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MALE SERIAL MURDERS ANALYSIS 7
Male Serial Killers Analysis
Diane Aybar
University of Phoenix
Male Serial Murders Analysis
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STATISTICS |
DATA |
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Total number of classified serial killers since the year 1980 |
154 |
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Population of serial murderer’s suspects on Federal Bureau of Investigations list |
271 |
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Percentage of Killers related to substance abuse |
72.5% |
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Percentage of Killers with abnormal brain patterns |
38% |
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Percentage of killers that had possible head injuries during their childhood |
70% |
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Average IQ of serial Murderers |
94.7 |
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Age of Victims of serial killing(Average) |
33.5 |
Source: Statistic Brain
Table 1: Serial Murders
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Demographic of serial killing Victims by race and sex (1900-2014) |
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Male |
Female |
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Asian |
66 |
56 |
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Black |
964 |
992 |
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Hispanic |
345 |
201 |
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White |
2,409 |
3,272 |
Table 2: Demographic of Serial Killing
Source: SAS Institute Inc.
Figure 1: Victims of Serial Killings Statistics
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Purpose |
Data(Percentage) |
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Gravitation |
46.11 |
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Economical Gain |
31.68 |
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Variety of reasons |
8.12 |
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Anger |
7.84 |
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Attention |
0.62 |
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Arrest resistance |
1.21 |
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Phantasm |
0.41 |
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Cult |
0.21 |
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Criminal Activity |
3.28 |
Source: Statistics Brain
Table 3: Motives of Killing
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Shooting |
3,543 |
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Strangulation |
1,198 |
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Stabbing |
1,289 |
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Beating |
765 |
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Poisoning |
549 |
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Other methods of killing |
361 |
Source: SAS Institute Inc.
Figure 4: Methods of Killing
Summary
The data in this paper was gathered from different locations with an objective of analyzing the demographics and statistics of serial killing in the United States as well as from around the world. The first table represented general statistics on serial killer’s suspects since the year 1980. From the data availed, it was noted that the recorded number of serial killers was a bunch of 154 persons where a large number of them were males. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigations, a number of 271 individuals were suspected to be among the list of serial killers ascertaining the increasing population of serial killers. Statistic Brain (2016), points out that some of the serial killers show brain problems while others are related to the social upbringing during childhood.
Table 2 represented the statistic on victims of serial killing. The data reflected the effect of serial killing according to race and sex, especially in the United States of America. It is worth noting that the White community is highest recipient of Serial killing as it reported a total 5,681 deaths between the years 1900 to 2014 (Allison, 2015). However, women were the most victims of Serial killing as the report indicated that 3,272 victims were women. It is surprising to note that the Black community was however not adversely affected comparing to the Whites keeping in mind the level of racism in the United States. The high percentage of women victims would be associated with rape, defilement, or because they are the weaker sex that could not defend itself.
After reviewing statistics about the victims, it was important examine the motives behind serial killing. One of the reasons that were attributed to serial killing was the desire to satisfy the mind of the killer either that of lust, power or pleasure. Most killers find joy in killing probably because of their abnormal brain patterns. The need to be financial equipped encouraged the killings. These hit men would be hired by the wealthy to kill their opponents or the killers would kill during robbery. Other motives of killing would be to avoid arrest as the victims would report them to the police if they were left alive. According to the statistics, hallucinations were another cause of killing, as well as seeking for attention from their loved ones and the society.
In conclusion, the paper provided the methods in which the killings were done where shooting was on top of the list as 3,543 individuals were reported to be shot during the same period between the year 1900 and 2014. Shooting is found to be convenient to most serial killers because the cases are rarely traced. Strangulation was found to be the other common mode of killing because some killers enjoy watching people die. Stabbing, beating to death and food poisoning were other methods in which the killings are perpetrated.
Allison, R. (2015). Analysis of serial killings in the US.SAS Institute Inc. Retrieved on 2/9/2016 from: http://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2015/07/20/analysis-of-serial-killings-in-the-us/ Comment by Debbie Jennings: In a traditional thesis you would be using your own collected data so references would not be needed. For this purpose it is better to use data collected in other scholarly research.
Statistics Brain (February, 2016). Serial Killer Statistics and Demographics. Web. Retrieved on 2/9/2016 from: http://www.statisticbrain.com/serial-killer-statistics-and-demographics/ Comment by Debbie Jennings: I am unclear as to what this is. But all your references need to be from your general paper – so your annotated bibliography must have them. In general, there is no need to have references for this section. Comment by Debbie Jennings: Never use this the general web as a in the reference. You need to provide the actual service or agency that provided them
Males Asian Black Hispanic White 66 964 345 2409 Females Asian Black Hispanic White 56 992 201 3272 Number Shooting Strangulation Stabbing Beating Poisoning Others 3543 1198 1289 765 549 361
