Edmund Kemper: A Serial Killer

In standard cases, a homicide is committed for reasons surrounding family matters, monetary complications, arguments between friends or lovers, or even gang violence. A serial murderer has a whole different agenda in mind; "A psychokiller, I should make clear, is not a regular murderer. A murderer has a vendetta, a nice specific personal thing against his victim". Lucy Corin, an American novelist, wrote this and was exactly on the mark. A psychopathic serial killer does not have anything against their victim on a personal stance.

Red herrings are both deceptive and manipulative, but more importantly, they are how Dr. Sheppard almost got away with murder. In The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, a wealthy man is killed in his own estate. There are many suspects, excluding Sheppard. Between fake footprints and the intelligent use of a dictaphone, Dr.Sheppard deceived and manipulated both the police and Poroit, allowing him to no longer be a suspect in Roger Ackroyd’s murder.

Being notoriously known as perfectionists, doctors make it a priority to ensure that every little detail is ideal because a small mix up can cause a matter of life or death. In addition, their obsessive attention to detail would assist in the scheme of many murder cases. Lastly, criminals are known for slip ups, especially during Sherlock Holmes’ era. Many criminals were not very smart and would often clues behind. However, doctors are discrete and when mix them with actions of criminals, doctors would never leave behind any clues that would cause suspicion.

Americans often portray heroes to be flawless, but truth be told Malcolm X’s actions and life will reveal the contrary. He was a thief, drug dealer, racist, gambler, pimp, and took part of racketing. Some

He had arrived home at noon, kissed his mother, readily replied to questions that his father put concerning his supposed overnight trip to Fort Scott, and sat down to eat…” (Capote 73). Through the structure of the text, Capote reveals Dick’s true self, by first showing Perry being ashamed of what he did to the family, then transitioning into Dick being unaware of the effects of his actions. Dick is a psychopath, that he can go about his day, unphased by his actions. Capote goes on about Dick’s day, which seems to be a laundry list, and enhances the fact that Dick is more blameworthy for the situation.

It becomes apparent that the standard for humane actions can be easily skewed with a majority of a social group being instilled with fear. Inhumane actions can easily seem humane if everyone believes it. In any case, murder is not accepted by the laws of society and is a cruel act of hate. In Malcom Gladwell’s work, he discusses the murderer Bernie Goetz, and how he was able to get away with murder, with his name in good standing, because he murdered what many people feared. Gladwell describes the way the people in the city perceive Goetz’ actions when he says “They seemed the embodiment of the kind of young thug feared by nearly all urban-dwellers, and the mysterious gunman who shot them down seemed like an avenging angle” (150).

Murder on the Orient Express is based on a true story where a man had murdered his son and was never caught due to his connections. (____) This led to a person being put to death without any evidence. This relates to Cassetti directly: he escaped his punishment because he had money and resources. Even though Cassetti was tried for his crimes, he managed to be set free.

Polo player Tom Buchanan had an ongoing relationship with George Wilson 's wife Myrtle that ended very dramatically with the death of Myrtle in a car accident as well as causing the murder of Jay Gatsby. It was not till this time where George started to realize that his wife was having an affair and this made him very upset as Nick says “He had discovered that Myrtle had some sort of life apart from him in another world and the shock had made him physically sick. ”(Fitzgerald 130). Tom took Gatsby 's car to get gas at George 's garage on his way to the city to meet with Gatsby. While getting gas Myrtle saw that it was Tom in the car and was upset because she was locked in a room and wasn 't allowed to see anyone.

The letters also had very specific details that only the killer could know. The Zodiac Killer then threatened that more people would be attacked if the letters weren’t printed on the front page of each of the newspapers. At the bottom of the letter, there was a three-part cipher which he claimed was his identity. Just a few days later, he sent another letter mocking the police for not being able to catch him, or even crack the cipher. A high school teacher soon solved the cipher which said, “I like killing people because it is so much fun.”

They see things, hear voices and have a false perception of reality. (2) A Psychopath is the second class of killer. A psychopath is completely aware of the differences of right and wrong they just don’t care. The FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit (BSU) has further classified into (1) Asocial killers typically are loners and prefer to knock out their victims, finds them near from where they live and work and will dispose of the corpse as quickly as possible.

Dahmer is known to engage in sexual activities with the corpses and save body parts as trophies. When he is finally caught and arrested, he attends his trial. Dahmer 's plea stating he is not guilty be reason of insanity would be denied, however (Biography.com Editors). Though the psychologist in this case has lost against the prosecution, many believe that the decision to put him in a more monitored prison is made strictly out of fear. As a forensic psychologist, you will be able to get into Dahmer 's mind and decide for yourself if he is insane.

Also, his wife had divorced him and his relationships were short term and very meaningless. He was very impulsive with his actions and was unpredictable with his sexual behaviors, considering he managed to rape 33 people. John Gacy was organized, which shocked many on their psychoanalysis of the crazed killer. This could be evidence to prove he was not insane. Personally, we believe that

In the ASPD Medical Report, there is a list of statements and all the answers are either true or false and it states, “The subject is prone to boredom. True… The subject needs to take risks to feel alive. True… The subject is not or would be proud of getting away with crimes.

(Dawn Wissman, 2013). Behavior affected by nature can play its part in creating a serial killer. “ Bedwetting, cruelty to animals, and fire setting were behaviors typically used by criminologists and psychologists to identify likely violent offenders, especially serial killers. Current research has shown no true relationship between the three behaviors and violent criminal behavior“ (Dawn Wissman,

Not all serial murderers kill for the same reason or in the same way, a lot of them leave behind a “signature” which is something that a killer leaves at a crime scene, or does to a person, that signals that this is them who committed the crime, and often is done to play out a fantasy that the killer has. Along with the special “signature,” not all killers kill for the same reasons, there are types and labels for different types of serial killers, such as: psychopathic sexual sadists, crime spree killers, mission serial killer, and many more (Miller, Serial Killers: I. Subtypes, Patterns, and Motives,