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Mon May 18, 2015, 06:06 PM
Troll2 (17,030 posts)
Here's a surprising look at the average serial killer
When people think "serial killer," a face like Ted Bundy comes to mind — a relatively young, white male who's charming and intelligent.
But according to the Serial Killer Information Center, started by Dr. Mike Aamodt, a professor of psychology at Radford University, that isn't entirely true. His database has identified over 2,600 serial killers, which Aamodt defined as somebody who killed at least two people, in two separate instances, with a "cooling off" period in between. Mass killers, however, typically kill a large number of people (usually four or more) in a single incident. Aamodt's definition differs slightly from the FBI's, which doesn't require a cooling off between killings. Surprisingly, only 12.5% of US serial killers in Aamodt's database fit what most consider the typical profile — a white male in his late mid- to late-20s. While 92.3% of US serial killers (94.4% internationally) are male, only 52.1% are white. Only 27% are in their mid- to late-20s. From 1990 to 2010, the most recent year of data in the project, 52.1% of US serials killers were white, while 40.3% were black. The numbers don't change much internationally either. Worldwide, 56.2% are white, while 30% are black. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/a-surprising-look-at-the-average-serial-killer-2015-5
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Troll2 | May 2015 | OP |
Feldspar Green | May 2015 | #1 | |
Troll2 | May 2015 | #3 | |
Feldspar Green | May 2015 | #6 | |
City Kitty | May 2015 | #11 | |
Feldspar Green | May 2015 | #14 | |
Ajax | May 2015 | #15 | |
Feldspar Green | May 2015 | #19 | |
Liberty | May 2015 | #42 | |
Feldspar Green | May 2015 | #43 | |
spike61 | May 2015 | #7 | |
Feldspar Green | May 2015 | #8 | |
700WinMag | May 2015 | #9 | |
Feldspar Green | May 2015 | #10 | |
docgeezer | May 2015 | #12 | |
Feldspar Green | May 2015 | #13 | |
metroins | May 2015 | #20 | |
Feldspar Green | May 2015 | #21 | |
metroins | May 2015 | #22 | |
Feldspar Green | May 2015 | #32 | |
metroins | May 2015 | #34 | |
Feldspar Green | May 2015 | #36 | |
metroins | May 2015 | #39 | |
oldenuff35 | May 2015 | #23 | |
Feldspar Green | May 2015 | #33 | |
oldenuff35 | May 2015 | #40 | |
Feldspar Green | May 2015 | #41 | |
Ajax | May 2015 | #16 | |
Feldspar Green | May 2015 | #17 | |
Ajax | May 2015 | #25 | |
Feldspar Green | May 2015 | #27 | |
Ajax | May 2015 | #30 | |
Feldspar Green | May 2015 | #31 | |
Ajax | May 2015 | #35 | |
Feldspar Green | May 2015 | #37 | |
Ajax | May 2015 | #38 | |
Feldspar Green | May 2015 | #18 | |
_eek | May 2015 | #24 | |
Feldspar Green | May 2015 | #26 | |
_eek | May 2015 | #28 | |
Feldspar Green | May 2015 | #29 | |
Runner Dude | May 2015 | #2 | |
Troll2 | May 2015 | #4 | |
frankt8242 | May 2015 | #5 |
Response to Troll2 (Original post)
Mon May 18, 2015, 06:16 PM
Feldspar Green (3,982 posts)
1. Only part that matters to me:
While 92.3% of US serial killers (94.4% internationally) are male
What's the point of breaking it down by race or any other factor for that matter? |
Response to Feldspar Green (Reply #1)
Mon May 18, 2015, 06:26 PM
Troll2 (17,030 posts)
3. The difference between mass killers and serial killers is interesting
While mass killers are disproportionately young whites, serial killers are disproportionately black.
It's the Batman movie killer James Eagan Holmes versus the Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad. |
Response to Troll2 (Reply #3)
Mon May 18, 2015, 06:32 PM
Feldspar Green (3,982 posts)
6. Well I suppose it would be interesting to me
if it mattered to me.
I don't really care about the different 'motivations' men have for killing people - the point is that men are the vast, vast, vast, vast majority of killers. And rapists too. |
Response to Feldspar Green (Reply #6)
Mon May 18, 2015, 07:37 PM
City Kitty (7,860 posts)
11. You're Not the Only One
Men commit more murders by far, but they don't want to face that. The truth hurts!
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Response to City Kitty (Reply #11)
Mon May 18, 2015, 08:03 PM
Feldspar Green (3,982 posts)
14. And even though it would seem
(due to the amount of time many, many men spend arguing about who's to blame in all of this murderous business) that they actually care about it, nothing ever changes.
