...John Wayne Gacy: The Killer Clown Serial Killers Abstract John Wayne Gacy was a serial killer and rapist. John Wayne Gacy murdered and sexually assaulted young boys. John Gacy killed and hid his victim’s bodies in the crawl space of his home. John seemed like a normal man, he was well-respected in his community. John was a psychopath who had no remorse. When john was captured he was able to give a detailed drawing of where all the bodies could be found. John was sentenced to the death penalty. The term serial killer was a term no one had heard of until about forty years ago. There are many definitions to the term serial killer. Each definition differs by the number of murders, the serial killers motivation, and the characteristics of the murders. The most known one is the FBI’s definition, which is “the unlawful killing of two or more victims by the same offender, in separate events.” Numerous people may confuse the term serial killer with mass murders and spree killers. There are six categories of motive types of serial killers. These categories are visionary, mission-oriented, thrill-orientated, lust, power and control, and gain motivated. The visionary type means they hear voices or have visions and they are psychotic. The mission-oriented serial killers will kill a certain type or person because they think that they are bettering the world. The thrill-oriented type will kill because they have fun doing it. The lust motivated killers will kill because it turns them...
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...As a young adult, the outgoing and sociable John Gacy became a successful building contractor and a married man and father. He was well known and respected in his suburban Chicago community. He became heavily involved in local politics and was named Jaycee (Junior Chamber of Commerce) “Man of the Year.” He even escorted President Jimmy Carter’s wife, Rosalyn, on one of her visits to Chicago. John Wayne Gacy’s childhood wasn't good and fun for him. Gacy’s father wasn’t a role model for him. John Gacy, Sr. was an alcoholic and would regularly beat Gacy, Jr. His father would also always beat his mother and he would always witness it and it was really hard for him. The beatings from his father were so bad that he would suffer and have seizure and blackouts and would go to the hospital. Gacy was also bullied in school because he was an overweight kid and this was because of his heart condition. His condition was never diagnosed so his father would think that he was just faking his condition to be in the hospital and so that he could get away from his father’s beatings. John Wayne Gacy, Jr. was also known as the Clown Killer...
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...John Wayne Gacy On the surface a likeable man most everyone like him. John Wayne Gacy respected in the community, charming and easy going. John Wayne Gacy was known as good Catholic man and sharp businessman. Owner of a construction company. Gacy was an active member of the Jaycees and was also a Democratic Party precinct captain. Gacy had his photo taken with the First Lady, Rosalynn Carter. John Wayne Gacy also spent much of his free time hosting elaborate street parties for his friends and neighbors, serving with community groups and entertaining children as "Pogo the Clown"( Taylor 2003). John Wayne Gacy was a generous, hardworking, friendly, devoted family man on the surface. However, had a normal child up until his teens according to...
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...John Wayne Gacy Summarize the case, including a description of the offense(s), the investigation, and the outcome (such as the trial and sentencing). Analyze the psychological history or path that took the criminal to commit his or her crime(s). Describe the psychological, behavioral, environmental, and cognitive factors that you believe led to the offender’s criminality. Consider the various theories we have discussed in class including the psychoanalytic/psychodynamic theory, the behaviorist/social learning theory, the cognitive/social cognitive theory, and the humanist and interactionist theories, and provide examples. The goal here is to provide an analysis of the psychological history or path that took the criminal to commit his or her crime(s). Explain the impact of social, psychological, and biological theories of aggression on your chosen criminal’s behavior. Describe the crime typology. Did the offender have a personality disorder that might have played a role in the criminal behavior? If so, explain and provide examples and supporting references. Discuss the laws that are in place for protecting individuals with mental disorders. Describe whether your case study was a homicide offender or sexual offender. Discuss the typology (i.e., single murderer, serial murderer, spree murderer, mass murderer, child molester, or rapist). If applicable, discuss whether your offender was given a competence to stand trial evaluation, or was found to be not guilty by reason of...
