Serial Offender Profile Paper

For this assignment, you will submit a profile of a serial offender that you will be selecting on your own. You can choose an offender discussed in the text, online, from other books, or any other resource (at the discretion of the professor). Once you select your offender, you will:

Discuss if the offender fits the common profile of the serial murder offender. This requires much more than providing a biography of the serial killer.
Apply a typology used in the text and apply it to the offender. In doing so, explain how the offender aligns with the typology.
Discuss how the particular offender’s crimes were solved (if applicable: if they were unresolved, discuss this, too); and the resolution of the case.
Cite sources using APA format. There is no required length for this paper. However, it must be comprehensive and fulfill all necessary requirements. Please make sure it looks clean and clear.

Examples of why I do not focus on length:

Example 1: Excerpt of a poor paper (the paper goes on and on but does not address anything in the prompt in any meaningful way):

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Ridgway thot of as behavior manipulator, deceitful and inconsideration for the rights and feeling of people. Ridgeway is callous and don’t care who he hurt. Considered to be psychological unstable exhibiting characters linked with anti-personality disorder as well as borderline personality disorder. This means he don’t care about the victims or the family.

Example 2: (poor paper; another class)

In this country there is lot controversy surround the being arrested process. due to many incident of police brutality many people are on edge when they see police. Police are not being trained in proper way to deal with the confronting people. I feel in situation they use excess force and because lack of being tained. as a result has led to people being afraid to police all together and that should not be. Police are here to protect the community and its citizens not put fear in them. Police need to be trained to not make people afraid of them. Police being trained help.

From the above, I hope you can see why I would prefer that you focus on your writing and content. Reading ten pages of the above styled writing isn’t meaningful to the assignment. They are poorly written and painfully redundant in aims of taking up space. Please address the prompt you choose in a comprehensive way. Identify and define concepts when appropriate, apply reasoning and ideas from the course material, provide examples when reasonable, and edit your work prior to submission.

Other formatting: Use APA style https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html (Links to an external site.)

[typologies include -organized/disorganized; Visionary, Hedonistic/sadistic, etc. See Hickey Ch. 1 for a start -or you may seek alternative sources]

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For my son Chad P. Hickey, who is always in my heart.

To the victims, both the living and the dead—may their suffering not be ignored nor forgotten.

To every person who has a passion for the study and application of forensics.

And to Col. Robert Ressler, retired FBI, who never really retired, and for that I am grateful.

Eric W. Hickey, Ph.D.

A Special Dedication

Twenty-two years have passed since one of the founding fathers of modern criminal profiling and behavioral analysis retired from the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit. But no matter. Robert Ressler still finds himself in demand around the world for his knowledge and expertise in

analyzing and interpreting the most complex and unusual of violent criminals and their crimes. As Robert’s current partner, I know firsthand that hardly a day passes where we don’t receive an email, letter, or telephone call seeking Robert’s advice in solving an extremely difficult homicide case or imploring him to lecture at some well-known university around the world. There is always an audience anxious to learn from one of the pioneers in criminal behavioral analysis who had the foresight and research acumen to understand that there was much that we,

as a society, could learn from the most violent of offenders, the serial killer.

In fact, Robert has been given credit for coining the term “serial killer” in its modern iteration. But those intimately involved in the field know that Robert’s contribution goes well beyond nomenclature: his groundbreaking research and unique approaches to understanding violent offenders’ behaviors has paved the way for law enforcement agencies around the world to organize and develop their own profiling units. In addition, Robert’s creation of ViCAP, the computerized Violent Criminal Apprehension Program database, is responsible for helping police and sheriff departments nationwide link what previously would have been viewed as individual murder cases, leading to the successful capture of serial offenders who undoubtedly would have continued plying their trade, undetected, across the country.

In his long FBI career, Robert worked tirelessly to push the boundaries of his research into violent criminal behavior in order to understand the psychological and behavioral attributes and

crime scene dynamics of serial killers, mass murderers, and offenders who commit sexual homicide. He shared that knowledge through the publication of numerous articles and books that have assisted law enforcement agencies around the world in helping to solve their previously unsolved cases. Robert’s life work has also helped to soften the sharp edges of the traumatic

wounds left in the lives of the families of so many of the men, women, and children who fell victim to these violent offenders. He remains a hero, mentor, teacher, and problem solver to

tens of thousands who have learned from his research and followed in his footsteps.

