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The Psychopathology of Serial Killers

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  • Alexandra Huidu

    (PhD Student, Doctoral School of Sociology, University of Oradea, Romania)

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Serial criminals have always influenced, with great fascination, the imagination and thoughts of the general public. From the earliest eras of history, such criminal personalities, widely publicized at the time, were personalities that shocked and gave rise to reactions as diverse as possible within society. It has long been considered that a serial killer is a man who cannot satisfy his sadistic sexual instincts and resorts to crime in order to obtain satisfaction. It has been observed, however, that the trigger of the serial crime is much wider, therefore there is a vast typology of serial criminals, which we will discuss in detail in this article.

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  • Alexandra Huidu, 2019. "The Psychopathology of Serial Killers," Eastern-European Journal of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, Editura Lumen, vol. 3(1), pages 38-54, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:lum:eejmhb:v:3:y:2019:i:1:p:38-54
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.18662/eejmhb.19
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    Keywords

    serial killers; psychopatology; profiling;
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    • D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty

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