1. Aim: What is a serial killer
Aim: What is a serial killer? What are some common characteristics of serial killers?
DO NOW: Take out article on Psychopath vs Sociopath. HW: None 

2. Interview with BTK Serial Killer
What is your impression of the BTK killer? Sane or insane?

3. Symptoms of a Psychopath
Sociopath
Appears normal
Need for power/ control
Low Autonomic Arousal
Lacks Empathy

4. What is the difference between a serial killer and mass murderer?
murder three or more victims, but each is killed on separate occasions (over a period of weeks, months, years)
usually select their victims
cooling off periods between murders – there is a cycle (active to cooling off period)
plan their crimes carefully
Usually one on one killing. Killer is usually a stranger to victim
Rarely for profit (motive is psychological, sexual, aggressive, assert power through killing)
Victim may have symbolic value for killer
Kills several people in matter of hours at most
Usually take victims from one location
Ex: Las Vegas, Charles Whitman University of Texas, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris - Columbine

5. Who is a serial killer? TASK:
Look at the slides # 1 – 16 and decide which one you think is the serial killer.
What factors influenced your decision?
What are some stereotypes/assumptions we have about serial killers?

22. Aim: What is a serial killer
Aim: What is a serial killer? What are the similarities and differences between psychopaths and sociopaths?
DO NOW: Take out Sheet on Serial Killer Stereotype Study HW: Read Article “The Pro’s to being a Psychopath” w/ questions

23. Who is a serial killer? What did you base your decision upon?
What are some stereotypes we have about serial killers?

24. Read 1 of the Articles and fill in the Venn diagram.
Psychopath
Sociopath

25. Aim: Is the protagonist from “Tell Tale Heart” a psychopathic serial killer?
DO NOW:
Take out HW “Pro’s to being a psychopath”
Quick review – symptoms of psychopath?
Homework:
Write a 8 – 10 sentence answer to the aim using text evidence from todays lesson.

26. The Pro’s To Being a Psychopath
What are three traits positive traits exhibited by psychopaths according to the author?
How can each of these traits lead to potentially negative behaviors?
In your opinion do the rewards of being a psychopath outweigh the risks? Explain

27. Is the protagonist in “Tell Tale Heart” a psychopathic serial killer?
Find examples from the story to illustrate evidence of….
Sociopath
Appears normal
Need for power/ control
Low Autonomic Arousal
Lacks Empathy
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28. Legal insanity in a nutshell
The criminal can not…
Distinguish fantasy from reality
Tell right from wrong
Control his/her behavior
And the actions are due to a mental defect.

29. Aim: Is the protagonist from “Tell Tale Heart” a psychopathic serial killer? What are some stereotypes about serial killers?
DO NOW:
Take out HW - What symptoms does he have of a psychopath?
Sociopath Appears normal
Need for power/ control
Low Autonomic Arousal
Lacks Empathy
Homework:
Serial Killer Myth Assignment

30. Protagonist
SANE
INSANE

31. Aim: What are some stereotypes/myths associated serial killers
Aim: What are some stereotypes/myths associated serial killers? - Wednesday
DO NOW:
Homework:
Complete Serial Killer Myth Assignment – Choose 3 Myths to find 3 examples to support AND 1 to oppose.

32. Top Myths about Serial Killers
Most serial killers operate alone.
  Most serial killers are white males.
 Most serial killers exhibit sexually deviant behaviors.
 Most serial killers travel and operate between different states (don’t stay in one area).
  Most serial killers cannot stop killing once they start (compulsive behavior).
  Most serial killers have one or more clearly diagnosable mental disorders.
  Most serial killers experience relief once they are caught.
  Most serial killers live with their mothers or grandmothers.
  Most serial killers play “cat and mouse games” (leave deliberate, taunting clues) with the police.
  Most serial killers keep souvenirs of their crimes.
Task: Find 3 examples to support stereotype and one example to refute stereotype.

33. Profiling Serial Killers The Real Life Hannibal Lecters
What are serial killers?
 What do they typically look like?
 Where do they live?
 Who are the majority of their victims?
 What are usual practices towards their victims?
 What causes them to behave the way they do?

34. Serial Killers
Most serial killers will fall into a pattern, either of modus operandi, location, victim type, motive, etc.
The patterns of activities often allow police to apprehend the killer.
Serial killers are often described as ‘normal’, ‘very chatty’ and ‘a good neighbor’.
" We are your sons, and we are your husbands, and we grew up in regular families” Serial Killer Ted Bundy

35. Typical serial Killers are:
US has 76% of serial killers , Europe 2nd w. 17%
Predominantly white male (73 % Caucasian /22% black)
Within their twenties or thirties
Middle class
Kill within their ethnic group
65% of victims are females

36. What are some Characteristics of Serial Killers
Usually intelligent
Good appearance
Superficial charm
Able to differentiate right from wrong
Have no conscience
Enjoy victim's terror
Ted Bundy

37. Forensic Psychology
Application of methods, theories & concepts of psychology within the legal system.
Looks at impact of police officer, victim, juror, expert witness, lawyer, judge, defendant, prison guard &/or parole officer on the legal system.

