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Connelly, Peter J. M. "The representations of serial killers." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3438.
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In this thesis, I have analysed representations of a selection of fictional and factual serial killers from Thomas de Quincey to Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter, from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to the autobiographical narratives of real life serial killers Carl Panzram, Donald Gaskins and Ian Brady. My analysis of these texts identifies the portrayals of serial killers in terms of representations as aesthetic, existential, socially othered phenomena. The thesis proceeds from the premise that serial killer narratives often obscure the existential brute reality of murder. As such, I examine serial killing vis-à-vis attempted explanatory shifts in such narratives which represent serial murder and serial killers in terms of aesthetic, psychopathological, moral/religious/supernatural and socio-political phenomena, and I investigate the implications of these shifts. I focus initially on Romantic ideas of the self, and in the relationship between the ‘outsider’ artist/poet and the textual emergence of the figure of the solitary ‘serial’ murderer in the early nineteenth century, particularly in relation to De Quincey’s aesthetic murder essays. Subsequent fluctuations of the representation of serial killing between mental-health, law-and-order and political/social discourses are discussed in relation to the subsequent texts. I conclude by examining cognitive dissonance theory, A.E. Van Vogt’s description of the Violent Man, and James Gilligan’s theories on violence, in order to propose a possible synergetic response to narratives and representations of serial killers and serial killing.
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Matos, Daniel Ivori de. "Serial Killers: cinema e representação." Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, 2012. http://tede.unioeste.br:8080/tede/handle/tede/1785.
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Previous issue date: 2012-02-27In this study we intend, through film analysis, to understand how the movie industry has represented the Serial Killers, discussing the aspects that compose it and that constituted diverse views on the subject. Immediately film analysis led us to reflect on representations spread over the years about the Serial Killers, for better understanding of what aspects are present in these productions and appearing in the social imaginary. To this problematization noting as cinema dialogue with the cinema itself, in addition to treating social characteristics that are actually identified as belonging to these individuals, that is, showing how the film itself through the decades approached this subject. Therefore, we propose a study of image analysis that seeks to understand how the movie industry represents some questions, thus revealing aspects that make up an imaginary cast often by violent scenes of murders that boost the attendance of crowds to theaters. In this study will seek an analysis of how serial killers are represented in film, or are prepared to note how the representations of these individuals in the social imaginary and that impacts and changes caused by the strategies of language/esthetics of narrative film, so that the film turned out to be the main reference on the subject.
Visamos nesta pesquisa, através da análise fílmica, perceber como a indústria cinematográfica representou os Serial Killers, discutindo os aspectos que o compõem e que constituíram visões diversas sobre o tema. Logo a análise fílmica nos levou a refletir a respeito das representações disseminadas ao longo dos anos frente aos Serial Killers, para melhor compreensão sobre quais aspectos estão presentes nessas produções, e que figuram no imaginário social. Para tal problematização percebendo como o cinema dialoga com o próprio cinema, para além do tratamento social das características que são apontadas como de fato pertencentes a estes indivíduos, ou seja, mostrando como o cinema por si só através das décadas abordou este assunto. Deste modo, propusemos uma pesquisa de análise de imagens que busca compreender como a indústria do cinema representa certas questões, assim revelando os aspectos que compõem um imaginário moldado muitas vezes por cenas violentas de assassinatos que impulsionam a ida de multidões aos cinemas. Busca-se nesta pesquisa uma análise de como os Serial Killers são representados no cinema, ou seja, como são elaboradas as representações destes indivíduos no imaginário social e que impactos e transformações causaram através das estratégias da linguagem/estética da narrativa cinematográfica, de modo que o cinema acabou se tornando o principal referencial sobre o assunto.
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Pistorius, Micki. "Psychoanalytical approach to serial killers." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/32402.
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The phenomenon of serial killers is increasing world wide.
During the past decade the most memorable cases of serial
homicide in South Africa have been those of the "Norwood serial
killer", the "Station Strangler", the "Cleveland serial killer",
"The Gaunteng serial killer" and the "St Charles serial killer".
The enigma surrounding serial killers is the so-called "lack of
motive'' for the murders. No extrinsic motive such as robbery,
financial gain, revenge or passion exists as there usually would
be in the case of other murders.
The available literature indicates that several theories have
been proposed to explain the origin of serial homicide, but none
can explain sufficiently to the author why one person with a
certain type of background and exposed to a certain environment
becomes a serial killer, whilst another, with a similar
background and circumstances does not. The theories that are
discussed are the socio-cultural factors, Ressler's motivational
model, systemic factors, demonic possession, neurological
factors, psychogenic factors and fantasy.
In this thesis the author attempts to answer the question "What
is the origin of serial homicide" by applying selected aspects
of the psychoanalytic theories of Freud and Melanie Klein on two
case studies of South African serial killers. The author
formulates twenty nine statements of her own, based on the
theories of Freud and Klein which she applies to the two case
studies.
The cases of the "Station Strangler" in Mitchell's Plain, Cape
province, and the "St Charles serial killer" in Donnybrook, KwaZulu
Natal are selected. Both of these serial killers are
organized in their modus operandi, but the "Station Strangler"
is a ego-dystonic killer and the "St Charles serial killer" a
ego-syntonic serial killer.
The method of research is a qualitative case study method. The
author divides the selected aspects of Freud and Klein's theories
into categories and analyses the two cases presented according
to these categories. In the final chapter she draws maps to
illustrate the psychoanalytical developmental paths of serial
killers in general and for each of the two cases. Multiple data
sources are used for example interviews with the serial killers
and their families, police dockets, court proceedings and
psychiatric records. Multiple data sources, explanation building
and replication by way of multiple case studies are employed to
ensure construct validity, internal validity and external
validity respectively. Reliability is supported by entering the
data in a South African Police Service data base.
In conclusion the author compares the differences and
similarities between the two case studies, and discusses the
statements which are supported by this research. She also
recommends that those statements which are not supported, be
discussed in consecutive case studies. The statements are
generalized to all serial killers.Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 1996.
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Correia, Rosana Helena Ferreira. "Serial Killers: uma análise da investigação criminal brasileira." Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10923/8315.
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Previous issue date: 2015The intended with the current research is to carry out a comparison of the Brazilian investigation in cases of serial killers acting with the context of the US criminal investigation, in order to understand how resource utilization profile criminal psychological may or may not influence the speed of investigative pursuit to anticipate the guilty identification process. For the results, the conducting of research goes through the thoughts of criminological trends focusing on positions regarding the offender and an overview of the serial killer. This research presents and performs conceptual differences, analyzes clinical and psychosocial behavior of the serial killer as well as the legal of your criminal acts. Still, the research is concerned with present criminal profiling as a way of collaboration to police investigations in the search for serial killers identification through the traces left at the scene of the crimes, while highlighting the limitations that this technique can offer. After the completion of the comparison of the US criminal investigation with the BR criminal investigation in cases of serial killers leads to the conclusion that the use of criminal profile influences the speed of investigative prosecution in the search for the guilty in cases in the United States and concluded that in Brazil are inadequate investigations to the type of crime committed by serial killer, lacking the appropriate method, causing an unfavorable impact. In Brazil, the criminal profile technique is completely disregarded.
