"The motives of serial killers are generally placed into four categories: "visionary", "mission-oriented", "hedonistic" and "power or control"; however, the motives of any given killer may display considerable overlap among these categories.
Visionary serial killers suffer from psychotic breaks with reality, some times they believe they are being controlled my a demon, or even god. The two most common subgroups are "demon mandated" and "God mandated."
Mission-oriented killers typically justify their acts as "ridding the world" of a certain type of person they perceive as undesirable, such as homosexuals, prostitutes, people of different ethnicity or religion; however, they are generally not psychotic. Some see themselves as attempting to change the nature of human society, often to cure a societal ill. They believe they are doing good to the world by ridding the world of these types of people.
A hedonistic type of serial killer seeks thrills and derives pleasure from killing, seeing people as expendable means to this goal. Forensic psychologists have identified three subtypes of the hedonistic killer: "lust", "thrill" and "comfort". Sex is the primary motive of lust killers, whether or not the victims are dead, and fantasy plays a large role in their killings.
The primary motive of a thrill killer is to induce pain or create terror in their victims, which provides stimulation and excitement for the killer. They seek the adrenaline rush provided by hunting and killing victims. Usually the victims are strangers, although the killer may have followed them for a period of time.
Material gain and a comfortable lifestyle are the primary motives of comfort killers. Usually, the victims are family members and close acquaintances. They often use poison, most notably arsenic, to kill their victims. Female serial killers are often comfort killers, although not all comfort killers are female.
Most serial killers or mentally dysfunctional people "as society would have them called" are very bright, They often are the ones that question answers and laws from a young age. They are typically bullied, and loners. They are super bright usually, but not in ways of making money or other material artifacts. They start out by being very pleasant individuals, shy retiring and usually very generous. However because they don't fit into what society thinks attractive, either, physically, mentally, or other manner their attentions are thwarted.
Visionary serial killers suffer from psychotic breaks with reality, some times they believe they are being controlled my a demon, or even god. The two most common subgroups are "demon mandated" and "God mandated."
Mission-oriented killers typically justify their acts as "ridding the world" of a certain type of person they perceive as undesirable, such as homosexuals, prostitutes, people of different ethnicity or religion; however, they are generally not psychotic. Some see themselves as attempting to change the nature of human society, often to cure a societal ill. They believe they are doing good to the world by ridding the world of these types of people.
A hedonistic type of serial killer seeks thrills and derives pleasure from killing, seeing people as expendable means to this goal. Forensic psychologists have identified three subtypes of the hedonistic killer: "lust", "thrill" and "comfort". Sex is the primary motive of lust killers, whether or not the victims are dead, and fantasy plays a large role in their killings.
The primary motive of a thrill killer is to induce pain or create terror in their victims, which provides stimulation and excitement for the killer. They seek the adrenaline rush provided by hunting and killing victims. Usually the victims are strangers, although the killer may have followed them for a period of time.
Material gain and a comfortable lifestyle are the primary motives of comfort killers. Usually, the victims are family members and close acquaintances. They often use poison, most notably arsenic, to kill their victims. Female serial killers are often comfort killers, although not all comfort killers are female.
Most serial killers or mentally dysfunctional people "as society would have them called" are very bright, They often are the ones that question answers and laws from a young age. They are typically bullied, and loners. They are super bright usually, but not in ways of making money or other material artifacts. They start out by being very pleasant individuals, shy retiring and usually very generous. However because they don't fit into what society thinks attractive, either, physically, mentally, or other manner their attentions are thwarted.