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Running head: CRIMONOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY
CRIMONOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Types................................................................................................................................................2
Kenneth Bianchy.............................................................................................................................3
Criminal Influences.........................................................................................................................3
Biological Influence.....................................................................................................................4
Psychological Influences.............................................................................................................4
Behaviour Theory........................................................................................................................5
Cognitive Development Theory..................................................................................................5
Sociological Theories......................................................................................................................6
Social Strain Typology................................................................................................................6
Structural Functionalism..............................................................................................................6
Conflict Theory............................................................................................................................6
Labelling Theory.........................................................................................................................6
Victim Blaming...............................................................................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
Crimes have been a part of the society for a long time and there is constant conflict
among the people from the different wakes of life to understand mitigate the issues related to it.
Murders have been considered one of the worst kinds of crimes of all. One of the worst issues
that are faced by the different people in today’s society are murders that take place in mass
proportions. The serial killers are one of the worst issues that are faced in today’s society by the
different people. A person is considered a serial killer if they commit more than three murders in
a similar fashion or if they have a pattern. The understanding of the criminal psychology of the
serial killers is very important for the society to understand evaluate the cause of their operations.
The most important part of this understanding is the perception that the different serial killers
have towards themselves or their victims.
Types
There are four types of serial killers active in crime in the society.
 Thrill serial killers: The kinds of serial killers who enjoy having a run wiithe law and the
media through their actions.
 Power and control killers: The killers who wish to establish their dominance on the
victim by killing them.
 The mission killer: the killers who think that they are on a mission to cleanse the society.
 The Visionary killer: The visionary killers are the ones who think they are compelled by
some external powers to commit the crimes that they are committing.

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Kenneth Bianchy
Kenneth Bianchy was one of the most feared serial killers in the country and has been
one of the most prominent faces as far as the ferociousness of his actions were concerned. Born
in 1951 he was a troubled child who had difficulty in social interactions due to his habit of
compulsive lying. Being adopted at an early age too meddles with his psyche and he suffered
with passive aggressive disorder by the time he reached the age of twelve. He always had issues
with the women and relationships which led to the breaking of his marriage. In his series of
murders he was helped by his cousin Anthony Buono in 1977 in Los Angeles. They progressed
toward becoming pimps and it heightened to murdering. Kenneth use to take costly jewelleries
and offered it to his various sweethearts. They slaughtered more than 12 ladies and youngsters
from ages 12-28 from all kinds of different backgrounds. They began with whores and working
class ladies and youngsters. They seized, assaulted, tormented, choked lastly slaughtered their
casualties. Between October 1977– January 1978, they murdered 12 ladies and use to drop them
at the slope henceforth the name Hillside strangler. They were later captured and given life
sentences.
Criminal Influences
Osborn and West (1979) found that 40% of children of offenders have had criminal
conviction contrasted with 13% of children of law abiding citizen. The accompanying slides will
endeavor to list the mental, organic and sociological impact on wrongdoing, thinking about
nature and nature. All the same there are mental and sociological variables that relate with the
common propensities to impact criminal inclinations in a man.