De forma clara e objetiva, o que se pretende com a atual pesquisa é realizar uma comparação da investigação criminal brasileira nos casos de atuação de serial killers com o contexto da investigação criminal norte-americana, de forma a perceber o quanto a utilização do recurso ao perfil criminal do delinquente pode, ou não, influenciar na celeridade da persecução investigatória de forma a antecipar o processo de identificação do culpado. Para que os resultados fossem alcançados, a linha condutora da pesquisa passa pelos pensamentos das correntes criminológicas com foco nas posições no tocante ao delinquente e traça, a partir daí, um panorama geral sobre o serial killer. Apresenta e realiza diferenciações conceituais, analisa aspectos clínicos e psicossocias da conduta do serial killer, bem como os aspectos legais que cotejam o processamento de seus atos criminosos. Ainda, a pesquisa preocupa-se em apresentar o perfil criminal como uma forma de colaboração às investigações policiais na busca pela identificação de serial killers através dos vestígios deixados na cena dos crimes, sem deixar de ressaltar as limitações que a referida técnica pode oferecer. Ao fim, a realização da comparação da investigação criminal norte-americana com a brasileira nos casos de serial killers, conduz à conclusão de que a utilização do perfil criminal do delinquente influencia na celeridade da persecução investigatória na busca pelo culpado nos casos ocorridos nos Estados Unidos e à conclusão de que no Brasil encontram-se investigações inadequadas ao tipo de crime cometido por serial killer, desprovidas do método apropriado, causando impacto desfavorável. No Brasil, a técnica da elaboração do perfil criminal é completamente desconsiderada.
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Messori, Leryn Rose-Doggett. "Frequencies Between Serial Killer Typology and Theorized Etiological Factors." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1471990999.
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Hu, Yi Ni. "Serial killers in the People's Republic of China :the origins underlying the serial killing." Thesis, University of Macau, 2016. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3534658.
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Augustsson, Frida. "Seriemördares verkliga offer." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Psykologiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-160445.
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Seriemördare är rovdjur som fascinerar samhället på grund av deras farlighet. Forskning fokuserar främst på seriemördaren och offret blir obemärkt. Studier om mordoffrets karakteristika är få och befintlig forskning har fokuserat på få variabler om offret. Syftet med studien var att ta reda på om seriemördare begår mord på offer som uppvisar liknande egenskaper och visa hur variationen ser ut hos olika typer av seriemördare. Utifrån seriemördare från kända listor genomfördes en deskriptiv analys av offrens egenskaper. Resultatet visade att det typiska offret för män var en obekant, vit, vuxen kvinna som befann sig inom hans bekvämlighetszon. För kvinnor var det typiska offret en bekant, vit, vuxen man som befann sig inom hennes bekvämlighetszon. Majoriteten av seriemördare dödar inte utifrån bestämda offerkategorier utan varierar istället, vilket korresponderar med vad tidigare studier på området har kommit fram till kring offrets egenskaper. Att förstå hur mordoffret väljs ut ökar förståelsen om seriemördaren.
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Correia, Rosana Helena Ferreira. "Serial Killers : uma an?lise da investiga??o criminal brasileira." Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica do Rio Grande do Sul, 2016. http://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/6692.
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The intended with the current research is to carry out a comparison of the Brazilian investigation in cases of serial killers acting with the context of the US criminal investigation, in order to understand how resource utilization profile criminal psychological may or may not influence the speed of investigative pursuit to anticipate the guilty identification process. For the results, the conducting of research goes through the thoughts of criminological trends focusing on positions regarding the offender and an overview of the serial killer. This research presents and performs conceptual differences, analyzes clinical and psychosocial behavior of the serial killer as well as the legal of your criminal acts. Still, the research is concerned with present criminal profiling as a way of collaboration to police investigations in the search for serial killers identification through the traces left at the scene of the crimes, while highlighting the limitations that this technique can offer. After the completion of the comparison of the US criminal investigation with the BR criminal investigation in cases of serial killers leads to the conclusion that the use of criminal profile influences the speed of investigative prosecution in the search for the guilty in cases in the United States and concluded that in Brazil are inadequate investigations to the type of crime committed by serial killer, lacking the appropriate method, causing an unfavorable impact. In Brazil, the criminal profile technique is completely disregarded.
De forma clara e objetiva, o que se pretende com a atual pesquisa ? realizar uma compara??o da investiga??o criminal brasileira nos casos de atua??o de serial killers com o contexto da investiga??o criminal norte-americana, de forma a perceber o quanto a utiliza??o do recurso ao perfil criminal do delinquente pode, ou n?o, influenciar na celeridade da persecu??o investigat?ria de forma a antecipar o processo de identifica??o do culpado. Para que os resultados fossem alcan?ados, a linha condutora da pesquisa passa pelos pensamentos das correntes criminol?gicas com foco nas posi??es no tocante ao delinquente e tra?a, a partir da?, um panorama geral sobre o serial killer. Apresenta e realiza diferencia??es conceituais, analisa aspectos cl?nicos e psicossocias da conduta do serial killer, bem como os aspectos legais que cotejam o processamento de seus atos criminosos. Ainda, a pesquisa preocupa-se em apresentar o perfil criminal como uma forma de colabora??o ?s investiga??es policiais na busca pela identifica??o de serial killers atrav?s dos vest?gios deixados na cena dos crimes, sem deixar de ressaltar as limita??es que a referida t?cnica pode oferecer. Ao fim, a realiza??o da compara??o da investiga??o criminal norte-americana com a brasileira nos casos de serial killers, conduz ? conclus?o de que a utiliza??o do perfil criminal do delinquente influencia na celeridade da persecu??o investigat?ria na busca pelo culpado nos casos ocorridos nos Estados Unidos e ? conclus?o de que no Brasil encontram-se investiga??es inadequadas ao tipo de crime cometido por serial killer, desprovidas do m?todo apropriado, causando impacto desfavor?vel. No Brasil, a t?cnica da elabora??o do perfil criminal ? completamente desconsiderada.
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Butler, Jennifer. "The Relationship between Birth Order and Victim Selection in Serial Killers." Thesis, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3729095.
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Homicides linked to serial killers comprise a small percentage of the total number of murders committed in the United States, as well as overseas; however, there has always been an immense interest in these type of killings due to the mysterious nature of their perpetrators and their motives for killing. This small percentage could be due to the decreased incidence of the mental illnesses usually associated with serial killers (i.e., Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy), and advances in police investigative methods such as DNA matching that have resulted in a higher rate of solved murders, and consequently fewer serial killers still at large. Many theories have been proposed to try to explain why serial killers murder their victims. The most popular of these theories is the organized and disorganized dichotomy of serial killers’ methods. By using this theory and linking it with both Alfred Adler’s (1928) theory of birth order and Michael Kirton’s (1976) adaptor and innovator theory the relationship between a serial killer’s birth order and the types of victims he chooses can be explored.
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Haynes, Kiran M. "An Exploration of Trauma Markers in the Artwork of Serial Killers." Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School, 2017. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/314.
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This research is a qualitative art-based study exploring trauma markers found in the artwork of serial killers through the participation of licensed art therapists trained in the identification and treatment of trauma. The literature review covers a broad range of variables that influence the development of mass murderers, and how art therapy may be useful in working with serial killer populations. The study offers a unique, non-verbal exploration of the trauma experienced by serial killers through the art therapy lens. The three participants provided invaluable data through their responses to a questionnaire and creation of response art that demonstrates evidence of complex trauma, military trauma and traumatic brain injury; all of which were supported by previous research found in the literature. Themes identified through the analysis of the data included: communication, representation, chaos and violence, life and death, and illusion of power. This study demonstrates the importance of understanding serial killers’ psychological makeup, the traumas and other experiences that have profound impacts on them, and the contexts in which they develop. This may lead to a better understanding in how to look for the warning signs in their development and artwork; allowing for the potential to prevent such violent behavior with early intervention.
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Pokel, Cindy A. "A critical analysis of research related to the criminal mind of serial killers." Online version, 2000. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2000/2000pokelc.pdf.
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Sikora-Quinlan, Sheila Ann. "The social construction of serial killers, Paul Bernardo as a case study." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1996. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/MQ30930.pdf.