38. What Forensic Psychology is NOT.
Forensic Psychiatrist
Apply Psychiatry to the Law
Expert witnesses in court
Application of medical treatment in forensic settings
Forensic Scientist
Analyze, compare, identify & interpret physical evidence
Identify evidence & link it to the suspect, victim & crime scene

39. Aim: What are the different “types” of serial killers? -Thursday
DO NOW:
Take out Serial Killer Stereotype Assignment. What are some examples of serial killers that do not meet the stereotypes?
Homework:
Analyze Case # 7 and classify the serial killer (organized/disorganized, type etc)

40. Holmes Typology p. 12 – 13 Differences Between Organized and Disorganized

41. Organized Intelligent Socially skilled/ charismatic Sexually competent
Show signs of planning and evidence of control at the crime scene
Offenders are -
Intelligent
Socially skilled/ charismatic
Sexually competent
Occupationally mobile
Geographically mobile
Live with a partner
Follows media
Usually target strangers
Antisocial & psychopathic personality
Harsh childhood discipline
Interest in media
Model inmate

42. Organized Serial Killers
Perpetrator plans the murder for months or years beforehand.
Offender is normally married, has steady employment, and is thought to be a good member of society (ex., BTK-Dennis Rader)
They bring the instruments of the crime (knives, guns, tape) to the scene with them.
When Ted Bundy was pulled over for driving suspiciously (in 1975), police found an ice pick, ski mask, rope and handcuffs in his trunk.
These murderers are often highly intelligent and are knowledgeable about forensic evidence and law enforcement's investigative capabilities.

43. Disorganized
Unplanned and disorganized behavior & lack of control at the crime scene
Offenders are -
Low intelligence
high school failure
Socially and sexually inept
Live alone/ seldom dates
Severe mental illness
Frightened or confused state of mind
Likely have been suffered from physical or sexual abuse as a child
unemployed father
has secret hiding places
Nocturnal
lives/works near crime
unskilled worker
low interest in media
high anxiety during crime

44. Disorganized Serial Killers
They do not plan their crimes in advance.
The disorganized murderer commits the crimes spontaneously.
They are often unemployed and without transportation.
They are more often of low intelligence or psychotic.

45. Types of Serial Killers Act Focused versus Process Focused page 6 - 7
Visionary type: “visions” or “voices” guide their actions
Mission-orientated type – want to remove a certain group from society
Hedonistic type - derive pleasure or gain from the killing
Power/ control-orientated type - enjoy controlling their victims with some sexual satisfaction

46. Psychological Types of Serial Killers
Power Oriented – Ted Bundy and Dennis Rader enjoyed watching terror of their victims
Mission Oriented - killers feel they are improving the world by getting rid of undesirable people such as prostitutes, i.e. Green River Killer Gary Ridgway
Visionary - those who kill because they are directed by hallucinations, i.e. David Berkowitz - "Son of Sam"

47. Psychological Types of Serial Killers
Hedonistic - gain sexual satisfaction from raping, killing, mutilating, and sometimes eating the victim, i.e. Jeffrey Dahmer
Comfort - those who kill for financial gain, such as insurance benefits, real estate, i.e. Golay & Rutterschmidt
Disciple - those killers who kill under the influence of a charismatic killer, i.e. Leslie Van Houten and Lynette Fromme of the Manson family

54. Case Studies For EACH of the cases identify..
Organized or disorganized
Psychological Motivations (Visionary, Mission Oriented, Hedonistic, Comfort, Disciple, Power Oriented)

55. Male versus Female Serial Killers Page 7 - 8

56. Aim: How are serial killers “made”? - Friday
Do Now:
Take out Case Study # 7 and Debrief
Disorganized - Unplanned and disorganized behavior & lack of control at the crime scene
Organized - Show signs of planning and evidence of control at the crime scene
HW:
Notecard on Serial Killer with research notes to give a 30 – 60 second biography on the serial killer.

58. Fill out a notecard for each of your highlighted killers, including basic biographical information and important details of their crimes. Tomorrow, you will give a one-minute or less summary of one of your killers (your choice). This will be a quick way to get the entire class up to speed on a large number of serial killers, making it easier for each person to make their choice for the larger research project.

