Criminal Law: Serial Killers

Question 1

What is a serial killer?

Answer 1

someone who targets and murders many people over an extended period of time. The murders are often brutal, involving a recurring theme or ritual that ties to murders together.

Question 2

victim is strangled

Answer 2

indicated a need to be intimate with the victim

Question 3

victim is shot

Answer 3

desire to remain remote from the victim

Question 4

victims is stabbed multiple times

Answer 4

attempt to assert dominance

Question 5

victim is mutilated after death

Answer 5

afraid/ashamed to face the victim alive

Question 6

victim is mutilated before death

Answer 6

trying to gain control over the victim

Question 7

crime scene is organised

Answer 7

killer is confident, older

Question 8

victim is sexually assaulted after death

Answer 8

killer is shy

Question 9

why have the amount of identified serial killers increased over time?

Answer 9

the number of identified serial killers are either due to an actual increase in crime or better police work

Question 10

give two examples on how the public if fascinated with serial killers

Answer 10

1. John Wayne Gracy: has a toll free number in which people can call him and listen to him talk about how he was framed
2. Kenneth Bianci (hillside strangler): gets marriage proposals

Question 11

Why is the public so fascinated with serial killers?

Answer 11

has a lot to do with the mystery surrounding the killers. Killers seem normal on the outside, yet still commit harsh crimes