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Hollander, Matthew. "The Moral Responsibility of Psychopathic Serial Killers: A Case Study in Dexter." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2011. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/252.
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Dexter Morgan is a serial killer, but he may not be blameworthy for his actions There are two possible explanations that could absolve Dexter of moral responsibility: (1) His inability to empathize with others makes it so that he cannot make appropriate moral decisions. Or (2) his serial killing tendencies are determined in nature, set off by events of which he had no control. I conclude that Dexter is, in fact, morally responsible for his actions because he is capable of second order desires
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Milligen, Stephen. "Better to reign in hell : serial killers, media panics and the FBI." Thesis, University of Ulster, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310110.
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Hodgskiss, Brin Allan. "A multivariate model of the offence behaviours of South African serial killers." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007793.
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It was hypothesised that there would be behavioural consistencies in the offences of South African serial killers. The themes underlying these observable differences can help us understand the nature of these offences. Crime scene data was ohtained from police records, and structured, in-depth offender interviews. 73 offences, committed by 13 offenders, were analysed. The analysis used Smallest Space Analysis (SSA), a Multidimensional scaling (MDS) procedure. This analysis revealed systematic patterns of behaviour in the offences. It was found that the focus of these offences is an impersonal, hostile, and act-focused murder were the victim is treated as a depersonalised object. Empirical support for an underlying thematic structure to these offences was also provided. The offence themes identified relate to the nature of the actions committed during the offence, and the function these actions had for the offender. These fmdings thus support the hypothesis that these offences will display meaningful behavioural variation. These findings have direct utility in the investigation and study of serial killing in South Aflica. They also provide the basis for comparison with previously suggested typologies of serial killing, and indicate directions for future research into this phenomenon in the South African setting.KMBT_363
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Norris, Chasity Shalon. "Psychopathy and Gender of Serial Killers: A Comparison Using the PCL-R." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2011. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1340.
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Psychopathy and serial murder are 2 of society's most devastating and least understood tribulations. Even less is comprehended with regards to the differences in the way these ills are expressed between the genders. In this study, psychopathic personality traits are considered in a sample comparison of male and female serial murderers. Traits are measured using questions derived from Hare's Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R, 1991). A content analysis was performed to score the components for each subject, using known and accepted biographical and personal interview materials. Findings showed a distinct difference between the sexes, with females scoring lower than their male counterparts, indicating that factor structure of the PCL-R may need to be restructured in regards to females. Implications for public policy including the way female psychopathy is viewed and diagnosed are reviewed.
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Glapion, Quianna. "FBI Files: A Psychological Comparison of Literary and Real-Life Serial Killers." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2019. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/cauetds/171.
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This study examines the psychology of fictional and real-life serial killers and the behavioral similarities between them. Three fictional murderers, mainly Macbeth (William Shakespeare’s Macbeth), Buffalo Bill (The Silence of the Lambs), and the Creature (Frankenstein),as well as real life killers such as Charles Manson, Ed Gein, and Edmund Kemper were researched in depth. The data for this study was gathered from a variety of sources such as biographies, television interviews, published novels, articles, and documentaries. This study also focuses on predispositional factors and personality traits that led these killers to a life of crime. While no single behavioral trait was found to be present in every murderer studied, some of the psychological factors that were found to have predictive value included: abusive upbringings, mother hate, adoption, pornography, and brain damage were also reliable predictors in the lives of fictional and nonfictional perpetrators.
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Olivier, Erin Monique. "Killing for the camera?: an investigation into the relationship between serial killers and the media." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/587.
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This study focuses on the role of media portrayal and coverage in serial killing. The first objective of the study is to develop a conceptual structure that aids in the understanding of the cyclical relationship between media, serial killer, and audience. The media acts as a catalyst in this relationship, providing the stage on which serial killer and audience form a fatal relationship in which celebrity status forms the ultimate motivation. Media sensationalism of serial killing and the extreme glamorization in fictional representations has obviously negative consequences. In developing such a structure I hope to demonstrate that there is an alternative to the sensationalizing and glamorizing of serial killers in the media. This alternative will take the form education and a more documentary-style approach to films about serial murder. The study focuses mainly on developing a theoretical framework that emphasizes each of the three elements of the cyclical relationship mentioned above separately. The second chapter is devoted to the media and its role. The third chapter focuses on serial killers and the motivations involved. The fourth chapter deals with the audience attracted to serial killing as a source of identification. A number of thinkers’ work is used in coming to grips with this relationship, including both American and South African authors. The fifth and final chapter takes into consideration the moment of application by addressing the South African situation. I conclude by discussing the repercussions of media glamorization and possible documentary-style alternatives.
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Gresswell, David Mark. "Multiple murder in England and Wales 1982-1991 : an analysis." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.324113.
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Multiple murder has attracted comparatively little attention amongst academic researchers. The present study offers a description of the phenomenon of Multiple Homicide in England and Wales over a 10 year period based on interviews with perpetrators and study of archival records. Results were analysed in two ways: First, using conventional statistical methods, and second, using multiple sequential functional analysis to challenge existing typologies, highlight the role of psychological process and to emphasise the important role of environmental events. The analysis revealed a very heterogeneous population although experiences such as social isolation and frustration were not uncommon. Unlike the perpetrators described in many American studies histories of physical and sexual childhood abuse and neglect were not the norm in this population and were felt to have little association with multiple murder. The issues raised by the methodology and the implications of the study for profiling, identification of possible offenders, treatment targets, and future areas of research are discussed.
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McCready, Sarah Scott. "Serial Killing Myths Versus Reality: A Content Analysis Of Serial Killer Flicks Made Between 1980 and 2001." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2002. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3228/.
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Public perceptions about serial homicide are more mythical than fact. Myths about serial homicide are perpetuated through several sources, especially the entertainment media which is a dominant and influential mythmaker. The number of films depicting serial killers and serial killing themes has increased dramatically in recent years. However, the reality of these films is debatable. This research examines the reality, or lack thereof, of the most recent films involving a serial killing theme. Hickey provides a wealth of statistical information on a number of serial killers and serial killings. A content analysis of the fifty top grossing serial killer movies made between 1980 and 2001 was conducted using variables from Hickey research. Research shows similarities and differences between variables, however, results concludes the entertainment media does not accurately portray serial homicide.
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Branson, Allan LeRoy. "The anonymity of African American serial killers : from slavery to prisons, a continuum of negative imagery." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/9962.
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Barkhuizen, Jaco. "An exploration of the intrapsychic development and personality structure of serial killers through the use of psychometric testing." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2004. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09122005-140352.
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Sarbourg, Barbara. "A propos des serial killers : un essai d'élaboration "du sang au sens" dans la perspective d'une anthropologie du crime." Paris 13, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999PA131023.
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Comment fonctionne la pensee face au monstrueux ? le seriai killer, criminel "invente" par le f. B. I, provoque la sideration de la pensee dans l'horreur. "vampire" sans reflet, creature des carrefours, il rode a la frontiere de l'humain et du monstrueux. Le recours a la figuralite apparait alors comme une tentative pour "dedoubler" le criminel afin de le rendre pensable. Figure en tueur-vampire, en tueur-machine, en tueur-camera, le seriai killer s'identifie a un "corps sans ame", version du sujet humain qui trouve ses racines dans des ruptures epistemologiques reperables au xixe siecle, par exemple dans l'affaire jack l'eventreur. Toute une problematique du "double occulte" se dessine a travers le "phenomene meurtre en serie" ; le seriai killer serait pensable comme double negatif, necessairement occulte et transgressif, d'une figure sociale qui doit rester valorisee. La rencontre entre ce criminel et le psychologue clinicien est-elle possible, des lors que l'individu adopte cette identite de "corps sans ame", moitie d'un etre double ? dans la perspective d'une nouvelle anthropologie du crime, il est interessant de mettre en lumiere les mecanismes par lesquels une societe et ses acteurs "inventent" des criminels, de mettre a l'oeuvre une nouvelle facon de penser le crime, de chercher une nouvelle approche clinique.
