Week 5- Homicide & Female Crime Flashcards
Mass vs spree vs serial killers
Victims: all 3+
Events: 1/1/3+
Locations: 1/2+/3+
Cool off period: no/no/yes
Why is mean age of killer so late
- 4yo
- plan more
- easier to get away
- develop skills
Victims tend to be…
- vulnerable
- female
- strangers
Location of murder
General area > wide distance/ specific location
Partnership
Solo!
Holmes and deburger typology of serial killers
Very manipulated harmful crimes
- Visionary: driven by visions and voices
- Mission oriented: eliminate undesirable groups
- Hedonistic: lust, thrill, comfort
- Control
For mass murderers, what age they kill, purpose of killing, planning, suicide, average victims
Broad age range Because feel wronged (usually have precipitating event before that) Plan a lot 28.8% will commit suicide after Avg 4.9 victims
Charles Whitman
V smart but anger problems, tumour in his frontal lobe & first mass murderer
Multiple murders vs 1 murder diff in brain prefrontal cortex
Multiple actually has similar to normal, NO prefrontal deficit as they need planning to get such large body count
Fox & levin typology of mass & serial killers
Punish really lunatic people today Power Revenge: murder by proxy Loyalty: suicide by proxy Profit Terror
Most common motivation
Sexual
Why are males more antisocial than females (psych explanations)
- Difference in parenting, encourage risk taking in M
- Delinquent peers
- Heightened exposure to stressors
- Lower anticipatory shame
Why psych explanations for M> F not enough for ASB
- Doesn’t fully explain gender gap
- Sex diff alr shown at early ages before socialization
- Even when similar envt, females crime lower
Why are males more antisocial than females (BIO explanations)
- M have lower HR
- M have lower prefrontal volume
- M have more testosterones
Which leads to prostitution:
1) Sexual abuse
2) Running away
3) physical abuse
4) early sex
5) early neglect
6) drug abuse
Sexual abuse, early neglect, early sex, running away (only for child prostitution)
Female serial killers tend to target:
- Family
2. Vulnerable (children & elderly)
How they kill & WHATS the main motivation for females
Poison 45%
Money 47%
Aileen wuornos had what disorder besides APD
borderline personality disorder
BPD is over represented in prison population (25/50%). However, comorbidity bw APD & BPD is diff bw M & F. Why
Men: 56.5%
Female: 75.7%
There’s overdiagnosis of APD for M. They may only have BPD but due to antisocial features of APD, might be mistaken as APD.
