Serial Killers
Essays

Pennell v. State of Delaware, the court addressed issues surrounding an expert's testimony about serial killers. This testimony was crucial because the defendant was indicted and tried for the murders of three…

This essay compares the novel American Psycho with the story of John Wayne Gacy in order to understand the public perception of serial killers. Noting the similarities between the two killers allows one to understand how their success is dependent upon the society in which they find themselves. In turn, this allows one to better appreciate the social critique of the novel, which focuses on the way in which serial killers are essentially the natural progression of the dominant social ideals of American society.

There is an urban legend about an incident at a mental hospital caught on video: a psychotic patient at a hospital, who has a history of threatening violent acts, manages to smuggle a screwdriver from a workman.

Criminal Theory - Operational Implementation

This is a report conducted regarding the events that led to the capture of the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgeway. The fact that forensic science was initially lacking the means to convict him, did not stop police from collectign valuable evidnence in 1987 that led to his internment in 2001. The efforts of the police and the scientists led to the capture of the most prolific serial murderer in US history.

Although crimes have been committed since times immemorial, a systematic study of the causes of criminal behavior (or why crimes are committed) is a relatively recent phenomenon. Various theories have been put forward…

Consultation Triage & Testimony in Forensic Psychology

Forensic anthropology is a relatively new field in anthropology. When it was first recognized as a forensic science about thirty years ago, there were only six forensic anthropologists, all of whom knew each other…

This paper is a proposal for a larger study to investigate whether the existence of gay and lesbian serial killers invalidates previous paradigms that assume serial killers are straight white males. The paper includes an abstract, a table of contents that lays out the topic, a literature review, a hypothesis, and a definition of terms specific to the study.

People who watch the News on television believe there is a lot more crime than there really is, according to researchers. This apparent effect of watching televised Newscasts is in addition to the effect of crime…