Forensic psychology is an area that I have always been interested in. I wanted to understand why people behave the way they do. Socioeconomic status, upbringing, who you are married to or surround yourself with, your mental processing, beliefs, religion all can factor in on your behavior. As does biology, chemical imbalances or neurological malformations.
Criminal behavior can best be explained here.
Theories of crime can be explained here.
What makes someone commit a crime when others would not? How can human beings do the most unspeakable things to each other or animals? Why do some people appear to have no conscious? How does a parent kill or torture their own children? Serial killers interest me because they are the most difficult to understand. How does someone kill someone again... and again.. and again... ??
The Center for Crime & Justice Studies states "Although serial killing is statistically rare, it is nonetheless a ubiquitous cultural phenomena, one that for the vast majority of people is best understood as a media event (Gibson, 2006). Serial killers have become an inescapable point of reference in movies, television fiction, novels, true crime books and video games. This global system of mass media – again, a characteristic attribute of modernity – has made many citizens intimately familiar with the dynamics of serial killing and the lives of particularly notorious offenders."
Anyway you look at it, understanding why someone does what they do deserves some further examination.
I will post things here that I believe will be of interest.
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