Sociology Flashcards
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Sociology
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- the scientific study of human social behaviour, including individuals, groups, and societies.
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Serial Killer
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- A Serial killer is defined as a person who attacks and kills victims one by one in a series of incidents
- usually kill more than three people on different occasions within 14 days
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Reasons for Serial Killers
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- behaviours can be found as early as childhood
- in childhood they show typical signs of danger such as bed wetting, setting fires, and abusing animals.
- growing older these killers have the desire to be alone, inability to do well in school, or hold a job, and family problems at home
- reasons behind aggression are usually apparent
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Murderers
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kill innocent people for their own satisfaction in their own horrendous ways
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Visionary Serial Killer
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usually hears voices that instruct the killer to execute other human beings. Usually psychotic or schizophrenic.
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Missionary Serial Killer
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feels as if he or she has a responsibility or a special mission to rid the world of a certain specified group of people
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Lust Killer
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often driven to kill due to a sexual motivation
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Power Seeker killer
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enjoys having total control over the fate of their victim
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Gain Serial killer
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who kills to gain money or items they believe to be valuable
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Serial killer stats
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- 90% of known serial killers are Caucasian males ages 25-35
- have high IQ’S ranging from 105-120
- Highly intelligent, but perform poorly in school
- socially inept
- solitude to social environments
