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PLEASE ANSWER BACK TO ALL STUDENTS BELOW WITH 250 WORD COUNT USING TEXTBOOK AND OTSIDE REFERNCE. AND PLACE EACH NANE AND REFERENCE BY EACH STUDENT
STUDENT REPLY #1 Stephanie Reid
The typologies that are used to describe the murderer is being an organized nonsocial thrill serial killer. The reason that this typology is chosen for this murderer is due to the fact that he performs aggressive acts on the victims of his crimes and has moved the body, which are traits for the organized nonsocial killer (Holmes & Holmes, 2009). Another reason for the killer being seen as organized is due to the fact that the murderer has sex with the victims before he kills them (Holmes & Holmes, 2009). The reason that the murder falls into the thrill subtype is due to the fact that the method of killing his victims comes in the fact that he strangles them (Holmes & Holmes, 2009). The other reason is that he has a specific type of victim that he goes for, young college age students and does not perform any violent action that is see as overkill or leading to a chaotic crime scene (Holmes & Holmes, 2009). The profilers that would look at this kind of case and others would display the strengths and weakness of this profession. The strength is due to the fact that have been shown being successful when it comes to predicting certain aspects of murderers, like body location and background information (Beasley, 2004; Holmes & Holmes, 2009). The weakness, however, is due to the fact that profiling is not accurate all of the time and has led to debates about its usefulness when it comes to murderers (Beasley, 2004; Holmes & Holmes, 2009).
Reference
Beasley, J. O. (2004). Serial murder in America: Case studies of seven offenders. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 22(3), 395-414.
Holmes, R. M., & Holmes, S. T. (2009). Profiling violent crimes: An investigative tool (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA. Sage Publications, Inc.
STUDENT REPLY #2 Paige Lyons
For the crime scene case study this week, I have identified the serial killer as an organized nonsocial offender with a typology of power and control.
Organized Nonsocial:
The crime scene of an organized nonsocial offender is handled with more care and precision in destroying evidence. It will often kill at one site and dispose of a body at a different location (Holmes & Holmes, 2009). A disorganized killer is less likely to move a body as the murder will be done as a surprise attack versus a planned one. All three bodies showed signs of being moved and placed by the river. Organized killers are also likely to use a weapon that belongs to them that they remove from the crime scene. The first crime scene did have a belt on site, but the following two did not.
Power/Control:
A power/control serial killer will kill fueled by sexual gratification from domination (Holmes & Holmes, 2009). A power/ control killer will likely kill with a hands-on weapon like a belt. Additionally, strangulation is a dominating form of killing commonly used in this typology (Holmes & Holmes, 2009). The killer of all three crime scenes was sexually assaulted while the victim was alive, which indicated he overpowered a struggle. All three victims were strangled to death, most likely with a belt, and sexually assaulted while alive. He also thought about the process and likely took his time before he disposed of the body by the rivers. To sum up, factors or power/control typology is the controlled crime scene, evidence of torture (more so the third victim), the body moved, the specific victim (young, college female), aberrant sex, the weapon of torture, and strangles victims (Holmes & Holmes, 2009).
Prefilling Limitation:
As stated, profiles are not meant to be 100% accurate more of guidelines based on statistics to help investigators solve crimes. Although it is statistically shown that a serial killer will be a young white male, this is not always the case. There are black male serial killers and black and white female killers (Bonn, 2014).
Profiling Strengths:
They are and science of profiling has been researched and studied for decades now. Different perspectives have been studied of serial killers and interviews and histories and assessments. All of this information and the collection of data based on hundreds of different serial killers have identified certain patterns that are common for killers with specific motives or desires. Although not everyone will follow this to a T, profiling is based on historical data that can help direct focus to the most likely offender (Holmes & Holmes, 2009).
References
Bonn, S. (2014, October 24). 5 myths about serial killers and why they persist [excerpt]. Scientific American. Retrieved October 20, 2022, from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/5-myths-about-serial-killers-and-why-they-persist-excerpt/
Holmes, R. M., & Holmes, S. T. (2009). Profiling violent crimes: An investigative tool (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
STUDENT QUESTION TO ME PLEASE ANSWER BACK TO HER
STUDENT #3 Kristel Beugler
Do you feel as if the murderer was a disorganized or organized nonsocial offender? I felt as if the murderer was an organized offender because he seemed to be controlled, prepared, and educated. I thought that he may have even gone to college or been a classmate of the victims because they were all college students. I believed the murderer to be prepared because he chose the victims and had to prepare somewhere to kill them and then transport them to the river without being seen/caught. It seemed as if he brought the weapon with him, a belt, and after he killed the girls, he took it with him.
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