Robert Pickton's Criminal Behavior
Robert Pickton was convicted of second degree murder against six different women within 2007. Additionally, he was charged with the murder of an added twenty women. This Canadian man can be labeled as a psychopath and is easily labeled one due to his intense childhood. The branch of psychology in which affected Robert Pickton’s mentality includes his development when he was a child, as well as the environment he was raised in, this is referred to as development psychology. Within this specific perspective of psychology we can are able to view the factors in which influenced Robert Pickton’s decisions and choices. During the time of Pickton’s childhood, his mother often filled him with contradiction. Due to the intense work regime of his mother, Robert was never able to have fun, play with friends or experience the things most other children do. If Robert did
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As a reaction to these experiences, Robert Pickton resolved to kidnap and kill the women in which he believed were doing similar harms to their own children. In essence, his motivation for the murders in which he committed could have been driven from his male dominant ego towards women.
The sociological feminist perspective can help aid in the understanding and examination of the criminal behaviour in which Robert Pickton expressed. There are a variety of factors in Pickton’s life that happened sporadically in which could have contributed largely towards his deviant actions. Through the feelings of male dominance Robert may have been persuaded to express his negativity, anger, frustration and superiority on the opposite gender. As a result, this behaviour, in which is deemed unacceptable, brings up conflict between males and females; this further epitomizes a feminist theory of
As a reaction to these experiences, Robert Pickton resolved to kidnap and kill the women in which he believed were doing similar harms to their own children. In essence, his motivation for the murders in which he committed could have been driven from his male dominant ego towards women.
The sociological feminist perspective can help aid in the understanding and examination of the criminal behaviour in which Robert Pickton expressed. There are a variety of factors in Pickton’s life that happened sporadically in which could have contributed largely towards his deviant actions. Through the feelings of male dominance Robert may have been persuaded to express his negativity, anger, frustration and superiority on the opposite gender. As a result, this behaviour, in which is deemed unacceptable, brings up conflict between males and females; this further epitomizes a feminist theory of