The Application of Learning Theory to Serial Murderor “You Too Can Learn to be a Serial Killer”

Popular ideas concerning serial murder see these killings as an act committed by a deranged or irrational individual. This article contends that this is not the case, but that the killer is behaving in a manner which makes sense and is logical to the killer and is a response to some perceived wrong....

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Main Author: Hale, Robert L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 1993
In: American journal of criminal justice
Year: 1993, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 37-45
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Keywords:
Serial Murder
Mass Murder
Serial Killer
Internal Motive
Criminal Justice
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Summary:Popular ideas concerning serial murder see these killings as an act committed by a deranged or irrational individual. This article contends that this is not the case, but that the killer is behaving in a manner which makes sense and is logical to the killer and is a response to some perceived wrong. The process through which this reponse occurs is detailed. The conclusion suggests that if serial murder is indeed a learned response then this response can be “unlearned” and the serial murderer can be restored to again function within society.
ISSN:1936-1351
DOI:10.1007/BF02885952