INTRODUCTION (Draft)

Environmental factors that contributes into making a Serial Killer

A Research Paper Presented to

Mr. Dustin Celestino of the English Resource Center

Asia Pacific College

Magallanes, Makati

In Partial Fulfilment

Of the Requirements for the Course

RESWRITE-Research Writing

  

Leonah Delle C. Salvador

February 2013

Chapter 1

A. Background of the Study

In the past decade, the fugitive creature known as the Serial Killer has captured the attention of America culture. Serial Killer is those who kill more than once and creates a special problem to crime investigators because of their creative tactics and their motives are often far less obvious than those who commits a homicide. Crime investigators have three types of killer who commit multiple murders. A mass murderer kills several people at one time. A spree killer sometimes goes on a rampage with guns or knives killing one person after another. And lastly serial killer dispatches one victim at a time, with a 'cooling-off' period which last for weeks, months and even years between each murder. (http://twistedminds.creativescapism.com/serial-killers-introduction/)

Serial killers are defined of how they kill; according to the FBI it is the cause of having a childhood trauma or having a mental disorder. Everything they do have a reason, the motives, what they claim is internal not external. It is not linked to financial gain or belief on the cause. The development of a serial killer involves a combination of these factors, which exist together in a certain individuals. (http://people.howstuffworks.com/serial-killer1.htm)

As stated by the article of Shanna Freeman above, there are two types to classify a serial killer. First is based on the motive and second is based on organizational and social pattern. There are characteristics to identify a serial killer they not only fall into one type. These types explain what might actually turn someone into a serial killer.
(http://people.howstuffworks.com/serial-killer2.htm)

It is known that they all came from a horrible childhood experience where the father left and only the mother is taking care of the child. This leads to lack of love to the child, education from their parents and social interaction. On the way they were raised, how they are being raised is already negative and how people treated the child, this makes the child have a different perspective in life. The child that have no friends and loves being alone has a chance to create his own world in his mind because of this a higher possibility that the child would adapt a fantasize world that the fantasy may lead to serial murder. (http://www.macalester.edu/academics/psychology/whathap/ubnrp/serialkillers/childhood.html)

Knowledge on knowing about the true environment of serial killers will give the society a higher chance of understanding why a serial killer exist. A question being asked if they really do know what makes a serial killer, there's a higher possibility that their answer would be because of 'evil'. This research will help other researchers to know the environmental factors that contribute into making of a serial killer.

B. Statement of the Problem

The study aims to the question

1. What are the environmental factors that makes one a serial killer?

C. Significance of the Study

Society: This research will educate the society about serial killers and knowing about why and how they exist.

Parents: This research would give them idea that the way they treat their child would change their life as they grow.

Future Researchers: This study would help the future researchers to understand and being able to use this as a guide for future references, especially to those who are interested in knowing more about the topic.

D.    Scope and Delimitation

This study focuses on environmental factors that contribute to serial killers. This leads us to how to prevent having a serial killer and also lowering the crime rate.

E.    Materials and Methods

The research will give informative and descriptive information about serial killers because of the environmental factors. It is for society to open their eyes that the reason criminals exist is because society itself creates them. Questions will be asked to different point of views of people.

F. Definition of Terms

Cooling-off Period: a period during which the contending sides to a dispute reconsider their options before taking further action.

Environmental Factors:  a factor that influences living organisms (society’s way of living)