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Chapter 9Because women are seldom viewed by the public as killers, how are female serial murderers identified?Female serial murderers are identified as quiet killers as people are unaware one is their midst because of the low visibility of their killings (Hickey, 2013, p. 288).?Discuss the relationship between victim selection and power among female serial murderers.Female serial murderers are known for killing more family members than strangers but since 1975 there has been an increase in killing strangers. When the victim was a stranger female serial preferred the weak for example children, patients in hospitals, nursing homes, and other car facilities. When family members were involved husbands were the primary victims (Hickey, 2013, p. 296-297).?Compare the number of women who kill to men who kill.The number of men that kill overshadow the amount of women with females only accounting for 10% of all serial killers between 2004-2011(Hickey, 2013, p. 291).?What is the public’s view of female serial murder?The public seldom view women as serial killers and are less likely to be suspected of murder than men as women murder with less gruesome methods. Also female serial killers that receive national attention do not instill the fear that male killers do as male killers are responsible for more sadistic and perverted acts against victims. This may be the reason why women may receive perceived differential treatment in the criminal justice system (Hickey, 2013, p. 309).?Identify the methods and motives of female serial murderers. Speculate why poison is so popular.The methods of female serial killers are poison, shooting, bludgeoning, suffocation, stabbing with a partial or combination of a few of these methods. The primary motive of female serial killers is money followed by control, enjoyment sex or a combination. Other motives include, drug addiction, cults, to cover up other crimes and children becoming a burden. Poison is a popular method among female serial killers because it is readily available without suspicion and it is nearly undetectable (Hickey, 2013, p. 303-304).?Chapter 10Explore how many serial murderers have killed or are presently killing in the United States.Even though the FBI had once estimated35 active serial killers in the United States there may be 35-100 serial active each year as serial killers may commit murders over a period of multiple years. Discuss the tremendous increase in the number of serial cases between 1975 and 1995 in comparison to the previous 175 years.?There was a dramatic increase between 1960 who had 32 known serial killers to 1980s 173 known serial killers. Prior to 1960 there were only 65 known serial killers which means the amount of offenders increased nearly doubled in a matter of 20 years. What is the race distribution of offenders? The race distribution of offenders from 2004-2011 consisted of 38% Caucasian, 57% African American, 3% Hispanic and 2% Middle Eastern and East Indian (Hickey, 2013, p. 222).? According to Radford University Serial Killer Database the average race distribution from 1900-2010 is as follows 55.95 White, 39.6 Black, 3.48 Hispanic, .25 Asian, and .69 Native American (AamodtDiscuss the agencies that investigate missing and murdered children. Make sure you list the five major missing children agencies.The agencies that investigate missing and murdered children such as NCMEC has assisted law-enforcement with more than 182,000 missing-child cases, help recover more than 169,000 children, and toll-free hotline has handled more than 3.4 million calls. Amber alert has help safely recover 542 children and the CyberTipline has received more than 1,226,000 reports since its inception. The five major missing children agencies are National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response also known as Amber Alert, US Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Attorney General’s Advisory Board on Missing Children, and Interstate Advisory Council on Missing and Exploited Children (Hickey, 2013, p. 337-338).?Compare and contrast male and female offenders who murder children.Out of the 100 serial killers that had killed at least one child 74% were male and 26% were female. Males preferred to kill strangers and acquaintances while females preferred family followed by acquaintances. Male motives were usually for sexual gratification, control and enjoyment while female’s motives were more likely to kill for financial reasons. Females also kill believing they were not good mothers, children were a burden or to hide other crimes. (Hickey, 2013, p. 331-333).?Aamodt, M. G. (2013). Serial killer statistics. Retrieved from killer information center/projectdescription.htmHickey, E. (2013). Serial murderers and their victims. (sixth ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadesworth, Cengage Learning. ................
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