Despite his well-deserved reputation and fame, Robert has always remained accessible to those who have asked for his assistance. And he has always been humble in providing it. I am honored to call Robert my friend, mentor, and partner. He has had a significant impact

on the direction my career has taken, and years down the line, when I look back on all I’ve accomplished, I hope I will find I have honored his legacy. The truth, however, is that his

shoes are exceptionally large, and I doubt that anyone will ever be able to fill them.

Mark E. Safarik M.S., V.S.M. (FBI Ret.) Executive Director

Forensic Behavioral Services International Fredericksburg, Virginia

About the Author

Eric W. Hickey is the dean of the California School of Forensic Studies at Alliant International University, where he oversees the growth and development of the largest clinical forensic studies program in the United States. At Alliant he often teaches seminars in profiling psychopaths, sex offenders, and sexual preda- tors. Dr. Hickey has taught many courses in criminal personalities, sex crimes and paraphilia, homicide, and psychopathology in several universities and colleges, as well as for jail and prison staff. He supervises theses and dissertations involving forensic and criminal psychology. Dr. Hickey has considerable field experience working with the criminally insane, psychopaths, sex offenders, and other habitual criminals. He has also served as an adjunct instructor for the American Prosecutor’s Research Institute at the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina, profiling stalkers and cyberstalkers.

He publishes books and articles and lectures extensively on the etiology of violence and serial crime. His book, Serial Murderers and Their Victims, sixth edition (Wadsworth), is used as a teaching tool in universities and by law enforcement in studying the nature of violence, criminal personalities, and victim–offender relationships. Another of his books, The Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime (Sage Publishers), explores the phenomenon of murder and violence through the eyes of some of the world’s most noted experts. In 2006 he published his edited book Sex Crimes and Paraphilia (Prentice Hall Publishers), a comprehensive examination of sexual perversions, sex offending, and sexual predators. A coauthored book, The Myth of a Psychiatric Crime Wave (Carolina Academic Press), examines the misperceptions and reality of the mentally ill and mentally disordered as criminals. His current research focuses upon the development of his theory of relational paraphilic attachment (RPA) and sexual predators. His expertise is regularly sought by the media, including appearances on CNN, History Channel, NPR, Larry King Live, 20/20, A&E Biography, Good Morning America, CBC, True TV, Discovery, and TLC.

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He consults with private agencies and testifies as an expert witness in both criminal and civil cases. He is a court-qualified expert in paraphilia including pedophilia, child molestation, and fetishes; stalking; adult rape and sexual assault; and violent criminal behavior including robbery, burglary, and homicide (solo and serial). A former consultant to the FBI’s UNABOM Task Force, Dr. Hickey currently assists local, state, and federal law enforcement in training and investi- gations. He also conducts seminars for agencies involving the profiling and inves- tigating of sex crimes, arson, robbery, homicide, stalking, workplace violence, and terrorism as well as workshops for mental health practitioners. Dr. Hickey is a member of an FBI Threat Assessment Regional Evaluation Team that addresses campus violence and potential threats. He is internationally recognized for his research on multiple-homicide offenders and has conducted seminars in countries throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. He has also trained VIP protection specialists in Israel in profiling stalkers, threat assessment, and interventions.

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Contents

PREFACE xviii

1 Introduction 1

The Phenomenon of Serial Murder 1

Serial Murder: Fact and Fiction 2

Myths of Serial Murder 5

Numbers and Types of Mass Murders and Serial Killings in the United States 9

Homicide Facts 2010 9

Mass Murder 11

Profiles in Modern Mass Murder in the United States 12

PROFILE 1.1 Dr. Amy Bishop, 2010 13 PROFILE 1.2 Nidal M. Hasan, the Ft. Hood Shooter, 2009 14

Mass Murderer Classifications 14

PROFILE 1.3 Marcus Wesson, 2003 15 PROFILE 1.4 Andrew Kehoe, America’s Mass Murderer of Children: The Bath School Disaster, 1927 16 PROFILE 1.5 Mark Barton, Portrait of a Mass Murderer, 1999 22 Bifurcation in Mass Murder 23

A Sampling of Bifurcated Mass Murders in the United States 1950–2011 23

PROFILE 1.6 Virginia Tech Massacre, 2007 24 Differences among Mass, Serial, and Spree Murderers 25

