I have questions about this type of killer.
take a sexually motivated serial killer like Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, or Peter Sutcliffe. How do they behave when they are locked up behind prison walls? how do they control themselves?
I have always been led to believe that this type, whether they are psychopaths, sexual deviants, schizophrenics, etc etc are physiologically predisposed to kill, torture, dominate. like it is uncontrollable. so what happens when they're locked up? surely, the uncontrollable urge does not go away.
For example, if you lock up a true acoholic, they will be physically sick and usually have to be hospitalized. a drug addict will also be physically sick until the drugs are out of their system. so what about these killers that are supposedly hardwired to do their deeds? I know that schizophrenics are medicated. but I've never heard of a pill to cure psychopathy. I've never heard of a serial killer say, "well, I used to have no conscience, but this pill suddenly gave me a conscience."
sure, there are killers who are lunatics and quite raving mad. but Ted Bundy was of sound enough mind to represent himself in court and would have passed for a very good attorney.
you could say that since most of these liked to torture and kill women, the urge maybe lessened when they were in an environment with few or no women. but what about Gacy and Dahmer? they killed men. and when they went to prison, they were surrounded by male inmates and male guards. but you never hear of them trying to attack their fellow inmates. in fact, it's usually the opposite.
you have a guy like Sutcliffe, who was so cruel to women. but once in prison, he was constantly assaulted by his male inmates.
I guess it's hard for me to understand because I have no habits or hobbies that I physically cannot stop doing. there is nothing I'm hardwired to do other than normal human actions like eating and sleeping. but if these killers are so hardwired to kill and torture, then why do all the symptoms of their illness seem to disappear once they're locked up? do they just masterbate and fantasize a lot?
take a sexually motivated serial killer like Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, or Peter Sutcliffe. How do they behave when they are locked up behind prison walls? how do they control themselves?
I have always been led to believe that this type, whether they are psychopaths, sexual deviants, schizophrenics, etc etc are physiologically predisposed to kill, torture, dominate. like it is uncontrollable. so what happens when they're locked up? surely, the uncontrollable urge does not go away.
For example, if you lock up a true acoholic, they will be physically sick and usually have to be hospitalized. a drug addict will also be physically sick until the drugs are out of their system. so what about these killers that are supposedly hardwired to do their deeds? I know that schizophrenics are medicated. but I've never heard of a pill to cure psychopathy. I've never heard of a serial killer say, "well, I used to have no conscience, but this pill suddenly gave me a conscience."
sure, there are killers who are lunatics and quite raving mad. but Ted Bundy was of sound enough mind to represent himself in court and would have passed for a very good attorney.
you could say that since most of these liked to torture and kill women, the urge maybe lessened when they were in an environment with few or no women. but what about Gacy and Dahmer? they killed men. and when they went to prison, they were surrounded by male inmates and male guards. but you never hear of them trying to attack their fellow inmates. in fact, it's usually the opposite.
you have a guy like Sutcliffe, who was so cruel to women. but once in prison, he was constantly assaulted by his male inmates.
I guess it's hard for me to understand because I have no habits or hobbies that I physically cannot stop doing. there is nothing I'm hardwired to do other than normal human actions like eating and sleeping. but if these killers are so hardwired to kill and torture, then why do all the symptoms of their illness seem to disappear once they're locked up? do they just masterbate and fantasize a lot?
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