Chelsea

=__** Serial Killers **__= ---My portfolio topic is personality, and I am going to research about serial killers.

//** Questions: **//
-Are gender, race, and socioeconomic status related factors? -Why do they kill? -How do their brains work? -Were they abused when they were young? -What kind of weapons do most killers use? -Can the obsession of wanting to kill be cured? -What are the warning signs of serial killers?

Annotated Bibliography
"Serial Killers." Family Counseling & Coaching. Web. 03 Nov. 2010. []. - //This website includes an explanation about the types of serial killers.//

"Serial Killers - World, Body, Life, History, Rate, Time, Person, Characteristics of Serial Murder, Characteristics of the Serial Killer." Encyclopedia of Death and Dying. Web. 03 Nov. 2010. []. - //Explains about psychological, social and biological factors in serial murder.//

"Advice - Fourteen Characteristics of a Serial Killer." Dr. Phil.com. Web. 03 Nov. 2010. []. - //This website talks about the different characteristics of a serial killer.//

"Serial Killer." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 03 Nov. 2010. []. - //General information about serial killers.//

"SERIAL KILLER CHARACTERISTICS." SERIAL KILLR INFO AND LINKS. Web. 03 Nov. 2010. [] - //This website shows graph of frequency of reported behavior indicators in childhood. It also shows the characteristics of a serial killer, victim characteristics and childhood characteristics.//

"Characteristics of Serial Killers." Carpe Noctem - Seize the Night. Web. 03 Nov. 2010. []. - //Statistics about serial killers.//

Chase, Jennifer "13 Interesting Facts about Serial Killers." Web. 03 Nov. 2010. [] - //This website includes the statistics and facts about serial killers.//

Cohen, Tamara. "Serial Killing. A Forgotten Phenomenon." Uplink Productions - Home of Affordable, Quality and Custom Website Design and Programming. Web. 03 Nov. 2010. []. - //A very good website that has different kinds of section that gives us information about serial killers, such as, where does the killing take place, gender and dominance, women serial killers and much more.//

Brown, Pat, and Bob Andelman. //The Profiler: My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths//. Waterville, Me.: Thorndike, 2010. Print. - //A book written based on true story about a woman (the author) who studies and profiles serial killers.//

Stowers, Carlton. //Scream at the Sky: Five Texas Murders and One Man's Crusade for Justice//. New York: St. Martin's, 2003. Print - //This book talks about a man who fight for justice about the five Texas murders and it is based on true story.//

**Source Suggestions**

"What Makes Serial Killers Tick? — Psychopaths? — Crime Library on TruTV.com." //TruTV.com: Not Reality. Actuality.// Web. 05 Nov. 2010. []. This link brought me to a page that talks about Ted Bundy. I hope that it helps. - Jonathan Denney

Vaknin, By Sam. "Serial and Mass Killers as Familiar Figures." //Buzzle Web Portal: Intelligent Life on the Web//. Web. 05 Nov. 2010. []. This site talks about serial and mass killers and their personality disordes. - Jonathan Denney

Rutigliano, Annabella. "Predestined Serial Killers." //Serendip//. Bryn Mawr College. Web. 5 Nov. 2010. . -This article seems perfect for your topic! Kevin

"What Makes Serial Killers Tick? — Monsters or Victims? — Crime Library on TruTV.com." //TruTV.com: Not Reality. Actuality.// Web. 05 Nov. 2010. . -Another article I found that has something else to say about serial killers. Kevin

"Stories about Famous Serial Killers and Murder Cases." //TruTV.com: Not Reality. Actuality.// Crime Library, 2010. Web. 06 Nov. 2010. []. -This article is a list a famous serial killers. One could use this for cross refferencing the different serial killers to look for patterns in method/ mental issues. -Dayton Hickey, Eric W. "Serial Killers." //SerialHomicide.com - Main Page//. "Serial Murders and Their Victims" Web. 06 Nov. 2010. []. - Now this site is cool. It is an exerpt from a book of an authur that breaks down serial killers and analizes what makes them tick.-Dayton

Potter, Ned. "Inside the Mind of a Killer." //ABC News//. 7 Oct. 2010. Web. 8 Nov. 2010. . This gives some info of what's going on in a killer's brain, and provides a specific example. --Sabine

Decaire, Michael. "Serial Killer Characteristic Over-generalization." //Suite101.com: Online Magazine and Writers' Network//. 20 Aug. 200. Web. 08 Nov. 2010. . This explains some of the erroneous generalizations made--especially by Hollywood-- about serial killers, and the difference between having a mental disorder and becoming a killer.