In seven pages Bertrand de Jouvenal's theories are applied to a personality profile of Charles Manson. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.
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being a crazed and out of control drug addict. The fact is that it was Mansons charismatic personality that allowed him to control people the way that he did.
This paper explains Mansons personality profile and how it relates to the theories of Bertrand de Jouvenal. PERSONALITY PROFILE The fact that most serial killers are white males
in their thirties addresses issues that previously have not been associated with this particular kind of perpetrator. Society has historically looked upon serial killers as having a certain repulsive
image or appearance, never once considering that upstanding, nice looking, relatively young men could ever fit that description. This severe modification addresses American history in that the overall representation
of serial killers has changed to the point that anybodys next door neighbor -- the guy with the nice smile and kind word for all -- might very well be
the countrys next mass murderer. Some have felt it is the influence of drugs or alcohol that induces this kind of criminalistic behavior. While substance abuse may affect a
person as far as committing offenses, it is far unlikely that substance abuse alone could create a serial or mass murderer. It has also been pointed out those with
active or high fantasy prone imaginations are more apt to be able to become serial killers. Even Carl Jung pointed out that it is the tortured that become the
torturers, thus establishing the fact that child abuse assumes a very prominent role in the makings of a serial killer. Perhaps it is a sense of helplessness or lack
of self worth that causes the abused to turn to others to inflict pain upon. None of these descriptions completely and accurately describe Charles Manson. While Manson was