Defining Homicide, Murder, and Serial Murder 27

PROFILE 1.7 Gary Leon Ridgway, the Green River Killer, 1982–1998 30 Redefining Serial Murder 32

San Antonio Symposium 33

Typologies of Serial Murder 34

PROFILE 1.8 Elias Abuelazam, the Serial Stabber, 2010 37 Methodology Used in This Book 40

2 Cultural Development of Monsters, Demons, and Evil 44

Cults and the Occult 50

Ritualism, Cults, and Child Victims 53

PROFILE 2.1 Robin Gecht, Edward Spreitzer, and Andrew and Thomas Kokoraleis, 1981–1982 54

The Notion of Evil 55

PROFILE 2.2 Josef Mengele, 1943–1945 57 When Evil Embraces Good 59

PROFILE 2.3 Gerard Schaefer Jr., Evil for Evil’s Sake, 1972–1973 60 When Good Embraces Evil 62

3 Psychopathology and Biogenics of Serial Murderers 64

Psychobiology and Biochemical Theories of Violent Behavior 65

PROFILE 3.1 Arthur John Shawcross, 1972–1990 68 Insanity: Psycho-Legal Issues 70

The M’Naughten Rule 71

The Brawner Rule 72

The Durham Rule 72

Incompetency 72

Mental Illnesses and Personality Disorders 73

PROFILE 3.2 Joseph Kallinger, the Shoemaker, 1974–1976 74 PROFILE 3.3 Edward Theodore “Ed” Gein, American Psycho 76 Dissociative Disorders 77

Psychoanalytic Factors 80

PROFILE 3.4 Eric Smith, 1993 83 Personality Disorders 85

Asperger’s Disorder and the DSM-IV 87

Constructing the Psychopath 88

Dr. Robert Hare and Psychopaths 90

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Differentiating the Sociopath, Psychopath, and Primary Psychopath 91

Female Psychopaths 92

Measuring Criminal Psychopathy 94

PROFILE 3.5 Bernard Madoff, 1980–2009 96 PROFILE 3.6 Mr. Carter, a Psychopath Exposed 100 Focus on Psychopathy 104

4 Social Construction of Serial Murder 106

Understanding Murder 106

Social Structure Theory 107

Social Class Theory 109

Social Process Theory 110

Neutralization Theory 112

Social Control Theory 114

Labeling Theory 115

Juvenile Mass Murderers and Serial Killers 117

School Shooters 117

Juvenile Serial Killers 119

The Myers Studies 119

PROFILE 4.1 Columbine High School Massacre, 1999 120 The Kirby Study 120

PROFILE 4.2 Craig Price, the Warwick Slasher, 1987–1989 122

The MacDonald Triad 123

Family Dynamics and the MacDonald Triad 123

PROFILE 4.3 Edmund Emil Kemper III, 1964–1973 124 Animal Cruelty 128

Enuresis 130

Fire-Setting 130

PROFILE 4.4 Portrait of a Serial Arsonist and Pyromaniac 133 Etiology of Serial Killing 134

Trauma-Control Model of the Serial Killer 135

Observations of a Male Serial Murderer 138

Facilitators 140

PROFILE 4.5 Jeffrey Dahmer, 1978–1991 142 Cyclical Nature of Serial Killing 145

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5 Sexual Predators, Paraphilia, and Murder 146

Differentiating Between Sex Offenders and Sexual Predators 147

PROFILE 5.1 Charles Albright, the Eyeball Serial Killer, 1990–1991 148

Sexual Homicides and Paraphilia 148

A Spectrum of Paraphilia 150

Factors in Paraphilia 152

PROFILE 5.2 The Doctor Rapist 154 PROFILE 5.3 Armin Meiwes, the German Cannibal, 2001 155 PROFILE 5.4 An Auto-Erotic Death 156 PROFILE 5.5 Mary Kay Letourneau, Child Sex Offender 160 Female Sex Offenders 161

PROFILE 5.6 Predator Priests: Myths and Realities 164 PROFILE 5.7 North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) 165

Dynamics of Rape and Sexual Assault 166

Rapists Typologies 167

PROFILE 5.8 John Jamelske, Serial Abductor and Rapist 170 PROFILE 5.9 Melvin Carter, the College Terrace Rapist (Compensatory Rapist) 171 PROFILE 5.10 The Night Caller 175 PROFILE 5.11 The Stroker 176 PROFILE 5.12 The Burglar and His Sexual Fantasies 177 PROFILE 5.13 Preying in Public 178