59. Nova: Mind of a Rampage Killer
What was discovered about Whitman after her shot students at the UT Austin Campus?
 How do the brains of killers differ from normal brains?
 What can we learn from the interactions of rats with their mothers?
 What role does attachment play in the development of killers?
 Why are the brains of teens more susceptible to damage?
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60. Risk Assessment: How are criminals ‘made’?
Research shows the role of the following in the :making” of a serial killer.
Genetics/DNA/chromosomes
Environmental factors
Biochemistry
Family traits
Economic circumstances
Neurological damage
**A combination of these factors can be devastating

61. The Mind of a Serial Killer

62. How are criminals made? Genetics
Criminals have a genetic predisposition
Genetic anomaly limits the function of the amygdala, leaving psychopaths with inability to understand & feel emotion
Studies show similar tendencies in twins raised apart
Extra chromosomes have been linked to some serial killers

63. How are criminals made? Biochemistry
Reduced glucose levels
Reduced seratonin levels (seratonin mellows us out)
Increased testosterone (creates need to dominate)
Sometimes have high traces of toxic metals

64. How are criminals made? Brain traits
Psychopaths have abnormal brain activities:
Less active pre-frontal cortex (impulse control)
Overactive limbic system (aggression, sexual desire)
Overactive temporal lobes (temper outbursts and mood disturbances)
Normal
Murderer

65. How are criminals made? Neurological Damage
Frontal Lobe damage causes lack of social behavior and self- control
Phineas Gage
Albert Fish (Brooklyn vampire) had frontal lobe damage at age 7

66. How are criminals made? Environmental Causes- Page 11 - 12
The roots of antisocial behavior lie in early childhood events:
insecure attachment
a weak sense of self
a dysfunctional family
coercive or indifferent parenting
physical, sexual or emotional abuse or neglect
the death of a parent
low family income
Separated or divorce
low academic achievement

67. Psychological Profiles of Serial Killers
A psychological profile is a submitted report utilizing information and approaches from various social and behavioral sciences, focusing on a specific type of violent crime
According to the FBI, a typical serial killer is a Caucasian male between the ages of who has been a victim of child abuse and who has exhibited signs of the McDonald triad
McDonald triad – bedwetting after the age of 12, setting fires, killing small animals

68. Psychological Profiles of Serial Killers – McDonald Triad
Most serial killers exhibit at least one of these behaviors
According to Robert Ressler (FBI), more than 60% of serial killers wet the bed past the age of twelve
The Son of Sam, David Berkowitz, set 1,412 fires but switched over to killing because it gave him more excitement and TV news coverage
Keith Jesperson, a serial killer from British Columbia who murdered more than 160 victims, started with dozens of cats and other small animals, before he moved on to human beings

69. Psychological Phases of Serial Killers
Aura
Trolling
Wooing
Capture
Murder
Totem
Depression

70. Appling Research on Serial Killers to Jeffery Dahmer
Is Dahmer Act Focused or Process Focused? (Identify What subtype as well)Why? EVIDENCE
What factors from his childhood contributed to his progression as a serial killer?
Using Holmes Typology would you say Dahmer is organized or disorganized? Why?
Apply the stages to the case study. Aura, Trolling, Wooing, Capture, Murder, Totem, Depression
4. What psychological disorder do you think Dahmer had?
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71. What is meant by “criminal behavior?
Conditions resulting in criminal behavior include:
Antisocial personality disorder
Sociopathy
Psychopathy
Conduct Disorder
Borderline personality disorder

72. What are personality disorders?
Symptoms have been present for an extended period of time, are inflexible and pervasive, and are not a result of alcohol or drugs or another psychiatric disorder. 
The symptoms have caused and continue to cause significant distress or negative consequences in different aspects of the person's life.
Symptoms are seen in at least two of the following areas:
Thoughts (ways of looking at the world, thinking about self or others, and interacting)
Emotions (appropriateness, intensity, and range of emotional functioning)
Interpersonal Functioning (relationships and interpersonal skills)
Impulse Control

73. Criminal Profiling What do psychologists base their profile on?
How do they develop a “profile”?
What do they look for at a crime scene?
What is a M.O.? What is a signature?
Establishment of the FBI Behavioural Science Unit and now the Violent Criminal Investigation Unit (VI-CAP) in Researchers like David Cantor [UK}, Burgess & Holmes have contributed a lot to this complex new field in criminology Increasing number of unsolved murders and decreasing detection rate in the US from 93% in 1962 to 65% 1995 and the increasing proportion of "stranger murders" -- increasing from less 10% to about 25% in the US. similar patterns appear to be emerging in other countries. Prevalence question is undecided but most agree that this phenomena is increasingly common and Hickey's work suggests that in the US the annual number of offenders has increased from 1 per year up to 1969 but is now around 10 per year in the US. He attaches much importance to understanding the demographics of the vicitms.
Generally it is difficult to talk about serial murder without also talking about the nature of homicide and murder. This lecture focuses on a particularly rare form of homicide - the serial killer usually a "lust" killer. This is a bizarre world and highly controversial field of study and mostly of US origin. However, there is considerable overlap with theories explaining serial rapists, arsonists, pedophiles and work on profiling violent crime. See Holmes and Holmes [1996] , Turvey [1999] etc. Characteristics etc. of homicide in HK discussed and note the few [if any] occurring locally -- Tuen Muen Rapists probably qualifies but examples in Guandong also have occurred.
Hickey [1997] study is qualitative and based on "constant comparison" and 337 men and 67 women responsible for between victims. His work "Serial Murderers and their Victims" is the basis for this lecture, although the work of others Hare, Burgess, Cantor and others will also inform this lecture. [see especially David Cantor 1994 "Criminal Shadows"]

