Dan Loper SOC 4508 3/25/13 An Analysis of John Wayne Gacy We live in a society where violent behavior not only exists; it is something that we are exposed to as it is celebrated and glorified. We see it in the news‚ television‚ movies and video games. As a result‚ there is a pattern of desensitization that exists throughout the United States which may help explain why the United States has the highest rates of murder by serial killers in the entire world. Throughout the years‚
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John Wayne Gacy Jr. Shawnee Perchinski McCann School of Business and Technology Abstract This paper is about a serial killer by the name of John Wayne Gacy Jr. John was a serial killer who dressed up as a clown and went to local functions to entertain children. When he got to know these children‚ he would invite them to his home‚ take advantage of them‚ and then kill some of them. He buried the bodies under the foundation of his home. His victims were nothing more than young boys. This paper
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rapists in United States history. This “model” citizen was John Wayne Gacy Jr.‚ a prolific serial rapist and murderer. Gacy sexually assaulted boys and young men‚ killed them‚ and then proceeded to bury them under his home in a small crawl space. Gacy was later recognized as “The Killer Clown” because he would dress as his alter ego‚ Pogo the Clown‚ allowing Gacy to lure children into his home without looking suspicious. John Wayne Gacy was subjected to a difficult life that included being abused
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John Wayne Gacy was born in Chicago‚ Illinois on March 17 1942. Gacy had an uneventful childhood up until the age of eleven. While out playing he had been struck on the head by a swing. Subsequently he suffered fainting fits for many years. Gacy graduated from business school and went on to work as a shoe salesman for the Nunn Bush shoe company. Gacy met and then married work colleague Marilynn Myres in 1964. The marriage ended when Gacy was imprisoned for ten years at a correctional institute
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John Wayne Gacy Edward Low Criminology Fall 2013 Professor Ortiz INTRODUCTION On March 17‚ 1942‚ John Wayne Gacy was born into an Irish middle-class family. His parents were Marion Gacy and John Gacy Sr. Gacy Jr. had enjoyed a uninteresting childhood until he suffered a head injury at a playground when he was 11. Up until age 16‚ Gacy had suffered blackouts due to the injury. After all he was put through‚ he worshipped his father
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John Wayne Gacy Notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy was born on March 17‚ 1942‚ in Chicago‚ Illinois. Gacy and his siblings grew up with a drunken father who would beat the children with a razor strap if they were perceived to have misbehaved; the man physically assaulted Gacy’s mother as well. Gacy had a highly disturbing history. He was convicted in 1968 and given a 10-year prison term in relation to the sexual assault of two teen boys. He was released on parole in the summer of 1970 but was
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John Wayne Gacy Jr‚ also known as the killer clown Was born in Chicago‚ Illinois on March 17th‚ 1942. He was an american serial killer and rapist who sexually assaulted and murdered at least 33 teenage boys and young men between 1972 and 1978 in Cook County‚ Illinois. He was the only boy and the second of 3 children. His parents were John Wayne Gacy Sr world war 1 veteran and Marion Elaine Robinson. As a child he was often belittled by his father. There was verbal and physical abuse going on.
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prevent crime‚ overall. There are five major Criminological theories‚ (1) Classical Theory‚ (2) Positivist Theory‚ (3) Marxist / Conflict Theory‚ (4) Sociological Theory‚ and (5) Multifactor / Integrated Theory. Classical Theory originated at about 1764 and it involves Jeremy Bentham’s Utilitarianism‚ which means that people choose to act when they believe their actions will bring an increase in pleasure and a decrease in pain. This theory was also founded by Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794). Beccaria
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John Wayne Gacy was born on March 17‚ 1942. The day he died is March 10‚ 1994. He was born in Chicago‚ Illinois. When he was very young he was the son of a Danish and Polish parents. Gacy brothers and sister grew up with his father being a dunk and very violent. His father would would hit em with a razor strap. The father would also assualt his mother. Karen gacy sister said that he just learned to be tough about the beatings that his father would give em. He then learned not to cry when his father
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John Wayne Gacy‚ Jr. was born in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ the second of three children. He was born on March 17‚ 1942 ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia‚ the encyclopedia of murderers"). Gacy is of Polish and Danish heritage ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia‚ the encyclopedia of murderers"). His father was an alcoholic and use to abuse him and call him out his name ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia‚ the encyclopedia of murderers"). Gacy’s father would call him “sissy.” ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia‚ the encyclopedia
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