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Farrell, Evann Anne. "Killer Style: An Investigation of Rodney Alcala’s Street Style Photography." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou159792067991252.
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Sadraddin, Mahiddin Sana. "“Imitating Reality”: An Analysis of “American Psycho”." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Engelska institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-182219.
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This paper analyzes Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho (1991), and more specifically, the protagonist-narrator Patrick Bateman. He is analyzed through the theoretical framework known as narratology, and more specifically, the designation of “unreliable narrator,” in order to analyze the interplay between the character and the postmodernist society of which he is a product. This paper also uses the critical approach of close reading as a method. Close reading will be used in order to analyze Bateman and his narration. This essay will argue that in American Psycho, the protagonist-narrator Bateman’s loss of control over reality is described as arising because of how postmodern society works to fit people into a mould and remove individuality. Bateman displays the excesses of the 1980s, and he conforms to the expectations of postmodern society, which emphasizes consumerism and trends but no substance. He lives in a postmodern society that highlights materialism, consumerism, and reality versus hyperreality. He tries to find his identity, away from superficiality and wealth, but fails. He takes out his frustration on people who are in a lower social class than him, and he murders and tortures his victims as a result. Bateman does not only live like someone out of a magazine, but he also copies serial killers, but: he has no real identity or even original method of murder. Bateman takes on an identity as a serial killer and imitates their crimes. He finds himself torn between the postmodern reality and the reality he creates in his mind.
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Monteiro, Klaylian Marcela Santos Lima. "Assassinos seriais: uma abordagem psicanalítica sobre o superego arcaico e os efeitos da sideração." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2012. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/15153.
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Previous issue date: 2012-06-29The present study aimed, in general, to investigate, under a psychoanalytic approach, the main processes that characterize the constitution of subjectivity of serial killers, linking them to the role that they play the ancient super-ego and the effects of stunning. As the first specific objective, there were submitted, from data collected in interviews, the aspects of the schizo-paranoid position and their repercussions in the manner that act serial killers, in this way, investigating the role of destructive fantasies, of defenses, besides the questions about the object-victims, passing by the theme of hate. The second specific objective was to study, from data collected in interviews, the ancient super-ego and its modes of action in those points related to sadism, to the criminal tendency, and the implications of the ancient super-ego on the psyche of the serial killers, besides the compulsion to repetition in the compulsive act of serial killers. The last of the objectives was the development of an interrelation between the data collected in the interview and the role of stunning in the psyche on the ancient superego demands. Search relevancy is justified, among other reasons, by the fact that it does not exist yet, in Brazil, psychoanalytic readings on this theme, in despite of the growing number of serial homicides and the need for improvement of clinical methods of early approach to children and adolescents who exhibit cases antisocial features. Such studies were marked out especially by kleinian and post-kleinian theoretical structure. It was noted that the psychic configuration of the serial killers, based on the model of ancient super-ego, takes them to destructive behaviors displayed in front of the victims, in particular, the ability to stunning. The data were obtained through interviews with serial killers prisoners in penitentiary units of the States of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo
O presente estudo objetivou, de modo geral, investigar, sob um enfoque psicanalítico, os principais processos que caracterizam a constituição da subjetividade dos assassinos seriais, relacionando-os ao papel que neles têm o superego arcaico e os efeitos da sideração. Como primeiro objetivo específico, foram apresentados, a partir dos dados colhidos nas entrevistas, os elementos relacionados à posição esquizo-paranóide1 e suas repercussões no agir dos assassinos em série, neste sentido, investigando o papel das fantasias destrutivas , das defesas, além das questões referentes às vítimas-objeto, passando pelo tema do ódio. O segundo objetivo específico foi estudar, a partir dos dados colhidos nas entrevistas, o superego arcaico e seus modos de atuação, naquilo que se relacionam ao sadismo, à tendência criminosa e implicações do superego arcaico no psiquismo dos assassinos em série, além da compulsão à repetição no agir compulsivo dos homicidas seriais. O último dos objetivos, foi o desenvolvimento de uma interrelação entre os dados colhidos na entrevista e o papel da sideração no psiquismo diante das demandas do superego arcaico. A relevância da pesquisa justifica-se, entre outras razões, pelo fato de ainda não existirem, no Brasil, investigações psicanalíticas sobre este tema, apesar do número crescente de homicídios seriais e da necessidade de aperfeiçoamento dos métodos clínicos de abordagem precoce a crianças e adolescentes que apresentam quadros de característica antissocial. Tais estudos foram balizados, especialmente, pelo arcabouço teórico kleiniano e pós-kleiniano. Observou-se que a configuração psíquica dos homicidas em série, embasada sob os moldes do superego arcaico, leva-os aos comportamentos destrutivos apresentados diante das vítimas, em especial, à capacidade de sideração. Os dados foram obtidos por meio de entrevistas com assassinos seriais reclusos em unidades prisionais dos Estados do Rio de Janeiro e São Paulo
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Martin, Stephen Timothy. "Carnivore : an investigation into the ways that serial killers in the Silence of the Lambs, American Psycho and Darkly Dreaming Dexter are representative of consumers." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2012. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/61071/1/Stephen_Martin_Thesis.pdf.
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Serial killers are among the most popular and enduring character types in contemporary culture. In this exegesis I investigate one of the reasons for this popularity by examining the representational relationships between serial killers and serial consumers.
I initially establish that all monsters, whether they are vampires, werewolves or serial killers, emerge from cultural anxieties and signify the anxiety which gave them birth. I go on to identify that the cultural anxiety at play with serial killers is consumerism and in doing so, I identify two key parallels between the serial killer and the consumer, namely a sense of lack and a desire for transformation.
I then examine the ways in which the serial killer is representative of the consumer in three exemplar texts, The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris, American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis and Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. I go on to self-reflexively examine the creation of my novel Carnivore, the accompanying draft of which has been influenced by both the exemplar texts and the findings of the exegesis.
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Piva, Paula Cristina. "Cheira bem pode fazer mal : a configuração de "O perfume" como romance policial /." Araraquara : [s.n.], 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/99180.
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Resumo: Essa dissertação dispõe-se a estudar o romance O perfume do escritor alemão Patrick Süskind, publicado pela primeira vez em 1985. Tem-se o objetivo de demonstrar como essa obra, que antecipa no subtítulo ser a história de um assassino, se configura em romance policial. Para viabilizar o trabalho, busca-se subsídio na teoria da literatura policial e na história desse gênero, permitindo então estabelecer semelhanças e distinções. Antes, porém, discorre-se brevemente sobre os variados gêneros que compõem O perfume, que leva ao extremo a definição de romance, ou seja, uma composição híbrida por excelência. A obra em questão mescla, além das duas categorias principais do romance policial, a saber, enigma e negro, os gêneros predecessores a ele. O perfume rompe as convenções da ficção policial, com isso, aproximá-lo do gênero possibilita que outros romances sejam analisados pelo mesmo viés e possam eventualmente ser considerados também romances policiais, embora aparentemente estejam distantes do romance policial tradicional
Abstract: This essay intends to study one of Patrick Süskind's novels, Perfume, published for the first time in 1985. Our goal is to show how this work, which subtitle foresees the story of a killer, is configured in a crime novel. To make this concrete, we look for some data in the theories of the crime novel and in the history of this gender, which allow us to establish similarities and distinctions. Previously, however, we briefly expose the several literary genders that compose Perfume, carrying the definition of the novel too far; in other words, a hybrid composition par excellence. The work at issue blends, besides the two main categories of the crime novel (the mystery and the noir one) the predecessor genders to it. Perfume tears the conventions of crime fiction; then, approaching this novel to the gender makes it possible for other novels to be analyzed the same way, so that they can occasionally be considered crime novels as well, although apparently far from the traditional crime stories
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Harding, Rachel. "A comparative study between a range of victimology, crime scene behaviours and forensic awareness strategy variables utilised, or not, by trucker and non-trucker serial killers." Thesis, Harding, Rachel (2021) A comparative study between a range of victimology, crime scene behaviours and forensic awareness strategy variables utilised, or not, by trucker and non-trucker serial killers. Masters by Coursework thesis, Murdoch University, 2021. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/61323/.
