University Report: Serial Killing and Pornography Connection

This report investigates the potential connection between serial killing and pornography, using the case of Ted Bundy as a key example. The report explores the arguments for and against a link between childhood pornography addiction and the development of violent tendencies in serial killers. It examines the perspectives of various criminologists and psychologists, including their categorization of serial killer behaviors and motivations. The report also highlights the importance of considering other factors, such as childhood trauma and emotional neglect. The report concludes by recommending the need for more specific legislation, improved childcare, and counseling services to address the complex issue of serial killing and its potential connections to pornography and psychological factors. The report references several studies and articles on the topic.

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Ted Bundy, the serial killer
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Table of Contents
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Purpose:
The main purpose of this study is to point out the connection in between serial
killing and pornography. Various studies on the serial killers have revealed the fact that
addiction to pornography in the childhood level had led many persons to become a serial
killer in their future and they became sadist in nature. However, no detailed studies have ever
been made in this field though serial killers are quite popular in various states and interesting
topic of discussion. Further studies are required to make in this arena to identify the reasons
behind serial killings.
Background:
The main issue in this case is whether pornography and serial killing is inter-
related to each other or not. This is an important issue in criminology as serial killing has
impacted the structure of a society and spread the concept of violence. However, it has been
observed no necessary studies have ever been made in this field and there is no specific legal
provision for countering this heinous crime. In most of the countries, punishment for serial
killing is similar to that of murder. In certain states, the offender or the killers has to face
capital punishment for this.
The term serial killer denotes a person who has an abnormal psychological
gratification that led him kill three or more persons. The most common features of serial
killing are the period of time between them. There are several patterns and reasons of serial
killing can observe such as disturbed childhood or addictions or sadistic personalities.

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Issue:
As stated earlier, the main issue of this report is to identify whether there is any
relation in between serial killings and porn addiction or not. As demanded by Ted Bundy, one
of the terrible serial killer in the history of USA, childhood porn addiction had compelled him
to rape and kills the women (Taylor, Cahillane and Workman 2017). Before the day of his
execution, he had stated to James Dobson, a well known psychiatrist that in his early
childhood, he has came across the porn addiction and habituated to hardcore pornography. He
has also stated that his mentality was begun to change at that time and he had started to enjoy
the sexual violence. When he got bored, he applied all the tactics in the real life. According to
his confession, he had killed more than 50 women and girls for fulfil his lust. The confession
of Ted Bundy has raised a question regarding the role of porn behind serial killing. In the
word of Ewa B. Stefanska (2015), most of the serial killers are driven by their childhood
experiences and their habits. The writer has categorised the pattern in three different ways:
deviancy, grievance and sexual necessity (Stefanska et al. 2016). Another criminologist
Laurence Miller (2014) had pointed out different sexual desires, unsataited of that has driven
the person act violently and kill the individuals. He had divided the killers in categories like
heterosexual, solitary sadistic and sexual homicide offender. In his book, he has detailed the
effect of neuro-psychodynamics on the mental gratuity of an individual (Miller 2014).
Nichola Malizia (2017) has stated that fantasy is the main driving elements in case of serial
killings.
However, there are certain opposite conceptions too where certain authors are of
the view that sexual desires are not the only reason of serial killings. In the words of Kiran M.
Haynes (2017), many serial killers had experienced a bad and painful childhood that affect
their mentality and worked as a driven force in that case. For an instance, Michigan-based
serial killer Aileen Wuornos had been emotionally neglected in her childhood and killed

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people due to obsession. Similarly, Mary Bell had hidden anger on prostitutes as she was
forced to choose this profession and killed two minors at the age of 11. Therefore, it can be
stated that there are many other reasons behind serial killing. Most astonishing thing is that
little research has been made on serial killers and no specific theories are there to define this
term in general. Therefore, specific research is required in this field.
Recommendation:
Considering the various cause it can be recommended that the legislations are
required to be particularised in this case. Proper child care is required to be provided
irrespective of social class. Proper counselling also plays an important role in this case.

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Reference:
Haynes, K.M., 2017. An Exploration of Trauma Markers in the Artwork of Serial Killers.
Malizia, N., 2017. Serial Killer: The Mechanism from Imagination to the Murder
Phases. Sociology, 7, pp.44-59.
Miller, L., 2014. Serial killers: II. Development, dynamics, and forensics. Aggression and
violent behavior, 19(1), pp.12-22.
Stefanska, E.B., Beech, A.R. and Carter, A.J., 2016. A systematic review of the literature
comparing male non-serial sexual killers and sexual aggressors: examining homogeneous and
heterogeneous characteristics of these groups. Journal of sexual aggression, 22(3), pp.323-
341.
Taylor, S., Cahillane, M. and Workman, L., 2017. Adopting the Bottom-up Approach and
Cluster Analysis on North American and European Male Serial Killers: A Follow-up Study. J
Forensic Res Ana, 1(1).