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Investigating the content of a text
Original: Predictive modeling
Paraphrased: Estimating future outcomes based on data
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Intro
History has documented serial killers for decades. Each story is more horrific than the previous. Since the dawn of time, people have struggled to find out what drives someone to murder another person. It may be their upbringing, or the wiring of their brains. Many believe that the majority of serial killers were created that way. It is not possible for humans to kill another human being just because they are human. Why is this happening?
Topic analysisSome people believe that murders can be used as a way to “mephitic” relax. It is quite concerning to imagine someone could find pleasure in killing another person. Because of the modern technology, it’s possible to believe that killing someone could be considered a form or leisure. You can now read horrific stories about people who have murdered others using technology today. These articles allow you to see the history of serial killers. You may find out that they were either a tough child or have some mental illness. What is the definition of a serial murderer? Three common characteristics of serial killers are victims, incident, and time. To be considered a serial murderer, a person must have murdered more than three people. A minimum of three or more murders or other occurrences. From what we know, there is a clear line between a serial murderer and a mass killer.
Motives and relationships with victims are the main reason for serial killers. A hitman is not a serial killer because they do it to make money. To be able to catch the next serial killers, it is essential to learn about all of these serial killers. These studies can help reveal the psychology of serial killers. Many tests are available to help you test demographics, personality disorders as well criminal and criminal behaviours, family experience, drug usage, and even your family history.
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 or MMPI-2 is one the most well-known tests. It consists of 567 false or true questions. This test can be used to assess personality characteristics and psychopathologies. To compare the subject’s responses with those of other prisoners, the Megargee Criminal Justice and Correctional Report were requested. The subject was a 1943-born male. He is currently behind bars, but has never been diagnosed either with a mental or physical disability.
Although he had a difficult childhood, he was also an abuser to his father and later abandoned his children. In 1972, he killed and raped his victim. He then left the body behind in a dumpster. There were four victims to his crime. All of them were either tortured or raped before being murdered and left behind. He was arrested Labor Day 1972.
The first test on the subject was the MMPI-2. The scores showed that they were true. For example, the FAM score was a 63. This indicates that the subject might have felt hostility or negative feelings towards relatives. His scores placed him in Group Delta. He didn’t fit in the group due to his psychological disorders. It was determined that subject had a good score and was a normal prisoner, despite his rough and abusive family background.
I was unaware that there are tests to assess the psychology of serial criminals before I began research for this paper. I knew there could be many reasons someone might become a serial killer. But I didn’t understand what made a serial killing machine a serial killer. One example would be someone who killed 3 people in a single day and didn’t kill again.
I did not know there were Leisure researches. These people study the motives behind serial killers. It was clear to me that serial killers are still a problem and that we have a lot of information to assist law enforcement in identifying them. I encourage this research and future research on serial murderers.
Cites
Culhane, S. E., Hilstad, S. M., Freng, A., & Gray, M. J. (2010). Self-reported psychopathology of a serial killer. Journal of Investigative Profiling and Psychology, 8(1). 1-21. doi: 10.1002/jip.129
Williams, D. (2016). The application of forensic leisure science to homicide research: Entering the minds of serial murderers. Leisure Sciences, 39(4), 376-383. doi: 10.1080/01490400.2016.1234953
