A serial killer named Lambert Fox escaped prison and was hunting for his seventh victim. His childhood seemed ordinary from the outside, but on the inside, it consisted of abuse and violence. Fox showed signs of aggression and antisocial behavior when he was young but used sports as his outlet. He never got the professional help he needed. When Fox turned eighteen, he quit sports to focus on his education at Stanford University. Losing his outlet, he became aggressive toward the people he loved. Fox murdered his best friend after an argument about a crush. He got away with it, and as time went on, he murdered more and more people. It became more painless with every killing. He began to enjoy the feeling. Police inevitably caught Fox after his …show more content…
Fox had nothing to lose, so professionals sampled his DNA for future reference and testing. Researchers discovered a mutation in the MAOA gene. This mutation was known for causing violent and antisocial behavior. The judge considered this throughout his trials, ultimately granting him a lighter sentence because of the modification of his gene. Fox ended up in a less secure prison than he should have been if the judge had not considered his genes. His violent behavior did not stop while incarcerated. The lighter sentence also allowed him to figure out a way to escape. Again, he became a threat to society. The variant of the MAOA gene is a topic that is present in courtrooms. The frightening truth is that “an estimated 68% of released prisoners were arrested within 3 years, 79% within 6 years, and 83% within 9 years” (Alper). All this information leads to the question: a mutation of the MAOA gene causes irrational and violent behavior, but are their actions …show more content…
Researchers found unusual and interesting traits of this gene. This gene produces the monoamine oxidase-A enzyme, which is involved in the breakdown of serotonin, dopamine, and other neurotransmitters. These are responsible for behavioral routines (“Maoa Gene: MedlinePlus Genetics”). Every person, man or woman, has the MAOA gene, but the mutated version is when it becomes concerning. The defective MAOA gene is linked to abnormally aggressive behavior and can make one strangely antisocial (McSwiggan et al.). This gene is most commonly harmless, although if one has a mutation in this gene and is abused or mistreated as a child, they are at risk of becoming dangerous. Many factors go into gene expression. Environmental factors can range from the food one consumes to how one manages their thoughts. Past backgrounds, like childhood and recent experiences, have a part in aggression caused by the mutated gene. The MAOA gene mutation is most common among men. An offender with a gene that makes them more susceptible to killing might kill again if they get out of jail. This is one of the consequences of a lighter sentence. Criminals with a variant of the MAOA gene should not obtain a shorter sentence because factors including the environment, past experiences, the regularity of the gene, other genes, and repetitive mistakes contribute to the effects of the
If it goes as scheduled, Texas will execute Jeff Wood next Wednesday for the 1996 murder of a gas station store clerk. The problem: It was a murder Wood did not commit. Wood is scheduled to be executed on August 24 for the murder of Kriss Keeran, a store clerk at a Texaco gas station. This is despite the fact Wood was in his car when Keeran was shot, and may have not known about the shooting until after it was too late.
Jeffrey Dahmer, a notorious serial killer and sex offender in Milwaukee, Wisconsin responsible for killing, dismembering, and consuming 17 male victims during 1978 to 1991. Jeff Dahmer was the child of Joyce and Lionel Dahmer; he was born May 21, 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dahmer’s father was a graduate student working on his masters in analytic chemistry, and his mother worked as a Teletype machine instructor. The marriage of Dahmer’s parents showed signs of early problems with continuous fighting. Joyce Dahmer suffered from extreme psychological issues such as depression, and anxiety.
In the 1980’s a victim was linked to a string of murderers in the 1980’s. Lonnie Franklin is mostly known for being a serial killer, the Grim Sleeper. Throughout this documentary deviance is shown, one afternoon a man who worked for Lonnie who thought he was an insurance man received a car from Lonnie and he found splattered blood in the seats. Lonnie told his insurance man to set the car on fire and the man did so because nobody expected Lonnie to do anything that would cause harm and they never told him no. The environment Lonnie lived in influenced him, he lived in a very poor section of town, not many jobs, and bad schools.
The Jeffrey Dahmer Case Tried and convicted of murdering 16 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer was one of the most notorious serial killers of the 20th century. On July 22nd, 1991, a man by the name of Tracy Edwards led police to the apartment of Dahmer, which resulted in his arrest and later conviction. Jeffrey Dahmer was a 31 year old gay man who brutally murdered and dismembered 16 men and boys for his own sadistic pleasure. Once he was arrested, Jeffrey Dahmer was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder as well as psychotic disorder. When Dahmer was a young child he had what was called a “normal childhood”, however, as he got older he became very withdrawn and uncommunicative with society.
