The reality behind the Media portrayal of serial killers. — 1. All psychopaths are serial killers Not all psychopaths are serial killers just like not all serial killers are psychopaths. Psychopathy is astonishingly common as mental disorders go. It is twice as common as schizophrenia, anorexia, bipolar disorder, and paranoia, and roughly as common as bulimia, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, and narcissism. Indeed, the only…

Philosophical Justifications of Punishment in the Criminal Justice System — ‘’Punishment is the infliction of some kind of pain or loss upon a person for a misdeed (i.e., the transgression of a law or command). Punishment may take forms ranging from capital punishment, flogging, forced labour, and mutilation of the body to imprisonment and fines.’’ (Zedner, 2004) For centuries punishment…

The origins of modern bureaucracy are set in the work of the sociologist Max Weber. Weber’s process of bureaucracy is based on his wider theory of rationalisation. He described how the modern western societies were dominated by an increased rationality, based on efficiency, predictability, calculability, and control (non-human technologies) (Weber…

Improving the genetic composition of the Human Race ‘’eugenics noun the study of how to arrange reproduction within a human population to increase the occurrence of heritable characteristics regarded as desirable. Developed largely by Sir Francis Galton as a method of improving the human race, eugenics was increasingly discredited as…

The birth of Criminal Profiling — In 1956, New York Police has reached a desperate point in their long pursue of the Mad Bomber. Between 1940 and 1956, New York has been terrorised by a number of 30 bombings in various public locations. In their investigation, Police managed to reach dead-ends and the hopes of catching…

Does being involved in acts of criminality negate an individual’s status as a ‘deserving’ victim? Traditionally, criminologists and the criminal justice system have considered offenders and victims as two distinct groups, completely different from each other. This assumption was based on the considerable body of evidence that suggests that victims…

The symbolic functions and representations of the police are equally, if not more important than their direct instrumental effectiveness in preventing and managing crimes and disorder. The authority and position of the police as an entity symbolising order and national unity faced fundamental threatening by the birth of neo-liberal political…

There are various types of stalking and it is motivated by a number of different factors. An estimated 16% of women and 7% of men are the victims of stalking during their lifetime. Stalking frequently arises out of intimate relationships and often involves individuals previously close to the victim, but…

It is clear that blaming uncontrolled, intense sexual lust as a cause for rape is too simplistic. Evidence suggests that sexual deprivation is not an essential component for rape (Howitt, 1991 a). Moreover, in many rape cases, there is violence involved. According to Loyd and Walmsley (1989), rape cases in…