CCJ 381 - Serial Killers

4 credits
Examines the phenomenon of serial killing. Topics include: Defining serial killing; distinguishing serial killing from mass murder; causal factors and criminological theories explaining serial killing; analyzing serial killing historically; the role of media in public perceptions of serial killing, the demographics of serial killers (who are the serial killers, how do they kill, who do they kill, etc.); and various approaches investigating and stopping serial killing.