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Published: 09.09.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'What Makes Serial Killers Kill?', 1.
  • Essays 'What Makes Serial Killers Kill?', 2.
  • Essays 'What Makes Serial Killers Kill?', 3.
  • Essays 'What Makes Serial Killers Kill?', 4.
Extract

Serial killing is an horrific act. It requires a certain type of person to be capable of performing such an act, as it is not simply one murder being committed, but multiple ones. Due to this fact, there are no excuses such as self-defense or provocation to explain why the murder was committed, as in many cases. Serial killers commit these horrendous acts on several occasions, and thus in order to determine how they are capable of doing such a thing, it becomes necessary to explore how they came to be the people they are as well as looking at their personalities in fine detail. …

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