Psychology 5

This paper will discuss serial killers and identify a research problem in regard to the topic. Generally, a serial killer can be defined as a person who has murdered three or more people within a time range of more than a month with some significant emotional cooling periods in between the events. Furthermore, this has to be in service of abnormal psychological gratification. However, over the years, various professionals such as mental health experts and law enforcement investigators have been trying to study serial killers in vain since they have never reached a consensus in regard to the issue in question. Therefore, the problem to be addressed by this study is that there is not enough information about the life of the serial killers before the killings started (Abe, 2017).

Serial killing is a menace in the modern society. The predicament has threatened the well-being of the society as community members are afraid of serial killers. This research paper seeks to outline the various factors leading to serial killing. Moreover, there is the highlight of different opinions from authors explaining serial killing in the society.

Problem Statement

Attempts to understand serial killers have been challenged with a number of hindrances. One of the main challenges is lack of a universal standard used to categorize serial killers. Currently, a serial killer is defined as an individual who participates in the murder of people. A serial killer has a trend or pattern in murder that can be identified. Law enforcement and clinical officers have  failed to contemplate the practice of killing by serial killers. It is not known of the  contributing factors which lead to the practice by killing by individuals.