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scientific research that features known psychological predispositions of serial murderers and the ways in which those persons construct their realities.
Characterizations of Violence and Violent Sexual Behavior
Fromm (1973) observed that human beings attempt to control their environment by any available means in order to achieve their intended goals and assumed needs. One means used by humans to achieve their goals and needs is the use of violence. Moreover, Toch (1969) noted that when individuals discover that violent interactions increase the likelihood of successfully attaining their desired ends, the use of violence as an acceptable way to attain these goals and needs increases. The use of violence, whether motivated from psychological predisposition or learning-integrated functions, increases the probability of the chances of violent interpersonal interactions. Persistent and pervasive childhood trauma, violence, and abuse have been identified as significantly influential in the development of a lifelong predisposition for violent interactions and criminal offence behaviors. Research has also linked the effects of traumatic and/or violent histories to the psychological and psychobiological development that may predispose a person to extremely violent behavior.
Lust Murder Classification
Lust murder characterizations or classifications require the use of crime scene evaluation, criminalistics, and medico-legal examination of the artifacts of the offence. The primary assumptions of the researchers include the contention that the crime scene artifacts and evidence reflect the intentionalities and visible efforts of the offenders to satisfy their psychological, sexual, and emotional needs. The predatory nature of lust murder involves the intentional seeking of preferred targets of offence; opportunity or instrumental offences through planning and motivation. Lust murder indicates an offender's pathology of offensive behavior that is differentiated from the motivational models associated with