Serial Killers – Views on Why Sadipaths Kill, the Death Penalty, and Rehabilitation

Berger, Raqota

doi:10.28933/ajlls-2020-01-0605

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“…Sadistic murderers have generally been found to be more likely to have problems with substances and mental disorders (Aggarwal et al, 2010;Berger, 2020;Harrison et al, 2015). Upper-class respondents appear to be the most likely of any social class group to see connections between alcohol and drug use/abuse, addiction, and violent offending.…”

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Drug Use/Abuse and Addiction: Perceived Connections to Criminal Behavior and Sadipathic Offending

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2022

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This project investigated the beliefs that people have about the connections between alcohol and drug use/abuse, addiction, criminal behavior, and sadipathic offending. Data were collected from 605 respondents via a quantitative survey. Overall, the respondents tended to lean in the direction that alcohol and drug use/abuse and addiction were associated with crime, violence, and victimizing others. Those from certain ethnic/racial groups were the most likely to state there are connections (e.g., Hispanic, Asian, White). Women were more likely to discern a connection between sadipathy and substance use/abuse, addiction, and victimizing others. Reliability analysis demonstrated a high level of internal consistency across the scaled items (? = .848). The findings support the extant literature showing that substance use/abuse and addiction are associated with criminal behavior and sadipathic offending.

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“…Certain personality disorders also appear to be associated with serial murder (e.g., antisocial). Berger (2020) found that 82% of study respondents believed that serial murder was connected to mental illness.…”

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Drug Use/Abuse and Addiction: Perceived Connections to Criminal Behavior and Sadipathic Offending

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2022

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“…Serial murder also appears to be associated with early trauma and abuse, dysfunctional environmental factors, early deviant behavior, and prior convictions (Keatley et al, 2021;Marono et al, 2020). Other cofactors often include early criminal behavior, antisocial personality, mental illness, anger, and sadistic tendencies (Berger, 2019, Berger, 2020Chopin, 2021).…”

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“…He generally drugged his victims before killing them. He cut their bodies into various pieces, ate certain body parts (e.g., biceps), stored the body parts in various places (e.g., skull in refrigerator), and engaged in sexual acts with the dead bodies (Berger, 2020;Martens, 2011 emotional detachment, and violent sexual fantasies (Berger, 2020).…”

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Sadipaths - A Look at the Public’s Familiarity With Some of the Most Nefarious Serial Killers

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2021

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Sadipaths are the worst of all offenders. They are callous, vicious, and lacking in remorse. This study investigated the beliefs and familiarity that people have with 10 infamous serial killers. The final sample of 455 participants revealed some notable findings regarding various demographic variables and familiarity with serial killers. Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Richard Ramirez were the three most well-known sadipaths. The findings also show that the majority of people do not believe these offenders can be rehabilitated (78.4%) and that most believe they should face the death penalty (65.6%). Most (77%) also believe they have sadistic personalities. The study may be of interest to psychologists, criminologists, lawyers, and social scientists.

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Serial Killers – Views on Why Sadipaths Kill, the Death Penalty, and Rehabilitation

Cited by 2 publications

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Drug Use/Abuse and Addiction: Perceived Connections to Criminal Behavior and Sadipathic Offending

Drug Use/Abuse and Addiction: Perceived Connections to Criminal Behavior and Sadipathic Offending

Sadipaths - A Look at the Public’s Familiarity With Some of the Most Nefarious Serial Killers

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