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Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention Advance Access originally published online on April 25, 2007
Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention 2007 7(2):151-160; doi:10.1093/brief-treatment/mhm004
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Etiology of the Psychopathic Serial Killer: An Analysis of Antisocial Personality Disorder, Psychopathy, and Serial Killer Personality and Crime Scene Characteristics

   Rebecca Taylor LaBrode, MA

From Boston College

Contact author: Rebecca Taylor, Apartment 11, 215 Walnut Street, New Bedford, MA 02740. E-mail: Beckstar108{at}aol.com.

The purpose of this article is to make the distinction between antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy, discuss possible etiologies of psychopathy, and analyze the crimes, personality characteristics, and historical aspects of psychopathic serial killers. The research indicates that both environmental and biological factors affect the development of psychopathy. Several different serial killers were compared to assess the similarities and differences between their histories, crimes, and personalities. Though there were marked differences between their crimes, startling historical and personality similarities were clearly identified. Based on these findings, the validity and reliability of offender profiling is also discussed.

KEY WORDS: Psychopathy, antisocial personality disorder, serial killer, offender profiling


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