74. First Case of Profiling Dr. James Brussels
1940 Bomb left at ConEd w/ Note that said “CON EDISON CROOKS. THIS IS FOR YOU”
1 year later a similar device was found
3 months later during WWII a typed note was sent to the police “ Iwill make no more bomb units for the duration of the war- my patriotic feelings have made me decide this – later I will bring Con Edison to justice – they will pay for their dastardly deeds”
1950 3rd unexploded bomb was found – FBI felt like it wasn’t meant to go off
4th found at NY Public Library and Grand Central Station
Over next 6 years 30 bomb planted and most were detonated
You are Dr. Brussels, what would your profile be? (Who , What, Why etc)

75. Dr. Brussels Profile Male
Former Employee of Con Ed, injured while working, seeking revenge
Paranoid
50 years old
Neat and meticulous
Foreign background
Some formal education
Unmarried
Living with female relatives but no mother who probably dies when he was young
When he is found he will be wearing a buttoned up double breasted jacket
Wrote dastardly deeds and didn’t use contemporary slang
Believed he had Oedipal complex , phallic construction of bombs, wrots breats like W’s, and when he would plant bombs in theatres he would slash/penetrate the seats
Explain the reasons for Dr. Brussels profile. What reasons are they based upon?

76. Modus Operandi
Object - kind of property taken, such as bras and panties
Time - time of day or night, weekdays, non-work days, holidays (when people would not miss the perpetrator at work)
Style - the description the criminal gives the victim to gain entrance (plumber, cable TV repairman)
Tale - any disclosure the criminal makes as to his business/purpose
Pals - any co-conspirators
Transport - what type of vehicle was used in connection with the crime
Trademark - any unusual act committed by the suspect while in the commission of the crime (i.e. poisoning the cat, eating at the scene after murdering the grandmother)

77. Difference Between Modus Operandi and Signature
Two murderers both burn their victims by dousing them with gasoline.
The second murderer douses the victim with gasoline to cover up the crime.
This murderer does so to evade detection.
This therefore is a precautionary act, and as such is a modus operandi behavior.
The first murderer does so as an anger-retaliatory act.
This is a signature behavior.

78. Aim: What is a serial killer
Aim: What is a serial killer? What are the requirements for our project/case study?
Do Now:
Take out your notecard and get ready to share with class.
Homework:

79. Serial Killer Project: to explore one of the most bizarre and intriguing human behaviors, the serial killer.
Pick ONE serial killer from around the world and explain and analyze their behavior.
After you have selected your person
Research (See questions)
Write 3 Page Paper to answer those questions
Presentation
Timeline –
Research – Wed and Thurs
Work On Paper - Tues 11/7 and Wed 11/8
Work on Presentation – Thurs. 11/9 and Mon. 11/13
Paper Due –Thurs. 11/9
Presentations Begin - Tues. 11/14

80. Upload to turnitin.com AND print out a copy for class
Research/Paper
PART I: Biographical Information
General information about the killer you are researching and his/her life and upbringing, his/her crimes, and trial and sentencing. –SEE QUESTIONS - they are intended to be guidelines to aid your research.
PART II: Criminal Activity
General information about the killer’s crimes, and his/her trial and sentencing. SEE QUESTIONS– they are intended to be guidelines to aid your research.
PART III: Characterizing the Serial Killer
Determine which category the killer fits into and give specific examples to support your choice
Organized
Disorganized
Identify and explain the type of serial killer and provide examples to support your choice
Part IV: Applying Psychological Perspectives
Choose TWO of the perspectives you believe best explains the persons development into a serial killer (psychodynamic, humanistic, behavioral, cognitive, biological)
Upload to turnitin.com AND print out a copy for class

81. Presentation
Present info about serial killer – from research questions
Expand upon ideas, beyond just staring what is bulleted. Give evidence/ explanations from your research.
No fewer than 8 slides identifying each of the four parts (2 parts per person at least!) from your paper.
8 illustrations min. / 1 per slide at least
Works Cited slide at the end (this does not count as one of your 8 slides)
Bulleted points (no paragraphs). Try to keep it to 15 – 20 words per slide
5 – 8 minutes
Include a video clip of no more than 1 minute.