oint in their childhood, and *83% reported sever temper tantrums. According to the FBI, and Ressler, *Nearly all serial killers report punishment as a child as being unfair, hostile, abusive andvery inconsistent. *The primary caretakers of the future killer, be they parents, grandparents or legalguardians, are simply "bad" at their job. *Not only are they nonproductive, unhelpful and aloof, but they typically hold adultexpectations for even the youngest of children. Holmes and De Burger continue to say that this inconsistency is a common pointbetween serial killers and sexual addicts. *Serial killers learn behavior that encourages violence, and that will one day lead tomultiple murder. Ressler and the FBI report that, there is a high degree of instability in the family life just like the sexual addict's family. *Their families typically moved around a great deal, or parents frequently changedoccupations. *Psychological and behavioral problems, such as alcoholism and drug use are notuncommon in their families, either. Ressler reports that 69% of interviewed serialkillers had a family history of alcoholism. Better than half of the serial killersreported psychiatric problems in their families, and 70% of the families had ahistory of alcoholism. Sexual AbuseOver 50% were suspected of sexual abuse. Peter Worthington, author of "The Journalistand the Killer," reports that Clifford Olson, for example, who reported being sodomizedby his uncle as a young child, later went on to murder eight girls and three boys in anine-month spree. His murder methods included strangulation, bludgeoning and stabbing. Steven Dubner, who wrote "Portrait of a Serial Killer," states that Alex Henriquez,suspected by police of being sexually abused during his childhood and through his teens,strangled two girls and one woman to death.Ressler points out that this abuse is a critical phase in the creation of the serial killer. *The sexual abuse result in intense physi...
