• DOI:10.1007/BF02885952
Corpus ID: 144186286

The Application of Learning Theory to Serial Murderor “You Too Can Learn to be a Serial Killer”

@article{Hale1993TheAO,
  title={The Application of Learning Theory to Serial Murderor “You Too Can Learn to be a Serial Killer”},
  author={R. Hale},
  journal={American Journal of Criminal Justice},
  year={1993},
  volume={17},
  pages={37-45}
}

• R. Hale
• Published 1993
• Psychology
• American Journal of Criminal Justice

Popular ideas concerning serial murder see these killings as an act committed by a deranged or irrational individual. This article contends that this is not the case, but that the killer is behaving in a manner which makes sense and is logical to the killer and is a response to some perceived wrong. The process through which this reponse occurs is detailed. The conclusion suggests that if serial murder is indeed a learned response then this response can be “unlearned” and the serial murderer… Expand

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