ological arousal, and the abused child quicklyassociates the two. Jim Orford wrote “Excessive Appetites: A Psychological View of Addictions,” and isquoted as saying "The male emphasis on sex, along with greater prominence of malesexual organs, greater degree of initiative expected of males, and more obvious signs ofphysiological arousal lead young males to label physiological arousal as sexual." Fantasy- Childhood fantasies of domination may also lead to future violent behavior asRessler points out. *The play of the child is oriented around aggression and violence, and this only increasesover the years. *Children feeling abused may be very egocentric, seeing others as only an extension oftheir personal world. *In essence the future killer is using fantasy as a way of escaping an otherwise poorfamily life. The abuse they are suffering may push these fantasies toward violenceand aggression. *In fantasy the child is in control and can do the abusing instead of being abused. Ressler gives a good example in the situation in which a child may want to feel power ofthe family dog. One day the child goes so far as to kick the dog. Feeling the power, thechild may continue to beat and later even kill the dog. *As the child grows these fantasies become an addiction. *It becomes the child’s only source of emotional arousal and soon included sex as well asaggression. *As a result of this need for fantasy the now young adult may develop negative traitsincluding; preference for autoerotic activity, aggression, chronic lying,rebelliousness, and a preference for fetish behavior. Ressler continues to point out that soon the killer is trapped in a chronic cycle of selfstimulation through fantasy, increasing social isolation followed by increased anger do tomore isolation and increases the reliance on fantasy.This sexual fantasy as pointed out by Albert Drukteinis in his work entitled"Contemporary Psychiatry: Serial Murder--The H...
