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Murder andKilling Culture
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Case Study: Ed Gein - answer - The Butcher of
Plainfield
- Two confirmed victims (suspected of others)
found at his isolated farmhouse
- Robbed graves for body parts to decorate his
home and making clothing
- made women suits
- motive: mental illnesses tied to his mother
(abusive)
Selling multiple murder - answer - murderabelia
,- collectable items belonging to killers, sold for
profit
- son of sam law (1977)
- killers cannot profit from their crimes
Killer Groupies - answer - Hybristophilia: attraction
to killers
- Reasoning
- Manipulative personalities
- Injustice
- Feel Special
- Celebrity status
- Assisbility
Spree Killers - answer - multiple victims in different
events without a "cooling-off period
Serial Killers - answer - Multiple victims in different
events with a "cooling-off period"
Mass Killers - answer - Multiple victims in one event
, Mass vs. Serial - answer Mass murder gets less
attention
- less challenging for law enforcement
- Does not generate as much fear
- limited availability of primary data
Family Annihilator - answer kills entire family at one
time
-usually senior male
-alcohol abuse, great periods of depression
-idea of killing whole family to save them the
despair of killing yourself
-ronald simmons christmas murders
Disgrunted employee - answer - Kills at workplace
over treatment
- targets known people
Disgruntled citizen - answer - Kills to teach society
a lesson
- Targets strangers
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