[CRIM 205] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (31 pages long)
29 Nov 2016
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Between 1983 and mid 1985, serial murder was topic of numerous stories. According to media, 20 percent of american murder victims, Half of under age of 18 are murdered this way. Lindsey 1984 quotes exposure to sexually explicit and sado- masochistic material aroused violence instincts. Newsweek - law enforcements say 2/3 of 5000 unsolved homicides each year by serial murders. Readers assume all the unsolved categories are from serial victim. Convicted murder and arsonist -confessing murders in fall of. Him and his partner otis toole claimed responsibility for murder of child victims. Link this to other contemporary panics -figures were being misused. 300 revealed to be 10 victims over several states in 1985. Media draw heavily on the opinion on major official agencies. Each year its seen as one american murder in five is committed by serial killer. If this was true, views on violent crime have to be changed, so would policies and funding priorities in law enforcement.
