my, pre-mortem beatings, and mutilations of his vivtims. He confessed to 360 murders. he was arrested and is seving six life sentences.Lucas' crimes are typically of the power/control motive. Many of his crimes are instrumental, rather than focused, because he allows sexual relations. "And like many offenders, [in some cases,] he was unable to have sex with the living humans." (Mitchell)Holmes ands Holmes have identified five "windows" in serial murder.The first step is to fantasize about the killings, then to stalk your prey, abduct and kill them, then dispose of the body. This is the process used by all, even the cannabalistic killers, like Dahmer, who enjoyed eating his victims, as a means of disposal."When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder."(Mitchell).Serial killers are predominantly white American males, with either a high IQ or brain damage. Strangely over the reign of these murders, women seem to outcasts, unless they were the victim. And, odly enough when there is a female serial killer, she is a mission oriented one, who believes she is making the world a better place. As in the case of Lee Wuornos. She was a prostitute who desliked men ,who ironically, tried to buy her services. She would have sex with them and then murder them, since they weren't fit to be a part of society.Serial Murders suffer from a type of addiction to murder. A form of operant conditioning- the reward, which is pleasure, gained from the offencive killings causes positive reinforcement and increases the chances of the a repitition of the crime. This is all believed to be a case of classic conditioning, the longer they go unpunished, the more they will kill. The increase of killings is also due to desensitisation to violence where these vile acts of murder have strangely engaged public interestand ...
