red Rocks. Generally, "[c]ourts have consistently maintained that a distance of over 100 miles weighs against finding a reasonable likelihood of future harm." Jones v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., No. 05-0535, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 86613, 2006 WL 3437905, at *3 (E.D.Cal. Nov. 29, 2006). Moving to the second factor – Plaintiff’s

  • The History and Future of the Internet

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    much different future. The internet was created to test new networking technologies developed to eventually aid the military. The Arpanet, advanced research projects agency network, became operational in 1968 after it was conceived by Leanard Roberts (Watrall, T101, 2/2). Ever since the Arpanet began in 1968, it grew exponentially in the number of connected users. Traffic and host population became too big for the network to maintain, due to the killer application known as email created in 1972