Description
It is time for you to try out for Criminal Minds and analyze a serial killer. For your assignment choose a serial killer and write a paper answering the questions below. Your paper should include material from the textbook but also must include at least one peer-reviewed source. Paper must not be more than three full pages double-spaced not including citation page. Must use APA for citation
- Provide a brief summary on the crimes of the criminal. (No More than one paragraph)
- Fox and Levin identify three types of serial killers. Which one of those three does the serial killer you choose fit into and why?
- Which one of the criminological theories you have learned about possibly explains the behavior of your chosen serial killer and why? Think of behavior as to why or how that person came to be a serial killer.
- APA requirements
- Paper must be typed & numbered.
- Paper must be 2-3 pages in length.
- Paper should adhere to A.P.A format.
- Paper must cite all assigned readings. That is, all authors that were assigned should be cited in your paper. Do not use secondary citations (i.e., a citation that was in one of your readings, but you never actually read the original research). Do not cite by summarizing one reading, then another, then another, etc. Instead, you need to integrate the citations into your essay.
- This is a scholarly paper. Avoid using “I” (or other pronouns).
- The paper must include a title.
- The paper must include an introduction paragraph that should grab the reader’s attention and state the thesis of the paper.
- Ex. The purpose of this paper is to ….
- The paper must include supporting paragraphs.
- Do not use long quotes.
- Break up paragraphs so that one paragraph does not go one for a whole page.
- **Be sure to cite authors in your paragraphs.
- The paper must include a conclusion paragraph.
- Ex. In conclusion, this paper presented….
Explanation & Answer
Here you go, student! Let me know if you need any edits.
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Criminal Minds: Edmund Kemper
Edmund Kemper is not the most recognizable name from America’s list of serial killers,
but he is certainly one of the most daunting murderers to have roamed the land. When comparing
numbers with other killers, Kemper cannot boast large numbers, which can make him a figure that
is easy to forget. However, the ten victims that he amassed during his active period were killed in
a very sadistic manner. His first victim was his grandmother, who he killed when he was just
fifteen years old. Even as a teenager, Kemper chose to shot his grandmother three times, twice
after knowing she was already dead. The following murders, on the other, would be vicious and
sexually motivated. Nine more women were killed by Kemper, in different matters, either by
strangulation, stabbing or shooting. After the killings, Kemper would proceed to dismember the
bodies and sexually abusing them, before disposing of them. In only two years, Kemper would
commit these crimes. Kemper would become known as the Co-Ed killer, for his tendency to
abduct, kill and rape the women from the area who were attending college. In many ways, Kemper
can serve as the poster child to the popular conception of the p...
