CJ Capstone
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Thesis Statement: Serial killers feel at peace when they are able to reenact each crime to satisfy
personal control over their lives.
Outline
I. Serial killers commit various crimes to replay in their minds to give themselves
gratification.
A. Characteristic of Serial Killer
1. Intellectual
a. The individual is very intelligent in casual conversation.
b. Able to adapt to a multitude of various communities.
2. Abusive Childhood
a. Unstructured parenting during adolescent phase.
b. Constant exposure to irrational thinkers.
3. Organized vs. Disorganized Crimes
a. Matching the crime to the killers ideals.
b. The killer is confused about their beliefs.
B. Modus Operandi
1. Nature of Crime
a. Killer showed hatred in each murder.
b. Compassion of the murder was shown to iterate love.
2. Victim Type
a. The people killed had alpha mentalities with introvert qualities.
b. These people are very accessible in any situation.
3. Approach to Overcome Victim
a. Their prey is overly confident leaving them vulnerable.
b. Able to blueprint every move of the target through social interactions.
II. These criminals are never random with killings, due to them having distinction on who is
preyed upon in their environment.
A. Psychological Disorder
1. Unstable Emotions
a. Battling with childhood growth for self understanding.
b. Gathering positive captions of life for social acceptance.
2. Power Over Life
a. To gain power is to take power from another person.
b. The more lives taken gives greater life to the psyche.
3. Fantasy Behavior
a. Creating events to sooth interpersonal desire of stability.
b. Believing in the moment to only lose feeling once it’s over.
B. Targeted Victims
1. Location
a. Creating contact with the victim with minimal exposure to the public.
b. In tune with the love of the hunt to obtain the kill.
2. Single Individual
a. A person who is usually alone in a public environment.
b. This person tends to be a care free spirit living life on the edge.
3. Minimal Public Traffic
a. They usually hide in the comfort zones of the victim’s home or job.
b. Given opportunity the victim can be caught of guard to subdued.
III. Constant trauma, of the same abuse, can lead to what type of offender the person might
become in later years.
A. Types of Abuse
1. Sexual
a. Usually involves penetration by a family member.
b. There are constant acts of touching to private parts.
2. Physical
a. Beaten by family members with uncommon objects to submit individual.
b. Broken body due to a violent home life.
3. Psychological
a. Unstable parents bringing up a child.
b. Factors given to cause a chemical imbalance in mental state.
4. Neglect
a. No one to give a child direction and purpose.
b. Given minimal contact with outside public to gain knowledge.
B. Four Main Types of Serial Killer
1. Mission
a. Derives pleasure from killing.
b. Seeks thrills in the process of capturing a victim.
2. Visionary
a. Commit murder at the command of imaginary voices.
b. They usually suffer from some mental illness.
3. Power/Control
a. To exert power of the victim during the murder.
b. These predators usually have sexual encounters with their victim.
4. Hedonistic
a. The individual kills for comfort.
b. Also they gain strong desire to gratify themselves.
IV. A killer’s constant struggle to feel a void to regain some type of balance to an
unstructured upbringing can lead to psychosis.
A. Psychopathy
1. Sadistic Activity
a. These people are socially capable of being liked by peers.
b. Tend to self destruct when natural desire overwhelms them.
2. Sexual Maturity
a. Engaging in killing children to relive their past pain.
b. Having sex with dead bodies to reenact the kill.
3. Bullied
a. A misfit that is outcast by their peers.
b. A socially awkward person who seems weak in social surroundings.
B. Destruction
1. Spread Chaos
a. To bring peace there has to be a calm before the storm.
b. Feel the pain of the individual so everyone can live the emotions.
2. Create Mayhem
a. Make the environment crumble to gain an understanding of corruption.
b. Take everything with force to bring peace of mind.
3. Public Endangerment
a. Hurt those so they can feel the pain of those who hurt you.
b. Devastate humanity so the human spirit may crumble.
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