SERIAL KILLER RELATION TO PRIOR CHILD ABUSE

Serial Killer relation to prior child abuse

Serial Killer relation to prior child abuse

Back ground

One of the most controversial questions is that “Are some children just born bad?” Most serial killers are a victim of or are witnessed to sadistic violence at a very early age. Many other events in childhood may also motivate a serial killer. Ed Kemper, a serial killer as a child took his sister's dolls' heads off, played execution games and said that he wanted to kiss his second grade teacher but he would have to kill her first. In most cases, the parental abuse is seen barbaric and it also seems little wonder that a serial killer would come from such horrible squalor. As a child, Albert De Salvo; the “Boston Strangler” was sold as a slave by his alcoholic and abusive dad. Sadistic murderers portray their childhood as a horrifying sexual abuse, torture and a chain of mayhem.(Norris,1996)

Problem Statement

we have to know that childhood abuse is not a direct link to a future in crime although in most instances it is the case. An example would be that many girls are victimized as children, but only a few grow up to be a sadistic criminal.

Purpose of study

The purpose of study is to understand Serial Killer relation to prior child abuse.

Literature Review

Child abuse through mental and physical abuse, affects the psychological make up of a person. It corrupts the person and can create the very horror that we know as a serial killer. Some of the most famous serial killers that we know of were abused as children. Does this atrocity limit itself to victims of abuse or can genetics play a role in the outcome of a person in addition to or in light of child abuse?

Parents who abuse their children physically and psychologically give their kids the idea that violence is a first resort to any challenge that comes up in life. As I will explain in further pages about brain disorders, child abuse also affects the child's health, which includes brain injuries, malnutrition and other development disorders. These severe injuries to the head usually lead to violent behavior.(Fromuth,1983)

Some parents believe that by being harsh disciplinarians, it would “toughen” the child. But instead, it creates a lack of love and can have disastrous results. Then the child learns not to trust anyone. If their parent gave up on them there is nobody in the world to trust. So as they grow up, it leads to isolation, where intense violent fantasies become the primary source of gratification. In other words, it becomes the only reason for committing the crime.

Most criminal acts are neglected towards women because; the mother during childhood has been described as too domineering, too distant, too repressed or sexually active. Sadistic, Catholic parents adopted Joseph Kallinger, after an operation at age 6; his mom told him that the operation was to keep his penis from growing. Since he never questioned his mom he believed what ...