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This 10 page paper examines three serial killers to try to find patterns of behavior and upbringing. The three named murderers are compared and contrasted. Background information is provided for each. A separate section examines a variety of theories found within the scope of criminology. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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there are profiles. Indeed, the profile of the serial killer is generally a middle aged man who hates women. There is the stereotype, but it is uncanny that so many
turn out to fit that depiction. The typical psychopath, serial killer as portrayed in Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho seems to be on the mark when examining the cases of serial killers
Ted Bundy, Joseph Miller and Ken Bianchi. In honing in on these three dangerous characters, there are certainly differences in terms of upbringing and heredity, but there are striking similarities.
Can one truly figure out the path of the serial killer by analyzing a few cases? Is the boy down the street who kills a cat destined to make
headlines? Is the petty thief in the neighborhood more dangerous than he looks? Indeed, there are clues as to whom might turn out to be a serial killer, but of
course, such killers are few and far between. General criminal theory helps, but it is perhaps the details in the backgrounds of these three killers that help one to discern
at least one path of the typical serial killer. II. Case Studies Kenneth Bianchi was a serial killer but he
did not work alone. Bianchi is one half of the duo called the Hillside Stranglers ("Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi," 2005). The case involves five young women who were found
in Los Angeles in the Glendale-Highland Park location ("Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi," 2005). Another serial killer also liked to kill women. Ted Bundy murdered young girls, often in
their own apartments ("Ted Bundy," 2005). He was put to death in 1989 for his crimes ("Ted Bundy," 2005). Although the first documented case of a killing by Teds hand
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