Black - BORN TO BE KILLERS (True Crime)

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Introduction

Born to be Killers is a study of the chilling complexity and sometimes irrational twists that takes a crime beyond understanding. It studies the cases of children and adults alike, in which the cold-blooded cruelty, the cunning scheming and callous lack of reason in a killing, takes a crime into a different perspective.

This book also tries to get inside the disturbed minds of the people that commit these heinous acts. What possesses them to rape or kill someone in cold blood? Do they really believe they will not get caught for such abominable crimes? These are just some of the questions forensic psychologists and scientists are constantly trying to answer where the violent criminal is concerned. The only way to get any sort of an answer is to try to get inside the minds of such criminals. Scientists need to find out everything they possibly can about the way the criminal mind works, and what factors contribute to make them the way they are that is no easy task and there is no simple way to go about it.

The background of violent criminals can very often help the police catch offenders before they strike again. By using information gathered from offenders already in prison regarding their preferred methods of killing, it is becoming ever more possible to catch violent criminals.

Serial killers are the most dangerous of all violent criminals. They not only kill until they are apprehended, but they also have a psychotic reasoning that makes it very difficult to catch them. However, there do seem to be many physical similaries in serial killers. Some of these include ritualistic and compulsive behaviour, suicidal tendencies, a history of serious assaults, hypersexuality, a history of drug or alcohol abuse, alcohol or drug-abusing parents, cruelty to animals and finally a unnatural liking for firearms. Mind you it would not be accurate to say that a person who may have one or more of these traits is a serial killer, of course. But, conversely, a serial killer will have some, if not all, of these characteristics.

There are also emotional behaviour signs which may not be obvious to the layman. It is known that many serial killers suffer from chronic depression, feelings of powerlessness or inadequacy, abuse as a child, a rollercoaster of emotions during childhood and a masking of ones sanity. When interviewed, a vast majority of serial killers did not have recollections of a happy childhood. Many of them suffered emotional and/or physical abuse from either their parents or step-parents and suffered serious neglect as a child.

Violent offenders who rape their victims fall into different categories. There are different types of rapists, who rape for different reasons and do it in different ways. Profiles have been created for each kind of rapist and these are often used in an effort to track down and punish the contrasting types of rapists.

One example is the Power Reassurance Rapist and this is probably the most common type. Normally, this type of rapist will carry a weapon, or at least claim to have one. However, the offender will not normally use the weapon or any more force than is necessary to fulfill his fantasy. His main objective is to express his power through sex, not physical injury. This offender will spend quite some considerable period of time with the victim, may even compliment her on her appearance and possibly going as far as to apologize for his actions.

The Power Assertive Rapists primary concern is to show just how manly he is through extreme violence. This rapist is not remotely concerned with the extent of suffering he causes his victim and usually employs more force than necessary to overpower her.

The Anger Retaliatory Rapist is even more aggressive. This type of offender has a deep hatred towards women and consequently takes out his revenge on his victim, and as a result many of his victims will require hospitalization.

The Anger Excitation Rapist or sexual sadist is sexually stimulated by the amount of suffering his victim endures and he is definitely the most dangerous type of rapist.

The Opportunistic Rapist will rape someone while another crime is taking place, for instance, during a kidnapping or possibly a robbery. This type of rapist will not spend very long with his victim and is usually either high on drugs or drunk during the ordeal.

Mass Murderers are extremely menacing because they act without any reasoning at all. Very often one single traumatic episode will spark off a violent rage in the offender. Acting completely on impulse, the murderer will go into a public area like a park, restaurant, or office building, and immediately open fire on any innocent person who happens to be in the vicinity. He does not expect to come out alive and tries to kill as many people as possible before he is eventually killed himself. This is very worrying because the murderer does not consider the consequences. The only thing on his mind is death, and so there is no limit to the extent of his destruction. These situations are highly unpredictable and probably the hardest to prevent.

Scientific studies have recently found a strong connection between the development of the brain and the nature of violent offenders. Extensive studies have proved that many offenders had previously suffered strong blows to the head, which may have damaged the brain. The damage may be severe enough to alter the control over emotional and certain sensory organs. As a result of this damage, certain people are unable to feel remorse or control their aggression. Another contributory factor is that after many years of emotional abuse, the brain becomes used to it and creates a defence mechanism. People who have suffered from this kind of abuse tend to shut off from other people, becoming antisocial, and when they are confronted often become very hostile. This is their only way of coping with everyday life and the turmoil they feel from it.

Although there is no way to prevent violent crimes from happening, hopefully with new technology we will eventually be able stop it as soon as it begins. Born to be killers or maybe just born with the natural instinct to kill!

Part One: Children Who Kill

What Makes Them Kill?

In February 1993 the world was shocked by the news that two ten-year-old boys had murdered two-year-old Jamie Bulger. The two boys, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables were branded as evil monsters and savages and people still reel at the concept that this kind of horrendous act could ever have taken place.

Thankfully, cases like this one are extremely rare. Over the last two-and-a-half centuries inBritain there have only been thirty-one recorded cases of people under the age of fourteen killing. Perhaps it is because that children are normally perceived as being innocent and good, that crimes committed by juveniles appear all the more horrendous. The public are generally so shocked and appalled by these crimes, that they immediately want to label the offenders as being freaks of nature. In the sixteenth century children were seen as being born evil and needing to be trained or forced to be good.

Although there is a great deal of resistance to the idea of branding children as sexual offenders, there does appear to be a growing problem of sexual abuse of children by children. This is a great worry to the authorities, as it appears that children who have been sexually abused themselves will frequently become sexually reactive and begin to sexually abuse others. Of course, not all children who become sexually aggressive have necessarily been abused themselves. It may be the result of having been exposed to explicit sexual material and violence. Sex and violence become linked in their minds and, as they develop their sexual identity during puberty, they find it hard to differentiate between the two.

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