Title: The Role of Psychopathy and Sexuality in a Female Serial Killer Essay - 836 Words
Headings: The Role of Psychopathy and Sexuality in a Female Serial Killer
The Role of Psychopathy and Sexuality in a Female Serial Killer
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Content: Statistically, females usually account for about 15% of all violent crime and 28% of all property crime. However, there has been about a 140% increase in the number of crimes committed by women since 1970, and the upward trend is steady. For homicide, one of the most frequently-cited facts is a Justice Department study in 1991 which found females who were incarcerated for murder were twice as likely as men incarcerated for murder to have killed someone intimate (husband, boyfriend, or child). Female ...
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...﻿ SERIAL KILLERS, young and old October 14, 2013 GNED 144 SEC. 511 Instructor: Magdalena Spulber K Jones   Introduction Serial killers have been around for a very long time, and they will continue to exist and walk among us on a day to day basis. To categorize an individual as a serial killer they must have one or more of the following attributes within their character. This includes killing numerous amounts of people in a short period of time, having a release of sexual urges from performing these killings or believing they are doing the work of God. In researching about serial killers the topic of nature vs. nurture is the question of debate. It is still to be determined whether or not they are born with the urge already embedded in their minds, or this behavior is developed after sometime and if so what events occurred to trigger these actions.