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from mass and spree killers. A serial killer usually emerges from the pain and suffering of a life riddled with abuse, neglect, hormonal imbalances, and other numerous situations. Serial murder is a disease. There are valid explanations that help society realize that these individuals experienced events so traumatic in their early lives that they have become dead to their surroundings and have attained no sense of moral autonomy (Levin & Fox 52). To truly understand a serial killer, society must put aside their media-born misconceptions and look upon serial killers with an unbiased attitude.
Serial killers are typically 25 to 30 years in age, with the overwhelming majority being white males; although, there have been several known cases of female killers. Most often, serial killers' choices of prey are white females who are strangers to the offender. Serial killers come from different professions and socioeconomic backgrounds. John Wayne Gacy was an active, outgoing ...

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his sister's dolls while playing execution games (Crime Library). Daydreaming, compulsive masturbation, isolation, chronic lying, and bed-wetting are common characteristics serial killers shared as youths. Research shows great similarities among the different killers, which suggests that they share a common illness. "An understanding of the nature of that illness and the ability to detect the appearance of this syndrome in children are the first steps in preventing the spread of serial murder." (Crime Library).
Many serial murderers have intense, smothering relationships with their mothers and often these relationships are filled with abuse and sexual attraction (Furio 21). ...

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