How Did Jeffrey Dahmer Commit Crime
Jeffrey Dahmer has been one of the most notorious serial killers in American History. Dahmer’s killings primarily took place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for several years during the late eighties into the early nineties. He murdered over a dozen men, of different races but mostly homosexuals. Not only was the public shocked but also sickened by his brutal killings and his perverse nature of his sexual murders. Jeffrey’s odd behavior and his abnormal personal characteristics made his case extremely interesting to the individuals in the United States. Such characteristics relevant to Jeffrey included his incapacity to develop his social skills and feelings for others, in addition to impulsive behavior which led to his violent and sexual offending
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Social control theory is, “The view that people commit crime when the forces binding them to society are weakened or broken” according to the textbook Criminology; The Core. “[Jeffrey] was a loner, who felt neglected by his family and did not fit in well with his peers,” due to this feeling he would constantly be alone and isolated from others and while his parents marriage was crumbling, his feelings of neglect and loneliness intensified drastically (Davis, 1998.) Dysfunctional and destructive relationships, especially with parents often lead to crime. Could Jeffrey’s antisocial and poor socialization skills be the cause of his criminal actions? Jeffrey has also been known to torture and kill many animals at a young age. Most mental health professions agree that animal cruelty is one of the childhood activities which correlates with psychopathic offending such as what Jeffrey partook in. Not only did Jeffrey torture and kill animals, he even had violent
Social control theory is, “The view that people commit crime when the forces binding them to society are weakened or broken” according to the textbook Criminology; The Core. “[Jeffrey] was a loner, who felt neglected by his family and did not fit in well with his peers,” due to this feeling he would constantly be alone and isolated from others and while his parents marriage was crumbling, his feelings of neglect and loneliness intensified drastically (Davis, 1998.) Dysfunctional and destructive relationships, especially with parents often lead to crime. Could Jeffrey’s antisocial and poor socialization skills be the cause of his criminal actions? Jeffrey has also been known to torture and kill many animals at a young age. Most mental health professions agree that animal cruelty is one of the childhood activities which correlates with psychopathic offending such as what Jeffrey partook in. Not only did Jeffrey torture and kill animals, he even had violent