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Response to City Kitty (Reply #11)
Mon May 18, 2015, 08:14 PM
Ajax (1,318 posts)
15. Who is this "they" that you speak of?
I could be wrong (but I'm probably not), but I'm pretty sure almost all men (my guess is about 99%) would acknowledge that men commit far more murders than women.
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Response to Ajax (Reply #15)
Mon May 18, 2015, 08:34 PM
Feldspar Green (3,982 posts)
19. Oops. Looks like you missed reply #14 too.
Response to Feldspar Green (Reply #6)
Tue May 19, 2015, 11:25 AM
Liberty (2,178 posts)
42. "that men are the vast, vast, vast, vast majority of killers."
Not true. Women have already killed 15.5 million babies so far this year.
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Response to Liberty (Reply #42)
Tue May 19, 2015, 12:32 PM
Feldspar Green (3,982 posts)
43. Not illegally.
Response to Feldspar Green (Reply #1)
Mon May 18, 2015, 06:44 PM
spike61 (6,193 posts)
7. Because these days EVERYTHING is broken down by race.
Although usually its to show that whites are evil or unfair or some other tripe.
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Response to spike61 (Reply #7)
Mon May 18, 2015, 06:50 PM
Feldspar Green (3,982 posts)
8. But nothing is ever broken down
by sex.
It's not 'people' who are the killers, it's men. |
Response to 700WinMag (Reply #9)
Mon May 18, 2015, 07:30 PM
Feldspar Green (3,982 posts)
10. Riffing off of the "ALWAYS"
I thought it best to say "never" because it almost never happens that anyone faces the reality that the vast, vast, vast, vast, vast majority of killers (no matter their motivation) are men instead of hunting down the few stories about killer women (in the case of your link working in conjunction with a man) to prove that women kill too.
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Response to Feldspar Green (Reply #10)
Mon May 18, 2015, 07:50 PM
docgeezer (1,488 posts)
12. Men tend to be more physically agressive
probably due to evolution and culture. This would account for the gender disparity, I assume. However, I think a more important question, given the tone of your posts, is what percentage of men are serial or mass killers?
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Response to docgeezer (Reply #12)
Mon May 18, 2015, 07:56 PM
Feldspar Green (3,982 posts)
13. It's in the OP and that's what I've
been working from:
92.3% of US serial killers (94.4% internationally) are male My point is that I don't care what the motivation is (serial or mass), the fact remains that males are by far and away the killers. |
Response to Feldspar Green (Reply #13)
Mon May 18, 2015, 08:47 PM
metroins (4,111 posts)
20. Isn't this a common sense subject?
Men are taller, stronger, faster, more aggressive, and pretty much dominate women in any powerful physical trait.
Human nature is to conquer, it would make more sense that there are more men killers. It's just physically easier. |
Response to metroins (Reply #20)
Mon May 18, 2015, 08:51 PM
Feldspar Green (3,982 posts)
21. I'm not necessarily talking about men
killing women....
Men are the biggest killer of "taller, stronger, faster, more aggressive" men too. |
Response to Feldspar Green (Reply #21)
Mon May 18, 2015, 08:55 PM
metroins (4,111 posts)
22. I never said men are killing women
You are talking about why they are predominately male.
That's because men are physically superior to women in the the aspect of killing. A man is more likely to take on another man than a woman would. If I were a 5'4 woman, I wouldn't attack a 5'10 male headon, but a 5'10 male would. I'm 6'5 and luckily don't have a violent bone in my body. It's easier for a man to kill, no matter who they kill, whether it's passion or planned. |
Response to metroins (Reply #22)
Mon May 18, 2015, 09:45 PM
Feldspar Green (3,982 posts)
32. So why aren't women killing each other
all over the place?
Lots of women are bigger and stronger than other women.... |
Response to Feldspar Green (Reply #32)
Mon May 18, 2015, 09:51 PM
metroins (4,111 posts)
34. Again, the same reason men are physically stronger
Testosterone.
It's a big part why men have more predatory strengths than women. |
Response to metroins (Reply #34)
Mon May 18, 2015, 09:57 PM
Feldspar Green (3,982 posts)
36. "predatory strengths"
oh. my. god.
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Response to Feldspar Green (Reply #36)
Mon May 18, 2015, 10:11 PM
metroins (4,111 posts)
39. They are. What's with the omg?
Evolution occurs, but men have been the gatherers for millennials.
We don't need the aggressiveness and strength traits today, but evolution doesn't work that fast. Men were evolved to kill, protect and breed. |
Response to Feldspar Green (Reply #13)
Mon May 18, 2015, 08:57 PM
oldenuff35 (20,591 posts)
23. Make your point, say what you want to say...
or is it you lack the gonads to come right out and say what you want to say... quit hiding behind your word salad of insinuations and innuendos????