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Homicide is an overarching term, which can be categorised into three main subcategories: Mass, Spree and Serial Homicide. Serial Killers are those who commit the unlawful killing of two or more victims in separate events. However, there is still a contentious debate over the definition. There have been many Serial Killer Typologies proposed in the literature, allowing investigators to more easily classify offenders and assist in investigations. Many forensic and criminology factors differ between these typologies, including the Victimology, Crime Scene Behaviours and Forensic Awareness Strategies used by offenders. A typology that has yet to be investigated, and in recent years has sparked some interest after the launch of the Highway Serial Killer Initiative is that of the Trucker Serial Killer. This review aimed to establish why classifying Serial Killers is important and to ascertain some of the overarching typologies that have been proposed. The review ultimately determined that there is a lack of research investigating the potential Trucker Serial Killer. The proposed study will be done by comparing the Victimology, Crime Scene Behaviours and Forensic Awareness Strategies of 24 Trucker Serial Killers (those with a vocation in truck driving while active) located in Australia, Europe and America, active between 1970-2015, to two randomly generated matched samples of 24 Non-Trucker Serial Killers. The aim will be to identify any statistically significant similarities or differences between the two groups and whether this typology of Serial Killer is evident.
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Roberts, Jennifer N. "Cacophony." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1395329715.
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Kirk, Lisa R. "A Content Analysis of Media Accounts of Death Penalty and Life Without Parole Cases." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3184.
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The study analyzed a convenience sample of published accounts of death penalty cases and life without parole cases. The objective of the study was to explore factors that influence the selection of cases for coverage in books, think tank reports (e.g., Heritage Foundation), and periodicals and factors related to coverage of homicides resulting in a death penalty sentence or a life without parole sentence (often termed “America’s other death penalty”).
Since this study was exploratory, hypotheses were not offered. However, prior research on the death penalty and on life without parole offered several clues. For example, since black offender/white victim homicides were more likely to result in a death penalty sentence, it was expected that such homicides would more likely to be covered. Since conservatives were more likely to favor the death penalty and liberals were likely to oppose it, it was expected that coverage would vary by how conservative or liberal the coverage source. For example, how the Heritage Foundation covered cases was expected to be different from coverage by Human Rights Watch.
In summary, my study revealed opposite results of previous research studies. The results of my study are probably skewed because of the small sample size. A bigger sample size would more than likely resulted in more accurate and reliable results.
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Robb, Simon. "Reading the serial killer /." Title page, contents and introduction only, 1994. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arr631.pdf.
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Piva, Paula Cristina [UNESP]. "Cheira bem pode fazer mal: a configuração de O perfume como romance policial." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/99180.
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Essa dissertação dispõe-se a estudar o romance O perfume do escritor alemão Patrick Süskind, publicado pela primeira vez em 1985. Tem-se o objetivo de demonstrar como essa obra, que antecipa no subtítulo ser a história de um assassino, se configura em romance policial. Para viabilizar o trabalho, busca-se subsídio na teoria da literatura policial e na história desse gênero, permitindo então estabelecer semelhanças e distinções. Antes, porém, discorre-se brevemente sobre os variados gêneros que compõem O perfume, que leva ao extremo a definição de romance, ou seja, uma composição híbrida por excelência. A obra em questão mescla, além das duas categorias principais do romance policial, a saber, enigma e negro, os gêneros predecessores a ele. O perfume rompe as convenções da ficção policial, com isso, aproximá-lo do gênero possibilita que outros romances sejam analisados pelo mesmo viés e possam eventualmente ser considerados também romances policiais, embora aparentemente estejam distantes do romance policial tradicional
This essay intends to study one of Patrick Süskind’s novels, Perfume, published for the first time in 1985. Our goal is to show how this work, which subtitle foresees the story of a killer, is configured in a crime novel. To make this concrete, we look for some data in the theories of the crime novel and in the history of this gender, which allow us to establish similarities and distinctions. Previously, however, we briefly expose the several literary genders that compose Perfume, carrying the definition of the novel too far; in other words, a hybrid composition par excellence. The work at issue blends, besides the two main categories of the crime novel (the mystery and the noir one) the predecessor genders to it. Perfume tears the conventions of crime fiction; then, approaching this novel to the gender makes it possible for other novels to be analyzed the same way, so that they can occasionally be considered crime novels as well, although apparently far from the traditional crime stories
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Pearce, Maryanne. "An Awkward Silence: Missing and Murdered Vulnerable Women and the Canadian Justice System." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26299.
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The murders and suspicious disappearances of women across Canada over the past forty years have received considerable national attention in the past decade. The disappearances and murders of scores of women in British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba have highlighted the vulnerability of women to extreme violence. Girls and women of Aboriginal ethnicity have been disproportionally affected in all of these cases and have high rates of violent victimization. The current socio-economic situation faced by Aboriginal women contributes to this.
To provide publicly available data of missing and murdered women in Canada, a database was created containing details of 3,329 women, including 824 who are Aboriginal. There are key risk factors that increase the probability of experiencing lethal violence: street prostitution, addiction and insecure housing. The vast majority of sex workers who experience lethal violence are street prostitutes. The dissertation examines the legal status and forms of prostitution in Canada and internationally, as well as the individual and societal impacts of prostitution. A review of current research on violence and prostitution is presented. The thesis provides summaries from 150 serial homicide cases targeting prostitutes in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. The trends and questions posed by these cases are identified.
The cases of the missing women of Vancouver and Robert Pickton are detailed. The key findings from the provincial inquiry into the missing women cases and an analysis of the most egregious failings of the investigations (Projects Amelia and Evenhanded) are discussed. Frequently encountered challenges and common errors, as well as investigative opportunities and best practices of police, and other initiatives and recommendations aimed at non-police agencies are evaluated. The three other RCMP-led projects, KARE, DEVOTE and E-PANA, which are large, dedicated units focused on vulnerable women, are assessed.
All Canadian women deserve to live free of violence. For women with vulnerable life histories, violence is a daily threat and a common occurrence. More must be done to prevent violence and to hold offenders responsible when violence has been done. This dissertation is a plea for resources and attention; to turn apathy into pragmatic, concrete action founded on solid evidence-based research.
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Urbaniak, Erick Francis. "Criminals and Artists: Detecting the Artist in German Crime Literature of the Twentieth Century." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1236187503.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Cincinnati, 2009.Advisors: Todd Herzog (Committee Chair), Katharina Gerstenberger (Committee Member), Richard Schade (Committee Member). Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed May 2, 2009). Keywords: Crime Literature; Artists and Criminals; Hochstapler; Serial killers; Thomas Mann; Doron Rabinovici; Identity Formation; Criminality; History of the Artist. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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O'Grady, Emily I. "Subverting the serial gaze: Interrogating the legacies of intergenerational violence in serial killer narratives." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2018. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/119189/1/Emily_O%27Grady_Thesis.pdf.
