Understanding the mind of a serial killer The Canadian Law and Serial killing
Date Submitted: 07/13/2004 11:06:44
Category: / Law & Government / Law Issues
Length: 5 pages (1303 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Law Issues
Length: 5 pages (1303 words)
"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti". This is a quote from the movie Silence of The Lambs. The movie stars Hannibal Lecter, a serial killer who eats his victims. On the surface the idea of a killer eating his victims sounds repulsive, but the movie was based on real life occurrences.
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…law is concerned with the facts. A serial killer may have been sexually, physically and verbally abused as a child, and in turn have retaliated, the victim becomes the perpetrator. But no matter what the reason for serial killing, there might be an explanation, but never a justification. Therefore, profiling serial killers can aid in the mens rea as well as alter the analysis of homicide, but no Canadian laws directly correspond to serial killing.
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