Serial killer meaning (what is it, concept and definition)

What is Serial killer:

Serial killer is an expression in English that translates as serial killer or serial killer and refers to the person who successively and periodically murders innocent people.

The term serial killer was coined in the 1970s by then-FBI agent Robert Ressler who used the word "series" because the multiple homicide accounts seemed to relate to the cartoon series: they were episodic, they had no apparent conclusion and leaves the audience waiting for the next one.

The motivations or reasons for a serial killer may be due to childhood trauma or environmental consequences called sociopaths or may be due to a genetic disorder, in this case called psychopaths.

See also:

• SociopathPsychopath

One of the best-known cases of the 20th century is the case of the Milwaukee butcher: Jeffrey Dahmer (1960-1994) who murdered, dismembered and cannibalized 17 people in separate cases between 1978 to 1991. Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to 937 years in prison. in 1992 being assassinated in 1994 by a cellmate.

Today serial killers are quite well known thanks to Hollywood movies like:

• Kevin Spacey in "The Seven Deadly Sins" Patrick Bateman in "American Psycho" The films "Saw" Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Innocents" and "Hannibal" Dexter in the series "Dexter"