Paraphilia Classifications 178

Preparatory Paraphilia 178

Attack Paraphilia 179

Relational Paraphilic Attachment (RPA) 179

Lust Killers 181

PROFILE 5.14 The Banana Man 182 PROFILE 5.15 Westley Allan Dodd, Sadistic Child Killer, 1989 184 PROFILE 5.16 Theodore Robert Bundy, “Ted,” 1973–1978 186 PROFILE 5.17 John Edward Robinson, the “Slavemaster,” 1984–2000 190

Paraphilic Fantasy 191

PROFILE 5.18 Jerry Brudos, the Trophy Collector, 1968–1969 192 Uncensored Exotics 196

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Signatures of Sexual Predators 198

PROFILE 5.19 Cary Stayner, the Yosemite Park Signature Killer, 1999 198

6 Healthcare Killers 201

PROFILE 6.1 John Riems, Sexual Predator, 1985–2008 202 Foreign Healthcare Providers Who Kill 202

The Yorker and Fields Studies 203

PROFILE 6.2 Dr. Harold F. Shipman, “The Jekyll of Hyde,” 1976–1998 204 PROFILE 6.3 Dr. Heinrich Gross, Am Spiegelgrund Klinik, Lebensunwertes Leben, 1940–1945 206

Care Providers and Serial Murder 209

Male “Angels of Death” 209

PROFILE 6.4 Efren Saldivar, “Angel of Death,” 1988–1998 210 PROFILE 6.5 Donald Harvey, 1970–1987 212

Female Care Providers Who Kill 213

PROFILE 6.6 Kristen Gilbert, 2000 213 PROFILE 6.7 Terri Rachals, 1985–1986 214 PROFILE 6.8 Genene Jones, 1978–1982 215

7 The Male Serial Murderer 216

Emergence of Male Serial Murderers 218

Male Solo Serial Killers Update, 2004–2011 222 African American Serial Killers 227

PROFILE 7.1 Wayne B. Williams, 1980–1981 228 PROFILE 7.2 Chester D. Turner, 1978–1998 231 PROFILE 7.3 Henry Louis Wallace, 1992–1994 232 PROFILE 7.4 Carlton Gary, 1977–1978 234 PROFILE 7.5 Calvin Jackson, 1973–1974 235

Mobility, Stalking, and Victimization 235

PROFILE 7.6 Samuel Dixon, 2000–2001 236 PROFILE 7.7 Bruce Mendenhall, 1992–2007 237 PROFILE 7.8 Robert Joe Long, 1984 238

Highway Serial Killers 239

Stalking 240

Site and Nonsite Stalking 243

Cyberstalking 244

Stalking Fantasy 245

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Victims 246

Offenders’ Backgrounds and Occupations 250

PROFILE 7.9 Albert Henry DeSalvo, 1962–1964 250 PROFILE 7.10 Dennis Lynn Rader, “The BTK Strangler,” 1974–1991 254 PROFILE 7.11 Robert Hansen, 1973–1983 256 PROFILE 7.12 Paul John Knowles, 1974 257

Disposition of Serial Killers 259

8 Team Killers 261

Identifying Team Killers 262

PROFILE 8.1 Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono, 1977–1978 264 Team Serial Killers Update, 2004–2011 265

Females as Masterminds in Serial-Murder Relationships 266

Males as Masterminds in Serial-Murder Relationships 266

PROFILE 8.2 Olga Rutterschmidt and Helen Golay, 1999–2005 267 PROFILE 8.3 Martha Beck and Ray Fernandez 268 PROFILE 8.4 Tene Bimbo Gypsy Clan, 1984–1994 268 PROFILE 8.5 Alton Coleman and Debra D. Brown, 1984 269

Occupations of Team Serial Killers 270

Team Killing and Mobility 271

PROFILE 8.6 Douglas D. Clark and Carol A. Bundy, 1980 272 PROFILE 8.7 Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Elwood Toole, 1976–1982 274

Victim Selection 275

Methods and Motives 278

Offender History 279

PROFILE 8.8 Dean A. Corll, David O. Brooks, and Elmer Wayne Henley, 1970–1973 280 PROFILE 8.9 Leonard Lake and Charles Ng, 1983–1985 282 PROFILE 8.10 Gerald A. Gallego Jr. and Charlene Gallego, 1978–1980 284