Jeffrey Dahmer, a famous serial killer who killed over seventeen people, died in prison while waiting out fifteen consecutive life sentences. Dahmer, one of America’s most notorious serial killers, had a difficult childhood that spiraled out of control and began an unhealthy obsession with killing animals as a young child that led to him becoming a murderous necrophiliac. Dahmer, who was born on May 21, 1960 had a relatively normal life until he was four. “He was described as an energetic and happy child until the age of four, when surgery to correct a double hernia seemed to effect a change in the boy” (Biography.com Editors). After the surgery he had little emotion and was an unhappy child most of the time.
The infamous serial killer Arthur Shawcross was born on July 6th, 1949 in Kittery, Maine. Shawcross’s family moved to Watertown a small town located Lake Ontario in New York State, when he was still a child. As an early adolescent Shawcross claimed to have problems with his parents, especially his mother. When growing up Shawcross encountered some behavioral problems, such as wetting the bed and bullying. In addition he had claimed to have been sexually molested at age 9, by his aunt and had a sexual relationship with his sister.
Drunk mom, dad leaving at such a young age, some of his siblings killing themselves and on top of all that getting abused a lot by his mom and the nuns that hit him when he was in catholic school. Well who was this this very ungood, bad childhood and different and that is Perry Smith. My client’s case is about 2 men Perry & Dick and they're doing is very shocking,that was Perry has killed a family of 4 the Clutter family & each were shot with a gun besides that Mr.Clutter had his throat slit. Previously,Dick was gonna kill them all but something suddenly happened and that was in Perry’s mind. They are not guilty at all but the fact that they will be charged with insanity because yes there has been something going on in Perry’s mind like something
Jeffrey Dahmer is one of the most notorious serial killers in history, known for his gruesome murders and acts of cannibalism. Understanding the factors that contributed to his behavior is essential in preventing similar crimes in the future. Dahmer's childhood and family background played a significant role in his criminal behavior. He experienced a difficult childhood with parents who had a troubled relationship and were frequently fighting. He also showed signs of early psychological problems, such as his fascination with dissecting animals.
Both of Richard’s parents were strict. By the age of 10, Chase showed three known cautioning indications of kids who develop certain characteristics that serial killers normally display; bed-wetting past the ordinary age, mercilessness
nurture argument comes up. I do not think the primary cause of violence is biological or genetic, and I believe the vast majority of males do not commit violent acts because they are capable of controlling their base instincts. Men are not violent beasts, or at the very least, most of them are not. As far as I know, nearly everyone gets violent and intrusive thoughts once in awhile, but most people can control them, they do not act upon those thoughts. This is what separates us from the psychopaths and murderers.
Jeffrey Dahmer’s unhealthy mentality and sick urges, that he could not control, lead him to kill many people in order to fulfill these urges. Dahmer’s past was filled with abnormalities, showing that even as a small child he had an interest in killing. Even before his birth there were a few problems. When his mother, Joyce
In order to know more about two serial killers, Alieen Carol Wuornos and Daniel Harold Rolling, I do some researches and concludes them in the next few paragraphs. Daniel Harold Rolling, “The Gainesville Ripper” that born in May 26, 1954, killed eight people through 1989 to 1990 by using his knife. When he was young, his father, a policeman, always abused his mother, his brother, and him. Although his mother tried to leave his father several times, his mother still returned. After few years, he attempted to kill his father when they got an argument.
Later, he wet the bed and engaged in animal torture, two of the three indicators of the MacDonald Triad. At the age of 17, he was jailed for molesting two of his younger cousins. Many general profiles of serial killers have traits similar to the ones seen in David Carpenter’s life with bed-wetting, abused as a child, and sexual frustrations
He murdered males and females ranging from sixteen to over sixty years old. Ramirez’s epileptic seizures contributed to his violence, because seizures can stimulate the amygdala in the brain, which can lead to fear, rage and direct attack. Additionally, excessive hormone secretion and synaptic misfires in the brain are known to trigger violent behaviour. Ramirez had a marijuana and cocaine habit, which escalated his violent tendencies.
In 1993 scientists reported a Dutch family, there were 14 members of the family and all of them were sociopaths. They entire Dutch family had a mutation in a gene that makes an enzyme called MAOA. The enzyme’s function is to break down neurotransmitters like serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine. Over production of testosterone might be a factor that creates mass shooters. Normal testosterone levels are between 20%-200% of the average, and people whose testosterone levels exceed 400%, are more prone to violent behavior and over aggression.