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This practice-led thesis in the field of creative writing interrogates and disrupts the serial killer genre by exploring the trauma suffered by survivors of serial crime. Through a novel, The Yellow House, and an accompanying exegesis, I reimagine the Australian serial killer narrative by interrogating how the traumatic legacies of abject violence can be transmitted across generations. This thesis argues that generic conventions of serial killer fiction bear little resemblance to the aftermath of abject violence and the realities of serial crime, and establishes the value in critiquing and disrupting familiar tropes of the genre.
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Santos, Thiara Ribeiro. "O fascínio do serial killer: protagonismo e naturalização da anormalidade em Dexter." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2017. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/20370.
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This research investigates the narratives of television series about serial killers, focusing most attention on the North American show Dexter, broadcast from 2006 to 2013, while at the same time comparing the context of the series to others of the same genre. In order to learn how the fascination of crime is narrativized in this type of program, our aim was to identify the similarities and differences, compare the narratives, and the main conflicts of each series, the protagonism of the serial killer, the relations between the subject-characters and complex issues related to actions and characteristics of each serial killer and the development of the narrative itself – all focused on the protagonist’s compulsion to kill, while taking into consideration their permanent invisibility and the social ties between them and the other characters; thus we look back in time to delve into the discursive processes of old movies with the same theme in order to understand how the world of series was established. We start with the assumption that a transformation has been made to the narrative structure and character of the serial killers in audiovisual productions over recent decades. Under this context, there is a need to understand how audiovisual languages are used within series, how they intensify normal versus abnormal opposition, how the viewers’ complicity is summoned, and how violence and perversion become elements of the social structure and eventually even agents of the actions. In our view, questioning what retains the tension in the narrative of the Serial Killers TV series is one way of assessing our processes of true meaning and civil morality. This theory is based on knowledge of the areas of Audiovisual, Semiotics, Psychoanalysis, Sociology and Philosophy. For the audiovisual area, we benefitted from input from Neale, Arlindo Machado and Sonia Rodrigues who have studied narrative strategies in dramatic series; the studies relating to cinema were enhanced by contributions from Shaviro and Naremore and the studies of series consolidated by Douglas L. Howard; investigations made about cinema and representation by Ismail Xavier also strengthened the analyses of this thesis. The analysis of the generative route toward the meaning of narratives was bolstered by the discursive-semiotic contributions from Eric Landowski and Ana Claudia de Oliveira, and the tensive-semiotics contributions from Claude Zilberberg. With regard to psychoanalysis, particularly to focus on the Lacanian concept of perversion and neurosis, we use texts by Nasio, Žižek, Bond, Philippe Julien and Antonio Quinet, which assist us in explaining the universe of our subject, the serial killer. For the sociological and ethical discussions about abnormality and perversity we adopt the thoughts of Dany-Robert Dufour and Simpson
A pesquisa investiga o tema das narrativas de séries televisivas sobre serial killers, centrando sua atenção na série norte-americana Dexter, produzida no período de 2006 a 2013, sem deixar de examiná-la no contexto de outras séries do mesmo gênero. Para saber como o fascínio do crime é narrativizado neste tipo de série buscamos identificar suas semelhanças e diferenças, comparando as narrativas, os conflitos principais, o protagonismo do serial killer, as relações entre os sujeitos-personagens e questões complexas ligadas às ações e características de cada serial killer e ao desenvolvimento da narrativa em si – todas centradas na compulsão de matar do protagonista, considerando sua permanência na invisibilidade e os laços sociais entre ele e os demais personagens; para isto buscamos recuperar historicamente o processo de construção discursiva de filmes antigos com a mesma temática para compreendermos como se estabeleceu o universo das séries. Partimos do pressuposto de que existe uma transformação da estrutura narrativa e dos personagens serial killers nos audiovisuais das últimas décadas. Há, nesse contexto, uma necessidade de entender como as séries se utilizam das linguagens do audiovisual, como tensionam a oposição normal versus anormal, como se dá a convocação da cumplicidade do espectador e como a violência e a perversão se tornam elementos de estruturação da organização social e eventualmente efetivadoras da sanção. A nosso ver, questionar sobre o que mantém a tensão da narrativa das séries é um modo de avaliarmos nossos processos de significação e moralidade civil. A fundamentação teórica se baseia nos saberes das áreas de Audiovisual, Semiótica, Psicanálise, Sociologia e Filosofia. Para o audiovisual, utilizamos Neale, Arlindo Machado e Sonia Rodrigues em seus estudos sobre as estratégias narrativas em séries dramáticas; os estudos sobre cinema contaram com os aportes de Shaviro e Naremore e os estudos de série com Douglas L. Howard; as investigações sobre cinema de Ismail Xavier também fortalecem as análises desta tese. Na análise do percurso gerativo de sentido das narrativas se fazem necessários os aportes da semiótica discursiva de Eric Landowski e Ana Cláudia de Oliveira, mas nos utilizamos também da semiótica tensiva de Claude Zilberberg. Quanto à psicanálise, para abordar o conceito lacaniano de perversão e neurose, nos utilizamos dos textos de Nasio, Žižek, Bond, Philippe Julien e Antonio Quinet, que nos apoiam na explanação do universo do sujeito serial killer. Para as discussões sociológicas e éticas sobre anormalidade e perversidade adotamos os pensamentos de Dany-Robert Dufour e Simpson
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Donzella, Carmelo <1984>. "Jeff Lindsay and Showtime's Dexter: Serial Killer versus Superhero." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/2297.
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Il presente lavoro si propone di analizzare Dexter, protagonista dell'omonima serie TV e del romanzo "Darkly Dreaming Dexter", come un supereroe. Egli sembra una persona comune, ma possiede un'identità segreta: è un serial killer. Tuttavia il suo "codice" personale gli consente di uccidere solo altri assassini.
Nella prima parte analizzerò come è stato caratterizzato il personaggio, facendo riferimento a parti del libro o a scene tratte dalla serie TV. Nella seconda parte spiegherò come sia possibile che un serial killer diventi un personaggio gradito al pubblico. Nella terza parte cercherò di dimostrare che la serie Dexter si può leggere come un moderno esempio del "superhero genre" e che il suo protagonista – dal punto di vista del pubblico – è più simile a Batman che al Mostro di Milwakee.
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Silva, Luciano Cabral da. "The fourfold serial killer in Bret Easton Elliss American Psycho." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2015. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=8749.
