During my research I came across many professional opinions on serial killers’ behaviourisms and why such things occur.

Below are some of my favourite quotes found while researching, that best describe a serial killer and the way they are programmed;

 

In Dr Raine’s ‘The Anatomy of Violence’, he states;

“genetics and the environment work together to encourage violent behaviour”. Before my research this statement would have seem impossible, believing that people couldn’t be born evil. This belief of mine prior to my research was evident in the public through a survey that I posted. It clarified how the majority (78%) saw that childhood was the sole reason to the creation of a serial killer and how uneducated we are to the makeup of our own body, being ignorant to the idea that there may have been no way to stop the horrific events of serial killers as they were predestined to murder.

 

Another quote from FBI profiler, Jim Clemente and also by Dr Adrian Wayne said;

“genetics loads the gun, their personalities and psychology aim it, and their experiences pull the trigger”. To me this quote summed up the making of a serial killer. No matter how much you can argue that one weighed more in someone’s life; without one of them being present, then the aftermath cannot happen. There would be no bodies piling up nor would the police need to catch such beasts.

 

And with that said I believe that a childhood shapes a person’s personality, these emotions or lack of caused from these experiences are then trigged by their genetics. One day out of the blue the idea of killing someone seems somewhat experimental, more than often fun. This excitement and drive leads to them craving more and before we know it they become a dangerous apex predator feared by all, because what they deem as normal is what we view as our worst nightmare.

 

Neither reason or cause can excuse such ‘people’ from what they did. However, it presents a reason as to why they commited such acts of horror, which may in time be preventable. But for now, all we can do is hope that the next generation don’t have the genes nor that they are brought up in an environment designed to devise a future killing machine. This sounds unlikely when considering abuse and neglegence within children is on the rise, paired with an increased diagnosis of those with ADHD.