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Gay Serial Killers: How Sociology and Psychology Created a Phenomenon that Changed the Profile We Understood
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- Date Issued:
- 2016-04-15
- Abstract/Description:
- Ashley Torres examines the flaws of examining homosexual serial killers in only scientific terms, and discusses how the individuals could have been stopped earlier using cultural knowledge, a historical perspective, and common policing knowledge about victim selection. She takes three known paraphilias - cannibalism, necrophilia, and sadomasochism - and looks at their historical significance in regards to Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Aileen Wuornos, and Wayne Williams.
Title: | Gay Serial Killers: How Sociology and Psychology Created a Phenomenon that Changed the Profile We Understood. |
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Name(s): |
Ashley Torres, Presenter Dr. John Arrington Woodward, Faculty Mentor FSCJ, college |
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Type of Resource: | moving image | |
Genre: | Presentation | |
Issuance: | single unit | |
Date Created: | 2016-04-15 | |
Date Issued: | 2016-04-15 | |
Publisher: | Florida State College at Jacksonville | |
Place of Publication: | Jacksonville, FL | |
Physical Form: | moving image | |
Extent: | 18 minutes | |
Language(s): |
English eng |
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Abstract/Description: | Ashley Torres examines the flaws of examining homosexual serial killers in only scientific terms, and discusses how the individuals could have been stopped earlier using cultural knowledge, a historical perspective, and common policing knowledge about victim selection. She takes three known paraphilias - cannibalism, necrophilia, and sadomasochism - and looks at their historical significance in regards to Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Aileen Wuornos, and Wayne Williams. | |
Identifier: | 20160415_SRC_13_Torres_Gay_Serial_Killers (IID), fscj:64522 (fedora) | |
Note(s): | Ashley Torres examines the flaws of examining homosexual serial killers in only scientific terms, and discusses how the individuals could have been stopped earlier using cultural knowledge, a historical perspective, and common policing knowledge about victim selection. She takes three known paraphilias - cannibalism, necrophilia, and sadomasochism - and looks at their historical significance in regards to Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Aileen Wuornos, and Wayne Williams. | |
Subject(s): |
Serial murderers Serial murder investigation -- United States. Paraphilias |
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Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fscj/fd/20160415_SRC_13_Torres_Gay_Serial_Killers | |
Use and Reproduction: | free to use | |
Host Institution: | FSCJ |