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e TecnológicoPatrick Bateman, o protagonista narrador do romance American Psycho (1991), de Bret Easton Ellis, confunde por ser rico, bonito e educado e, ao mesmo tempo, torturador, assassino e canibal. Mas esta personalidade antagônica não o torna singular. O que o particulariza são as quatro faces que ele apresenta ao longo de sua narrativa: (1) ele consome mercadorias e humanos, (2) compete para ter reconhecimento, (3) provoca horror por suas ações, e (4) não é um narrador confiável. Sendo um yuppie (termo popular usado nos Estados Unidos na década de 1980 para denominar jovens e bem sucedidos profissionais urbanos), Bateman é materialista e hedonista. Ele está imerso em uma sociedade de consumo, fato que o impossibilita de perceber diferenças entre produtos e pessoas. Sendo um narcisista, ele se torna um competidor em busca de admiração. No entanto, Bateman também é um serial killer e suas descrições detalhadas de torturas e assassinatos horrorizam. Por fim, nós leitores duvidamos de sua narrativa ao notarmos inconsistências e ambiguidades. Zygmunt Bauman (2009) afirma que uma sociedade extremamente capitalista transforma tudo que nela existe em algo consumível. Christopher Lasch (1991) afirma que o lendário Narciso deu lugar a um novo, controverso, dependente e menos confiante. A maioria das vítimas de Bateman são membros de grupos socialmente marginalizados, como mendigos, homossexuais, imigrantes e prostitutas, o que o torna uma identidade predatória, segundo Arjun Appadurai (2006). A voz autodiegética e a narrativa incongruente do protagonista, contudo, impedem que confiemos em suas palavras. Estas são as quatro faces que pretendo apresentar deste serial killer
The autodiegetic protagonist Patrick Bateman, in Bret Easton Elliss American Psycho (1991), is a troubling character, for he is highly-educated, wealthy and handsome as well as a torturer, a killer and a cannibal. This antagonistic behavior, nonetheless, does not make him a singular character. The four sides he presents throughout the novel are singular, though: (1) he consumes humans and commodities equally; (2) he competes for recognition and admiration; (3) his acts are horrific; and (4) his narration is unreliable. As a yuppie (a popular term from the 1980s used to define young urban U.S. professionals), Bateman is materialistic and hedonistic. As he lives off the excesses of a consumer society, he is incapable of distinguishing people from products. As a self-absorbed, narcissistic protagonist, he becomes a competitor struggling to get approval from his peers. Nevertheless, Bateman is a serial killer, and his detailed descriptions of tortures and murders are horrifying. Finally, we readers cannot rely on his narrative once we notice ambiguities and divergences. Zygmunt Bauman (2009) posits that an extremely capitalist society forces people to be commodified. Christopher Lasch (1991) asseverates that the old legendary Narcissus gave birth to a new one, paradoxical, dependent and less confident. Most of Batemans victims are socially-marginalized characters, members of minority groups, such as homeless people, homosexuals, immigrants, and prostitutes. As a matter of fact, Bateman may be regarded as having a predatory identity, as defined by Arjun Appadurai (2006). However, this autodiegetic narrator, together with his inconsistent narrative, cannot be entirely trusted. These are the points I want to debate regarding this fourfold serial killer
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Cohen, Rachel. "Cinematic constructions of the female serial killer : a psychosocial audience study." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2012. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/46698/.
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This project explores the ways in which film viewers engage with and respond to cinematic constructions of the female serial killer, focusing closely upon the story of Aileen Wuornos, who was executed in 2002 for the murders of seven men. Three key film texts - Monster (Patty Jenkins, 2003), Aileen: The Selling of A Serial Killer (Nick Broomfield, 1992) and Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (Nick Broomfield, 2003) - are used as the basis for this study. Arguing that the psychodynamic complexities of the spectatorial encounter are inadequately theorised by many existing Screen theory and cultural studies accounts, I conduct a series of in-depth free-association narrative/biographical interpretive interviews (Hollway and Jefferson 2000a, Wengraf 2001) with fourteen participants. In doing so, I demonstrate how individuals are psychosocially and biographically motivated to “invest” in the three film texts on both conscious and unconscious levels. Drawing upon object-relations psychoanalysis (and Kleinian theory, in particular), I explore the unconscious anxieties, conflicts and phantasies that also bear significantly upon my participants’ filmic investments. I find that these investments are made meaningful in relation to dominant cultural ideologies and “norms”, but that they are also powerfully informed by participants’ own biographical experiences. This thesis therefore makes a valuable contribution to the field of audience studies, by providing a more nuanced understanding of the film-viewing process.
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Braimovic, Monique. "Partners in Crime: Toward an Integrated, Explanatory Theory of Serial Killer Collaboration." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-26673.
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The study of serial killer collaboration has received little attention in academia. While current explanatory theories of serial homicide can include subtypes of serial killers that operate alone, the study of collaborating serial killers has been neglected. In this paper, an integrated, explanatory theory of serial killer collaboration is proposed. The theory builds on concepts from social learning theory, the trauma control model, and relational self theory and aims to examine what interpersonal dynamics that characterize the partnerships of collaborating serial killers. Five cases of collaborating serial killers have been analyzed and compared with focus on individual life histories and how these are reflected in the interpersonal dynamics in serial killer collaboration. The study found that serial killer collaboration is fundamentally characterized by a mutual need for human connection and approval, and that sociocultural role expectations affect the interpersonal dynamics of collaborating serial killers in terms of dominance, victim-preference, victim-acquisition, and method of murder.
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Reburn, Jennifer. "Watching men : masculinity and surveillance in the American serial killer film 1978-2008." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2012. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/3390/.
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This thesis explores the depiction of masculinity in the American serial killer film with a particular focus on the articulation of surveillance. I trace shifts and trends in films made between 1978 and 2008. Drawing on existing analyses of the serial killer panic, I argue that cinema swiftly assimilated FBI rhetoric which influenced the development of the serial killer as a cultural figure. In particular, I highlight the profiler as a crucial element of serial killer discourse. This thesis tracks the development of this figure within American cinema, investigates the influence of this character on portrayals of the serial killer, and argues that the killer and profiler are constructed as opposing agents of surveillance. Using a chronological approach, I investigate the films shaped by this historical moment, splitting them into time-specific cycles in order to understand the cultural shifts affecting their development. I argue that a fascination with surveillance is a factor in the continuing power of the serial killer, exploring the different ways in which surveillance is thematised in the films. Highlighting the gendered nature of surveillance, I contend that the films support gender norms, with the killer often functioning as a violent example of the suppression of non-normative expressions of gendered identity. Including discussions of both mainstream and niche films, I show that the serial killer is distanced from normative masculinity in ways which allude to the Gothic and to gender, class and race prejudice, constructing the status of the serial killer as a special, inscrutable individual removed from power structures. The thesis argues that cinematic representations have embraced certain elements of FBI rhetoric, emphasising the exceptional surveillance skills of the profiler. As a result, the serial killer is frequently depicted as an extraordinary figure requiring elite expertise. I consider the ramifications of these portrayals and discuss the moments at which patriarchal power structures underlying this form of violence are both concealed and exposed.
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Hackett, Sarah Bernadette. "Facial comparison as intelligence: Using facial biometrics on sexually motivated serial killer victims as an investigative tool." Thesis, Hackett, Sarah Bernadette (2019) Facial comparison as intelligence: Using facial biometrics on sexually motivated serial killer victims as an investigative tool. Masters by Coursework thesis, Murdoch University, 2019. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/53846/.
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Some sexually motivated serial killers target victims on the basis of appearance. Therefore, multiple victims of a single serial killer are likely to have some facial features and geometries that are similar. The current research was undertaken to propose a technique, termed Face Similarity Linkage (FSL), to evaluate whether victims of a serial killer have statistically more similar facial measurements than a randomly chosen person of the same gender. To test this, three of Ted Bundy’s victims were randomly selected and anatomical landmarks were located and measured to produce proportionality indices of their faces. A random subject from an online database was used as a comparison. The results showed there were no statistically significant differences between the three of Bundy’s victims; however, there was significant difference between eleven of the seventeen facial measurements of Bundy’s victims when compared to a random person. This research serves as a proof of concept that, with more advanced means of data collection, FSL may be a useful tool for law enforcement for linking serial homicides. The current method is relatively novel, and in need of expert systems interfaces to improve speed and application, which is outlined in the current study.
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Serial Killer, Homicide, Biometric, Crime Linkage, Victim, Sexual Homicide, Face Similarity Linkage
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Seitz, Christopher R. "Berkowitz to BTK : a content analysis of serial killer coverage in the Chicago tribune and the Washington post." Virtual Press, 2007. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1371476.
