Essays Tagged: "mass murderer"

The Comparisons of Charles Manson to Transcendental Philosophy

to prison in 1969 for masterminding the operation. Today's society has labeled Charles Manson as a mass-murderer who had no purpose through his cause. However, society overlooks the goal of Manson's ... s that Manson has adopted a God within himself, which compares to transcendental teachings.The term mass-murderer cannot describe Charles Manson as a person with ideals and beliefs. Rather, a title of ...

(3 pages) 60 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Joyce Carol Oates's "Where are you going, where have you been?

like Arnold. Many people have interpreted Friend's character as the Pied Piper of Tucson who was a mass murderer who killed teens.(Hurley 372). By incorporating more life like realities in the story, ...

(5 pages) 456 1 4.2 Jan/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"Crime prevention for children"-has lots of stats,talks about gang affiliaton, drug use, etc. This essay goes through the juvinile court system, and punishments, also explores where "devience" starts.

s those little personality traits that esxult in the next ted bundy, or charles manson, or the next mass murderer. PLaying it off as " its a stage , and they'll grow out of it". We need to be saying w ...

(2 pages) 151 0 3.8 Oct/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Outline, works cited, and paper ... trouble with men...

e each protagonist's fear.A.In "A Good Man Is Hard to Find," the grandmother learns that there is a mass murderer on the loose.1.The grandmother creates an illusion in her mind that she could encounte ... is afraid of a man she has never met before. She is going on vacation and finds out that there is a mass murderer on the loose in the area she is planning to visit. In William Faulkner's "A Rose for E ...

(11 pages) 147 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azqaban" by J.K Rowling.

y who destroyed Lord Voldemort.When he gets to Hogwarts the atmosphere is tense. There's an escaped mass murderer on the loose, who had killed 13 people with a single curse. The only clue for the esca ...

(3 pages) 37 2 1.8 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Crimal Mind

as far as committing offenses, it is farunlikely that substance abuse alone could create aserial or mass murderer.Studies correlating a geographicalprevalence of alcoholism and serial murder andmight ... bespurious).Some personality traits have been shown to bemore prevalent in the makeup of serial or massmurderers. Impulsiveness, low self-esteem and poorsocial skills, as well as competitive andaggre ...

(5 pages) 211 5 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

The legacy of Stalin

rrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely".The Guinness book of World Records has under the title 'mass murder' a familiar picture, with a not so familiar name printed underneath- Josif Vissarinovich ... inary legacy lives on fifty-one years after his death. He holds the coveted title of the number one mass murderer of the twentieth century and is generally thought responsible for the brutal deaths or ...

(10 pages) 124 0 4.6 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Serial Killers and Mass Murderers

What exactly is a serial killer? Is a serial killer the same as a mass murderer? This is one of the issues that will be discussed along with why serial killers kill p ... other issues that come up. So how do you define the difference between what a serial killer is and mass murderer? The answer is simple we look at two things, the amount of time the person kills over ... m was made so that the FBI and other people could place serial killers in a different category than mass murderers and spree killers. A spree killer is someone who goes on a spree of killings "they ki ...

(7 pages) 75 0 5.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Criminal Minds.

far as committing offenses, it is far unlikely that substance abuse alone could create a serial or mass murderer. Mitchell (PG) points out that there are "studies correlating a geographical prevalenc ... spurious)."Some personality traits have been shown to be more prevalent in the makeup of serial or mass murderers. Impulsiveness, low self-esteem and poor social skills, as well as competitive and ag ...

(7 pages) 69 0 0.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

What Connie Wants: Joyce Carol Oates' "Where Are you Going, Where Have You Been"

like Arnold. Many people have interpreted Friend's character as the Pied Piper of Tucson who was a mass murderer who killed teens. (Hurley 372). By incorporating more life like realities in the story ...

(4 pages) 69 0 5.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Richard Speck: A Walking Time Bomb

he reasons behind a killer behavior. My summary of Richard Speck will define the difference between mass murderers, spree killers and serial killers and reveal shocking answers to the questions above. ... nd reveal shocking answers to the questions above.Multiple murderers fall within three categories - mass murderers, spree killers and serial killers. Mass Murderers: A mass murderer kills four or more ...

(3 pages) 9 0 0.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Harry Potter 1

Harry Potter is a young boy at the age of thirteen. He is under very high security because a mass murderer, Sirius Black, has escaped from Azkaban (a wizard prison) and is supposedly out to mur ...

(3 pages) 19 0 2.3 Oct/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Merchants of Death

dressed, briefcase in hand individual. Who would have thought that a business person can also be a mass murderer? Whether selling firearms to cigarettes, thousands of business persons can essentially ... Even though Orlov's and Naylor's products are dangerous, these characters who display themselves as massive murderers are no different than your typical worker. Everyone wants to enjoy the working wor ...

(5 pages) 16 0 5.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Comparative Essays

December 6 by Heidi Rathjen

men and 4 men. In the novel December 6th, Heidi Rathjen tells an eyewitness account of the Montreal Massacre by a student who after the cataclysmic event organized the schools memorial and went on to, ... was. What was he like? Depressed? Jealous? Afraid? Marc hated feminism, which was his motif for the massacre. His friends and family never saw it coming. “He was a quiet person. Always polite. I ...

(6 pages) 9 0 0.0 Jun/2009

Subjects: History Term Papers

What are serial killers?

authorities for a generally long amount of time. They are not to be confused with a spree killer or mass murderer. Though these three groups have the fact that they kill a number of people in common, ... hey also do not have what is referred to as a "cooling off period" like serial killers do. The term mass murderer often gets confused with the term serial killer, but a mass murderer is one who murder ...

(5 pages) 4 0 0.0 Feb/2012

Subjects: Social Science Essays