Disposition of Offenders 286

9 The Female Serial Murderer 287

Identifying Female Serial Murderers 288

PROFILE 9.1 Betty J. Neumar, “Killer Granny,” 1952–2007 289 Female Serial Killers Update, 2004–2011 291

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Emergence of Female Serial Murderers 292

Victim Selection 295

PROFILE 9.2 Aileen Carol Wuornos, 1989–1990 296 PROFILE 9.3 Nannie Doss, the “Giggling Grandma,” 1925–1954 300

Methods and Motives 303

Disposition of Female Offenders 307

PROFILE 9.4 Christine Falling, 1980–1982 308 Summary 310

10 Victims 312

Victim Data Update, 2004–2011 315 Demographics of Victimization in Serial Murder 316

Victim Facilitation 325

Missing and Murdered Children 328

Children as Victims of Serial Murderers 331

Luring Children 334

Agencies for Missing, Murdered, and Exploited Children 337

Other Specific Victims of Male Serial Murderers 339

Women 339

Prostitutes 340

Gay Men 342

PROFILE 10.1 The Prostitute Murders, California, 2000–2001 343 PROFILE 10.2 Randy Kraft, the Southern California Strangler, 1972–1983 345 PROFILE 10.3 John Wayne Gacy, 1972–1978 346 PROFILE 10.4 Herb Baumeister, 1980–1996 348 The Elderly 348

Families 349

Both Men and Women 349

PROFILE 10.5 James P. Watson, 1910–1920 350 PROFILE 10.6 David Richard Berkowitz, 1976–1977 351

11 Serial Murder from a Global Perspective 353

Beyond Jack the Ripper 353

PROFILE 11.1 Anders B. Breivik, 2011 354 PROFILE 11.2 Martin Bryant and the Port Arthur Massacre, 1996 355

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Global Issues in Serial Murder 355

PROFILE 11.3 Jack the Ripper, 1888 356 German Serial Killers 357

PROFILE 11.4A Fritz Haarmann, The Butcher of Hannover, 1919–1924 357 PROFILE 11.4B Peter Kurten, the Vampire of Dusseldorf, 1883–1931 358

Assessing Global Data on Serial Murder 359

PROFILE 11.5 Clifford Robert Olson, 1980–1981 364 Canadian Serial Killers 364

Russian Serial Killers 364

PROFILE 11.6 Robert “Willy” Pickton, Operator of the Piggy Palace Good Times Society, 1983–2002 365 PROFILE 11.7 Colonel Russell Williams, 2007–2010 366

The Gorby Study 368

PROFILE 11.8 Andrei Chikatilo, 1978–1990 369 PROFILE 11.9 Alexander Pichushkin, the Chessboard Killer, 1992–2006 371

Serial Murder in Japan: The Aki Study 374

Victims and Duration 378

Mobility 378

Age and Gender 379

Team Killers 379

PROFILE 11.10 Kau Kobayashi, 1952–1960 380 Methods and Motives 380

Sexual Activities 381

Serial Murder in South Africa 381

The Investigative Psychology Section of the Forensic Services Division of the South African Police Service 382

PROFILE 11.11 Stewart Wilken, 1990–1997 386 Muti Murders in South Africa 388

PROFILE 11.12 Muti Murder of a Family Member 391

12 Responding to Serial Killers 393

Forensic Science 394

PROFILE 12.1 The Frog Boys 396

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Profiling 398

Types of Profiling 400

Problems in Profiling 407

PROFILE 12.2 Bruce Pardo, the Santa Claus Mass Murderer, 2008 409 PROFILE 12.3 John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo, the D.C. Snipers, 2002 410

NCAVC and VICAP 414

The University of Tennessee Forensic Anthropology Center 417

Cold Case Files: Unsolved Murder Series 418

The Hunt for the Unabomber 418

PROFILE 12.4 Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber, 1978–1996 420 PROFILE 12.5 Larry DeWayne Hall, 1980–1994 424 Interviewing Serial Killers 426

Obstacles 426

PROFILE 12.6 Joseph Naso, “The Alphabet Killer,” 1977–1994 427 PROFILE 12.7 An Interview with Manny 430

Problems in Interviewing 432

PROFILE 12.8 Juan Chavez, the MacArthur Park Murderer, 1986–1989 434 PROFILE 12.9 Explanations of Serial Killers 436

Disposition 437

Capital Punishment 438

BOX 12.1 The Depravity Scale 439 Treatment 442

Future Issues and Research 443

Closing Thoughts 444

REFERENCES 447

INDEX 467

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Preface

Serial Murderers and Their Victims was the first scholarly, comprehensive, empiricalexamination of serial murder in the United States. Chapter 1 examines the emergence of serial and mass killing in the United States and the many problems involved in adequately defining the phenomenon. Chapters 2–4 explore cultural, biological, psychological, and sociological frameworks as explanations for serial murder and present a model for understanding serial killing as a process.