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Response to oldenuff35 (Reply #23)
Mon May 18, 2015, 09:46 PM
Feldspar Green (3,982 posts)
33. That's a joke, right?
I've said what I wanted to say.
And then had to repeat it over and over again. |
Response to Feldspar Green (Reply #33)
Mon May 18, 2015, 11:37 PM
oldenuff35 (20,591 posts)
40. the only reason you have had to repeat it
Is because your beating around the bush. No guts no glory and no gonads....
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Response to oldenuff35 (Reply #40)
Tue May 19, 2015, 08:58 AM
Feldspar Green (3,982 posts)
41. Okay. You're right. I'll just say it:
men are the vast majority of killers and I don't care what their race/economic class/motivation is.
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Response to Feldspar Green (Reply #8)
Mon May 18, 2015, 08:19 PM
Ajax (1,318 posts)
16. "Nothing" is ever broken down by sex? Except for the study in the OP for this very thread.
From the article:
While 92.3% of US serial killers (94.4% internationally) are male. |
Response to Ajax (Reply #16)
Mon May 18, 2015, 08:29 PM
Feldspar Green (3,982 posts)
17. Guess you missed reply #1
and reply #10...
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Response to Feldspar Green (Reply #17)
Mon May 18, 2015, 09:02 PM
Ajax (1,318 posts)
25. I didn't miss it. I just didn't understand it.
I didn't understand why you would acknowledge that the stats were broken down by sex.....and then say "but nothing is ever broken down by sex"
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Response to Ajax (Reply #25)
Mon May 18, 2015, 09:09 PM
Feldspar Green (3,982 posts)
27. Please then see reply #10
Response to Feldspar Green (Reply #27)
Mon May 18, 2015, 09:15 PM
Ajax (1,318 posts)
30. I read it, but I disagree.
I think almost all men will admit that men commit more murders, or rapes, or assaults, than women.
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Response to Ajax (Reply #30)
Mon May 18, 2015, 09:38 PM
Feldspar Green (3,982 posts)
31. They may agree
but do they do much more than argue about which race/class does more of it in order to absolve 'themselves'?
Meantime, women and children (roughly half of all children are male...) are taking the brunt of men's killing. |
Response to Feldspar Green (Reply #31)
Mon May 18, 2015, 09:54 PM
Ajax (1,318 posts)
35. I feel no need to absolve myself for the things other people do.
I'm male. I know that the vast majority of murders and rapes are committed by males. The same holds true for violent assaults of any kind. However, I'm not one of the males that have committed those crimes. It's not like there are meetings of the y-chromosome team, where we think of ways to stick up for each other. I'm not in any way responsible for what another man does.
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Response to Ajax (Reply #35)
Mon May 18, 2015, 09:59 PM
Feldspar Green (3,982 posts)
37. Are women responsible for what other women
do?
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Response to Ajax (Reply #16)
Mon May 18, 2015, 08:32 PM
Feldspar Green (3,982 posts)
18. Oh and reply #13 right above you ^^^
Response to Feldspar Green (Reply #1)
Mon May 18, 2015, 09:00 PM
_eek (17,768 posts)
24. oh my my my
![]() Someone gots them a big ol' grisgis, dontcha? And I thought people exaggerated about your agenda driven myopia... ![]() Now go ahead... |
Response to _eek (Reply #24)
Mon May 18, 2015, 09:07 PM
Feldspar Green (3,982 posts)
26. I got nothin but
my friend.
And I shall. |
Response to Feldspar Green (Reply #26)
Mon May 18, 2015, 09:10 PM
_eek (17,768 posts)
28. please wear a helmet
I do not want to lose such a valuable proof of concept model
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Response to _eek (Reply #28)
Mon May 18, 2015, 09:12 PM
Feldspar Green (3,982 posts)
29. My neck 'be' strong after all
these years.
That's why I can keep on going. ![]() |
Response to Troll2 (Original post)
Mon May 18, 2015, 06:26 PM
Runner Dude (3,381 posts)
2. Why does it say ONLY 52.1% are white instead of
a MAJORITY 52.1% are white?
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Response to Runner Dude (Reply #2)
Mon May 18, 2015, 06:28 PM
Troll2 (17,030 posts)
4. Whites make up 73% of the population, so it is less than expected
Response to Runner Dude (Reply #2)
Mon May 18, 2015, 06:31 PM
frankt8242 (14,397 posts)
5. Perhaps a comparison to a total population ...
racial ratio..?? Ya think..
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