What are the similarities of a serial killer and spree killer?

Answer 1

being anti-social

liking fire

wetting bed

peeping on males or females

being bullies or involved in some gang or racist gang or sexist gang

loves to lie and is manipulative

They might use drugs such as meth,alcohol,steroids,stimulants,chemicals such as computer dusters,tobacco,may use energy drinks or the alcoholic energy drinks,may have an alcohol problem,and may have a non-prescription, or may have a prescription drug problem such as overusing or abusing.

They might be in a Satanic Cult or a Devil Worshiper.

They might kidnap females a lot and may rape,sodomize,insist,molest,strip,fondle, and or grope females a lot more if they are killers they may also do this to males as well.

Attempted crimes and crimes should be taken seriously to help a serial killer are assault,arson,burglary,corruption such as bribing Police to stop making arrests,fraud such as scams like hacking computers,larceny such as stealing,sex crimes,theft and vandalism.

These are 15 signs to date that are commonly used:

1. Over 90 percent of serial killers are male.

2. They tend to be intelligent, with IQ's in the "bright normal" range.

3. They do poorly in school, have trouble holding down jobs, and often work as unskilled laborers.

4. They tend to come from markedly unstable families.

5. As children, they are abandoned by their fathers and raised by domineering mothers.

6. Their families often have criminal, psychiatric and alcoholic histories.

7. They hate their fathers and mothers.

8. They are commonly abused as children - psychologically, physically and sexually. Often the abuse is by a family member.

9. Many serial killers spend time in institutions as children and have records of early psychiatric problems.

10. They have high rates of suicide attempts.

11. From an early age, many are intensely interested in voyeurism, fetishism, and sado-masochistic pornography.

12. More than 60 percent of serial killers wet their beds beyond the age of 12.

13. Many serial killers are fascinated with fire starting.

14. They are involved with sadistic activity or tormenting small creatures.

15. The collection of weird objects. Ex: Pepper shakers, but no salt.

Answer 2

I'm not sure about signs but the characteristics of a serial killer are:A person that kills three or more people over a period of time, one victim at a time, or a 'series' of killings. Almost always motiveless and virtually all victims are unknown to the killer*. There is a cooling-off period between kills, which differs with each individual killer. Jack The Ripper killed two women with slightly less that an hour between the two. Or it can be as long as several years. Denis Rader, the Kansas killer known as BTK, had several years between some of his victims.

As children serial killers exhibit certain behavious such as bedwetting after 10 or 12 years old. Firestarting, cruelty to animals, disreguard for rules and laws, petty theft and habitual lying. Although many children display some of these behaviours they don't grow up to be killers.

Many serial killers' crimes are sexual in nature, but without a doubt, serial murder is about control and dominence. Fueled by violent fantasies, the cycle begins. From fantasy to victim selection and the kill, then the cooling-off after the crime. There is usually an escalation of the violence if the killer is not caught. Jack The Ripper was in a murderous frenzy by the time he killed Mary Kelly in November of 1888.

The taking of 'trophies' is a typical behaviour of this type of killer. It can be one of the victim's possessions from jewelry to underwear or body parts. The killer uses these trophies to relive the crime later on. Sometimes these trophies are sent to police, press, or even the victim's relatives, giving the killer an added thrill by taunting law enforcement, torturing the families and terrifing the public.

Answer 3

These are two completely different types of killers. They do both kill , but one kills within time and has cooling off points this is a serial killer . While the other can kill many at time an go without stopping this is a mass murder or as you call it spree killer. Yet they do have some simiarities both kill and both have many victims .

Answer 4

The FBI definition of a serial killer as one who kills three or more victims with a cooling off period between kills. The length of the cooling off stage can be hours or it can be years depending on the individual and his needs.

Answer 5

A serial killer is a person who murders three or more people over a period of more than 30 days, with a 'cooling off' period between each murder