FBI Files: A Psychological Comparison of Literary and Real-Life Serial Killers, 2019

Glapion, Quianna

2010-2019

This study examines the psychology of fictional and real-life serial killers and the behavioral similarities between them. Three fictional murderers, mainly Macbeth (William Shakespeares Macbeth), Buffalo Bill (The Silence of the Lambs), and the Creature (Frankenstein),as well as real life killers such as Charles Manson, Ed Gein, and Edmund Kemper were researched in depth. The data for this study was gathered from a variety of sources such as biographies, television interviews, published novels, articles, and documentaries. This study also focuses on predispositional factors and personality traits that led these killers to a life of crime. While no single behavioral trait was found to be present in every murderer studied, some of the psychological factors that were found to have predictive value included: abusive upbringings, mother hate, adoption, pornography, and brain damage were also reliable predictors in the lives of fictional and nonfictional perpetrators. KEYWORDS: Applied Behavior Analysis, English Language and Literature, Other Psychology

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2019-05-20

dissertation

Doctor of Philosophy in Humanities (PhD)

Clark Atlanta University

Humanities

Osinubi, Viktor
Askew, Timothy
DeLong, Kelly
Vinyard, Alma

Clark Atlanta University
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Georgia--Atlanta

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2019_glapion_quianna