Experts don't know everything about what elements go into the making of a serial killer but there are certain similarities in most of these type of killers. They seem to be a mixture of nature and nurture. Heredity may play a factor, as does abuse. Most people think that serial killing is about sex. It's not. It's about control and power over another human. Power to take life is sexually arousing to a very small percent of individuals.
And the motor that runs the beast are these individuals violent fantasies. In their cooling-off break they will feel normal for a certain amount of time. And then they begin to fantasize until they have to murder again.
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These killers are known as sadists or sadistic killers. The more the victim suffers the better these killers like it. Thank goodness the sadistic serial killer makes up only a small percentage of all serial murderers.
Japan gave the serial killers hitory with 12 serial killers to date.
There are no precise numbers for the African continent but South Africa has 18 confirmed serial killers. According to FBI statistics %76 of serial killers are American. Europe has %17. Great Britian, Germany and France have %68 of Europe's total serial killers. This makes up about %93 of the entire world's serial killers from these four countries. The remaining %7 are disbursed over remaining countries. Although South Africa's serial killers seem to be on the rise, it still is a very small amount percentage-wise compared to the above countries.
Yes, most serial killers are male.
Even dough serial killers have a psychology in their mind about what they are doing, serial are more likely a fenomenon rather than a psychology. Serial killers create a culture and a society inside of their thoughts. The mode of thinking that makes a serial killer psychology, is a fenomenon or something very rare. There are serial on the loose and the number when you think about it, big but those make a small percentage of the society.
I could find no serial killers from Coweta, KY.
Most serial killers are white and the US is has the most of them.
Well there is no special word for it they are just basically serial killers.
I think there are 4% of serial killers are murdered in jail
Below is a link to a complete list of serial killers.
No. The vast majority of serial killers have been straight men.