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Criminal Profile of Gary Gilmore

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paper attempts to explain some of the theories behind his actions. THE CRIMINAL MIND Some personality traits have been shown to be more prevalent in the makeup of serial  or mass murderers. Impulsiveness, low self-esteem and poor social skills, as well as competitive and aggressive behavior are quite common among these killers as is hypersensitivity to criticism (Mitchell  1996). 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. Sometimes this fantasy  life comes to the forefront in the presence of actual abuse the killer has had to endure, at which time the mind takes over and concocts a fantasy in which  the abuse is happening to someone or something else. This can perhaps sow the seeds in which the mind allows the fantasy to be played out in reality later  on in life (Mitchell 1996). So far, however, not enough has been discovered in order to accurately predict deviant behavior in the young and enable it to be corrected  before it comes to fruition. According to psychologist Randall Lockwood of the Humane Society of the United States, perpetrators do not stop to count the number of legs on their  victims (Sharp, 1995); rather, they just want the thrill of the kill, no matter who is on the receiving end. Make no mistake that there exists a clear