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This study examines the coverage of serial killers David Berkowitz, Richard Ramirez, and Dennis Lynn Rader in the Chicago Tribune and the Washington Post. The 30-day period following the arrest of each killer was studied using a content analysis to identify whether the coverage focused on crime prevention, as suggested by the public health model. The study also sought to identify whether the themes of coverage changed over time. The content analysis indicated that there was a change in the themes of coverage over time, and that more attention was paid to the history of the case than to crime prevention.Department of Journalism
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Prager, Isabel [Verfasser], Carsten [Akademischer Betreuer] Watzl, and Jan [Gutachter] Hengstler. "Regulation of natural killer cell cytotoxic pathways during serial killing activity / Isabel Prager ; Gutachter: Jan Hengstler ; Betreuer: Carsten Watzl." Dortmund : Universitätsbibliothek Dortmund, 2020. http://d-nb.info/122226627X/34.
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Srpan, Katja. "Regulation of Natural Killer cell cytotoxicity by shedding of the Fc receptor CD16." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2018. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/regulation-of-natural-killer-cell-cytotoxicity-by-shedding-of-the-fc-receptor-cd16(8bafd31a-ee93-4e46-ae0e-c6781bbeda79).html.
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Natural Killer (NK) cells are cytotoxic lymphocytes that can recognize and kill virally infected or tumour transformed cells by the secretion of cytolytic granules containing perforin. An individual NK cell can kill several target cells sequentially. Each target cell can trigger NK cell activation via different activating ligands and here we report that the order in which ligands are encountered affects the NK cell response. When NK cells are repeatedly activated via their Fc receptor CD16, with the therapeutic antibody rituximab, perforin secretion decreases with each stimulation. However, perforin secretion is restored to its initial level upon subsequent activation by MICA, which ligates NKG2D. Repeated stimulation of NK cells via MICA also decreases the degranulation capacity of NK cells but, strikingly, this effect cannot be rescued by a subsequent stimulation with rituximab. The strength of perforin secretion is also translated to killing of Daudi target cells, expressing different ligands. When Daudi, opsonised with rituximab is the first target NK cell encounters, the sequential killing of another opsonised rituximab or Daudi, expressing MICA will not be affected. But, when Daudi-MICA is met first, the consecutive killing of Daudi-MICA as well as Daudi-rituximab will be impaired. We found that the mechanism underlying these differential outcomes involves shedding of CD16, which occurs upon NK cell activation through both, CD16 and NKG2D. Shedding of CD16 renders the cells insensitive to further activation via that receptor but they remain competent for further activation through NKG2D. Interestingly, however, we also identified the beneficial role of CD16 shedding for NK cell serial killing. NK cells are more motile on rituximab-coated surfaces than on MICA-coated surfaces and their migration speed decreases upon inhibition of CD16 shedding. Moreover, the inhibition of CD16 shedding also prevents the NK cell detachment from rituximab opsonised Daudi cells. Thus, the shedding of the receptor can serve to augment NK cell motility to move between target cells. Efficient NK cell detachment also correlated with their increased survival. Finally, we report that CD16 is constitutively organised in small, dense nanoclusters and that the ligation with rituximab does not affect their spatial distribution. Despite the shedding of the receptor, leading to less protein molecules at the surface, the area of these clusters remains the same. Together these data suggest that CD16 shedding hinders NK cell cytotoxicity against opsonised targets, but promotes their movements between different targets. Thus, receptor shedding is important for efficient NK cell serial killing. Manipulation of CD16 shedding, perhaps by boosting its recovery, might therefore represent an important target for NK cell-based therapies including treatments with therapeutic antibodies.
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Witzig, Eric W. "Observations on The Serial Killer Phenomenon: An Examination of Selected Behaviors of the Interstate Offender Contrasted with the Intrastate Offender." VCU Scholars Compass, 1995. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5546.
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The purpose of this work was to compare serial homicides committed by interstate and intrastate offenders and to determine differences in behavior between them. Knowledge of such differences would enable the trained homicide detective to structure his investigation according to the killer's inferred range of action.
This study used homicide data collected by the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (VICAP), of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC). VICAP's data was voluntarily submitted by investigators working at the state, local, and federal levels. The VICAP database had information on more than 804 cases of homicides committed by 241 different, serial offenders.
The VICAP data was examined in order to learn whether offender behaviors could reveal a distinction between the
interstate serial offender and the intrastate serial offender. Five variables of conscious or unconscious offender behavior were selected: (1) the victim's occupation, (2) the victim's last known location, (3) the type and kind of restraints used on the victim (if any), (4) the victim's cause of death, and (5) the level of concealment of the victim at the body disposal site. Information from the attributes in these variables could be helpful to the homicide detective in an early determination of the types and kinds of investigative resources that should be applied to the case for a successful resolution.
A hypothesis was formed: there is a detectable difference on the five variables in the behaviors of interstate and intrastate serial killers. The findings supported the hypothesis that there was a detectable difference between the two types of serial killers. An unexpected finding revealed that one type of offender was more deadly than the other, and thus less
likely to leave behind surviving victims. viii interstate serial offender and the intrastate serial offender. Five variables of conscious or unconscious offender behavior were selected: (1) the victim's occupation, (2) the victim's last known location, (3) the type and kind of restraints used on the victim (if any), (4) the victim's cause of death, and (5) the level of concealment of the victim at the body disposal site. Information from the attributes in these variables could be helpful to the homicide detective in an early determination of the types and kinds of investigative resources that should be applied to the case for a successful resolution.
A hypothesis was formed: there is a detectable difference on the five variables in the behaviors of interstate and intrastate serial killers. The findings supported the hypothesis that there was a detectable difference between the two types of serial killers. An unexpected finding revealed that one type of offender was more deadly than the other, and thus less likely to leave behind surviving victims.
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Скляр, Б. П., Михайло Олександрович Думчиков, Михаил Александрович Думчиков, and Mykhailo Oleksandrovych Dumchykov. "Деякі особливості предмету профайлінгу при вивченні особи серійного убивці." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2020. https://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/78801.
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Феномен серійних убивць , явище ,що з’явилося достатньо пізно, а саме в кінці 19 століття і вже тоді були спроби створити психологічний портрет злочинця. Вважається, що одна з перших спроб створення психологічного портрету належить британському хірургу Томасу Бонду, котру він провів щодо особи Джека-різника в 1888 році. На наш час ця процедура носить назву профалінг і використовується підрозділом ViCAP (Violent Criminal Apprehension Program) Федерального бюро розслідувань Сполучених Штатів Америки, який здійснює аналіз серійних насильницьких та сексуальних злочинів, підрозділами Інтерполу та іншими правоохоронними структурами. Профайлінг – система психологічних прийомів і методик прогнозування поведінки особи через вивчення тих ознак ,що випливають з залишених такою особою слідів, зовнішнього вигляду особи, поведінки особи в умовах соціуму. Початково цей термин використовувався як створення портрету злочинця за слідами на місці злочину.
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Glass, Darlene M. "Dark Roads Always Lead Home." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu152372472959343.
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Crane, Casey Killen. "“You Know Who I Am, Don’t You? I’m the One They’re Writing About in the Newspapers and on TV”." Scholar Commons, 2017. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6820.
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News media play a key role in U.S. society, helping to inform members of the public as gatherers and reporters of information, as well as by serving as government watchdogs. In the ongoing search for and reporting of information, media professionals must be aware of how they report on crime by being cognizant of how they represent killers, victims, and their families, and by being aware of how they represent any gratifications those groups may receive from the media coverage. This study considers the interactions between serial killer Dennis Rader, investigators and media organizations, and how some of these groups may use the media as a tool to gratify or achieve their goals, as reported or represented in newspaper articles. This analysis will examine news stories concerning one of the most well-known serial killers in American society through a mixed-methods approach study that includes a qualitative thematic analysis and a limited quantitative content analysis.