Sociology 4442F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Extraversion And Introversion, John Wayne Gacy, Gary Ridgway
22 Mar 2016
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This week"s readings examine factors that may contribute to serial murder. Chapter 4 of the hickey textbook discusses a number of deviance theories that have been used to explain serial murder, including social structure theory, social class theory, social process theory, neutralization theory, social control theory and labeling theory. Moreover, the myers and kirby typologies are explained with specific regard to juvenile serial killers. The myers studies identifies four types of sexually motivated juvenile killings explosive, predatory, revenge, and displaced matricide. The kirby typology distinguishes between primary juvenile offenders, maturing juvenile offenders, and secondary juvenile offenders. A common theme among this week"s theories and models is their particular focus on factors in childhood that may contribute to the commission of serial homicide in adulthood. The two models discussed in this week"s readings are the the mcdonald triad and the.
