Chapter 7 Flashcards
Rates of serial murder by race and ethnicity
Male solo killers (N = 111) account for 76% of all serial killers 2004–2011 (N = 146) ➤ Race of offender: Caucasian: 38% African American: 57% Hispanic: 3% Middle Eastern and East Indian: 2%
Average number of victims killed
Overall, about 91% of all male offenders since 1975 killed at least one stranger (see Table 7.7).
Prostitutes at truck stops
The FBI has amassed a database of over 275 suspects in the highway murders, and almost all of them are long-haul truck drivers.
Known by the truck drivers as lot lizards, these prostitutes are easy targets for traveling serial killers.
Other victims in highway murders are stranded motorists, hitchhikers, and persons who inadvertently come into contact with these killers. (See the Bruce Mendenhall profile).
Site Stalking
Telephone calls E-mails, e-cards Fax messages Letters Gifts Voice mail and texting Instant messaging Video messaging and other forms of recorded messages
Non-site Stalking
Following Workplace visits Home visits Signatures Vandalism Sending or leaving “gifts” Displaying weapons
Stalking types according to Hickey
Domestic
Stranger
Factitious
Average age of male serial killer
30
Victim selection by male serial killers
Adults only: 82% Elderly only: 7% Children only: 2% Adults and children: 7% Adults and elderly: 3% Offenders who targeted specific type of victim: 91% Average number of victims per offender: 4.3–5.5 Strangers only: 93% Prostitutes: 23% Males only: 19% Females only: 53% Male and female victims: 29%. Involving more than one state: 22%
Serial killers and occupation and education
Serial killers only have a high school diploma or less, some vocational training, or a year or two years in college. Generally hold blue-collar jobs, but a few managed to secure professional work as teachers, doctors, musicians, and ministers.
Types of traumatization reported by male serial killers
Rejection was by far the most common theme surrounding the lives of these killers as children, which very likely originated from the experience of a dysfunctional family, sexual abuse, an alcoholism.
Geography of male serial killings
Male offenders who roam the streets of U.S. cities and towns and remain relatively close to their killing sites appear to be the most common type of serial murderer in recent years.
The FBI between 2009 and 2011 developed the Highway Serial Killing Initiative to identify victims of traveling serial killers in the United States.
Over the past 30 years over 500 bodies of victims have been found alongside or near freeways and highways
Mental health issues of serial killers
not common