Chapter 5 explores criminal paraphilia, fantasy, and sex offenders and pre- dators, some of whom attach themselves to their victims through a process of relational paraphilic attachment. Chapters 6 through 9 sort out the demographic, social, and behavioral characteristics of male and female offenders, those who murder with accomplices, and others who find their victims as healthcare provi- ders. The role of stalking in serial murder is also examined and placed into a classification system.

Chapter 10 examines the victims and victim–offender relationships in cases of serial murder as well as certain more vulnerable populations including prostitutes, young women, gay men, teens, children, and the elderly. Chapter 11 explores serial killing around the world and compares serial murder in the United States with its occurrences in other countries such as Canada, Japan, Germany, Russia, and South Africa.

Chapter 12 examines how society responds to serial murder. This includes the role and utility of forensics as a science in studying and investigating serial crime, current issues faced by law enforcement officials such as detection and apprehension of offenders using a variety of emerging profiling techniques and the challenges of cold case files, and the role of NCAVC and ViCAP. Chapter 12 also explores the process of interviewing serial killers and includes an interview with an incarcerated serial killer. The chapter concludes by exploring sentencing, punishment, treatment, and prevention tactics in cases of serial murder.

This book is intended for students interested in understanding multiple homi- cide, the nature of serial killing, the offenders, and their victims. It is designed to

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supplement a variety of college and university courses covering a wide spectrum of forensic studies including criminology, criminal justice, deviant behavior, sex crimes, victimology, abnormal psychology, and penology. Students using this book will be exposed to concepts and information that will help prepare them to understand society’s most dangerous criminals. For those currently working in law enforcement, this book should serve as a useful reference and in-service tool.

THE SIX TH EDITI ON

This new sixth edition has received considerable updates, with new cases, current demographic analysis of serial killers in the United States, and the restructuring of two chapters. All chapters now have a set of Learning Objectives to assist readers and instructors as to the overarching features of each chapter.

Chapter 1: Current homicide data updates were added, and I moved the Columbine High School Massacre profile to Chapter 4, where there now is a significant new section on school shootings. To emphasize the differences between mass and serial murder in Chapter 1, I included Andrew Kehoe, the worst case of mass murder of children in the United States. I also included the lone wolf terrorist case of Nidal Hasan, the Ft. Hood mass murderer, and Amy Bishop, the university professor who shot six of her departmental colleagues in a shooting rampage. These cases underscore the intellectual level of some mass mur- derers and their ability to plan and execute with deadly precision. To this end I also included a section on bifurcated mass murders, or cases where offenders commit their murders in more than one location within the same day or time frame. I expanded the examination of the myths of serial murder and moved the section on myths from Chapter 7 to Chapter 1. Finally, in Chapter 1 I added the case of Elias Abuelazam, who murdered several adult male strangers by walking up to them in public locations and stabbing them to death. The serial stabbing case emphasizes the variety of ways serial killers can target their victims.

Chapter 2: I did a small reorganization in Chapter 2 by moving the section on ritualism, cults, and child victims in Chapter 8 to Chapter 2. This section includes the Robin Gecht and associates case of ritualistic serial murder and underscores that a small percentage of serial killers do engage in cult-like or self-styled satanic killings.

Chapter 3: I made many edits, changes, and updates that begin with a restruc- turing of the presentations of insanity, neurosis, mental illness, and personality disorders. This new structuring includes the examination of serial killers who were insane during their murders. I added the cases of Joseph Kallinger, the Shoemaker, and Ed Gein, the American Psycho. While cases of insane serial killers are rare, they rank among the most depraved killers in American history. This chapter includes significant updates regarding psychopaths and how they prey upon unsuspecting victims. The case of Bernard Madoff has been added to emphasize the scope of psychopathic behaviors and the various Ponzi-scheme offenders who victimize American citizens. A new section on female psychopaths

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