Essays Tagged: "John Wayne Gacy"

Serial Killers

me from their childhood. Ted Bundy grew up ina male dominated family, so Ted grew up to kill women. John Wayne Gacy was sexuallymolested by a man and accused of being a 'queer' by his father, so John ... short circuited the electric chairdue to all the sewing needles in his groin (1994, Beyond Murder, John Philpin, PenguinBooks USA Inc.)Richard RamirezThe third sociopath I will write about is Richard ...

(16 pages) 296 0 4.5 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Serial Killers.

eedom, a time for great music. It was also an incredible decade for shock, fear and serial killers. John Wayne Gacy, an amateur clown, was a pedophiliac homosexual. He tortured and killed thirty three ...

(3 pages) 89 0 4.1 Oct/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

What motivates a serial killer?

of killing it was.How a person grew up can also effect his actions. Let us look at the childhood of John Wayne Gacy, a former killer who raped and killed at least 30 young men. "Gacy seemed to have a ...

(4 pages) 65 0 4.7 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

1.How far is the investigation of crime an 'art' and how far is it a 'science'?

soning towards a probable conclusion based on the frequency of certain things occurring. Eg. All of John Wayne Gacy's victims found to date were male, so Gacy did not kill females. However there are t ...

(6 pages) 136 0 4.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Serial Killers and Mass Murderers

relationship between the crimes that they commit and their childhood. For example the serial killer John Wayne Gacy also known as Pogo the Clown was said to have been beaten as a child by his father. ...

(7 pages) 75 0 5.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

This is an essay analyzing John Wayne Gacy and Bobby Thompson - 2 serial killers

John Wayne Gacy and Bobby Thompson each performed violent acts, most famously depicted by Gacy's 33 ... ilar with Gacy and the rejection by his father, Thompson was abandoned by his father. Psychoanalyst John Bowlby believes "parental rejection of the developing child" is a large factor in "delinquency ...

(5 pages) 42 0 2.3 Nov/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Serial killers 3

gers to the offender. Serial killers come from different professions and socioeconomic backgrounds. John Wayne Gacy was an active, outgoing figure in business and society and became a member of the lo ... eadquarters and questioned police officers about the murders he had just committed (Crime Library). John Wayne Gacy had a police radio in his home.What causes a human being to commit such heinous acts ...

(9 pages) 70 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Ted Bundy

idered one of the most notorious mass-murderers in history -- ranking up there with Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy and Albert DeSalvo -- Bundy employed a mixed bag of tricks to entice and entrap the ... B20.Methvin, Eugene H (1995, January). The Face Of Evil. vol. 47, National Review, pp,34(7).Sanko, John (1997, April). Bill Would Stiffen Laws On Animal Cruelty Measure Aims At Deliberate Mistreatmen ...

(9 pages) 54 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Serial Killers - The reasons behind their crimes

is all one big act and it can easily lead you right into their trap. An excellent example would be John Wayne Gacy, one of the world's most notorious serial murderers, yet to everyone who knew him th ... omeone who was well respected within his community. People trusted him but no one knew who the real John Wayne Gacy was. He was "a creature composed of lies, internal contradictions, misrepresentation ...

(11 pages) 77 0 0.0 May/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays