CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 51: Personality Disorder, False Positives And False Negatives, Sex Offender
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Typologies of male and female serial killers - Visionary: basis of mental illness or psychological disorder (ex. Mission-oriented: eliminate or target particular demographic, make society better , ex. Target people form the lgbtq society to make the world better. Hedonistic: lust and thrill, usually get a pleasure out of terrorizing their victims, ex. Power-control: control over life and death of victim (power) Comfort: monetary reasons (professional killers, get paid) Discipline: follow charismatic leader (deeply involve with person. Question of sanity: mental health or psychological disorder; hormonal. Black widow: family member (spouse); more likely to use poison, hard to detect because they change name, change appearance. Angel of death: related to work in caring capacity (related to work, nannies or nurses (kill patients) Team killers: dominant/passive; take pictures or videos, tend to be male & female. Profit/crime: monetary gain, enhance their income (paid to kill someone)