Mission-Oriented Type
This type displays no psychosis to the outside world, while on the inside the killer has a need to rid the outside world of what he considers immoral or unworthy. This type of killer will select a certain group of individuals to kill (prostitutes, young women, gay men, etc.)
Thrill-Oriented Type
This type is in it for the fun. This killer gets a high from killing. He is very sadistic and kills for excitement, they usually enjoy media attention. These killers keep a record of their killings, and enjoy taunting and evading police.
Lust Killer
This type is a sexual killer, and kills for the pure turn-on. The amount of pleasure the killer derives depends on how much they torture their victim. The more heinous the torture, the more aroused they become. This type is in touch with reality.
Sadism is the sexual pleasure or gratification in the infliction of pain and suffering upon another person. Medically it is considered to be a paraphilia. The word is derived from the Marquis de Sade, a prolific French writer of sadistic novels.
Masochism is the sexual pleasure or gratification of having pain or suffering inflicted upon the self, often consisting of sexual fantasies or urges for being beaten, humiliated, bound, tortured, or otherwise made to suffer, either as an enhancement to or a substitute for sexual pleasure. The name is derived from the 19th century author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, known for his novel Venus in Furs that dealt with highly masochistic themes.
Paraphilia is a mental health term recently used to indicate arousal in response to sexual objects or situations that are not part of societally normative arousal/activity patterns, and that may interfere with the capacity for reciprocal affectionate sexual activity.
In the United States, the insanity defense was used in less than 2% of all capital cases and was unsuccessful in almost 80% of the trials.
One incapable of feeling remorse is often labeled a sociopath (US) or psychopath (UK).
It is stated that for every psychotic serial killer, there are approximately nine psychopaths.
is an act or injury that degrades the appearance or function of the (human) body.
Cannibalism is the act or practice of eating members of one's own species and usually refers to humans eating other humans (sometimes called anthropophagy).
A serial murderer’s motivations are multifaceted and most often reinforced by internal desires for gratification versus external rewards, such as profit or financial gain.
Female serial murderers also are more likely to poison their victims in a more impersonal, detached manner than males, who more often strangle, stab, or beat their victims.