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...take control of their own actions. The theme for “Pocahontas to Her English Husband” is love but it is described in a different way. She tends to portray a more pity type of love than affectionate and romantic way. Pocahontas has a way to display a very kind hearted personality because she is willing to show her support to help John. “Had I not cradled you in my arms / oh beloved perfidious one, / you would have died” (“Allen” 1-3). The tone for “Taking a Visitor to See the Ruins” was dull without my life behind the words but humor. “His eyes grew large, and then he laughed / looking shocked at the two women he’d just met. Silent for a second, they laughed too” (“Allen” 28-30). The theme is happiness and laughter even after he realized that his friend was playing a joke on him he took that great moment and continued on. “ And he’s still telling the tale of the old / Indian ruins he visited in New Mexico, / the two who still live pueblo style in high-security dwelling / way up there where the enemy can’t reach them / just like golden times” (“Allen” 31-35). The tone for “ Dear John Wayne”, seems very sour, it seem that the character John Wayne is viewed as a item of central society and states that the face is “a thick cloud of vengeance, pitted / like...
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...Series 7 – Episode 50 Addis Ababa – means New Flower Robert Neville main character in which movie – I am Legend Guggenheim Museums are there in Bilbao and Berlin, not in Barcelona Noah’s sons were Shem, Ham and Japheth Which newspaper exposed Watergate scandal? - Washington Post Bluebottle is slang term for which profession – Police Officers In the US, Stonewall riots coincided with funeral of who? – Judy Garland John Couch Adams discovered which planet? – Neptune States aim of the BBC is educate, inform and entertain What nuts are used to make the Italian liqueur Nocino? – Walnuts Where would a cowboy wear a rowel? – On his boots Lemon and goblin are species of which aquatic creature? – Shark On what date on 1944 did Anne Frank make her last entry in the diary? – August 1 The 1520 meeting where Henry VIII had a wresting match with the King of France is called the Field of the Cloth of Gold Check up the soaps – Hollyoaks, Coronation Street, Emmerdale Who is the first solo male singer to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest? – Bryan Johnson In a traditional gurning competition, participants pull faces while wearing what item? – Horse collar In a suit of armour, a jambeau protects what part of the body? – Leg Winston Churchill’s parliamentary career spans which period? – 1900 – 1964 What ancient title is given to judicial officers with responsibility for the Royal Forests? – Verderer A demitasse is a small cup used to serve Turkish coffee or espresso ...
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...There was simply no way to predict how Apple would do without Steve Jobs. But that didn’t stop anyone from speculating. Tech pundit John Dvorak said, “At some point, Apple becomes like a John Wayne movie with no John Wayne. You begin to notice something is missing. Apple without Steve Jobs is Sony.” When Tim Cook took over as Apple CEO, I had a decidedly different take: “Apple has a solid foundation as the most powerful and influential technology company on the planet. It has a unique culture, but one that Steve Jobs built to last, as he knew this day would surely come for some time now.” I went on to say that Apple’s iconic co-founder “infused a new way of thinking” that is “baked into” Apple’s culture “in a way that can live on without Jobs.” In an internal email, Cook vowed to stay true to that culture. “I want you to be confident that Apple is not going to change," he wrote. "I cherish and celebrate Apple's unique principles and values. Steve built a company and culture that is unlike any other in the world and we are going to stay true to that-it is in our DNA.” But I also knew that much of the company’s success going forward would “depend on new chief Tim Cook and rest of Apple’s management team,” and that “despite Cook’s promise, things are going to change. They have to change.” Related: The 9 Best Real-World Strategies Every Entrepreneur Should Know Indeed things have changed. But Cook has managed to walk that fine line between staying true to what’s...
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...Levi: A Child Case Study Mallory Howresko Klamath Community College Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 2 DATA COLLECTION 2 Child Information 2 Family Background 2 Medical History 2 Current Functioning 2 ANALYSIS/SYNTHESIS 2 Strengths and Weaknesses 2 How to Improve on Weaknesses 2 Reflection 2 OBSERVATIONS TOOLS AND SAMPLES 2 Rating Scale 2 Running Record 2 Anecdotal Record 2 Rubric 2 Work Samples 2 INTRODUCTION The following case study is on a young preschool boy. The study took place over 56 days. The observations were done at two places, Frenchglen School and Rock Creek Ranch. The observer was able to see and document how the preschool years impact a child’s physical, mental and emotional development. DATA COLLECTION Child Information This case study is on a young 4 year old Caucasian boy. For the sake of confidentially I will refer to him as “Levi” throughout this study. Levi M. was born on March 15, 2010 in Helena, Montana. He is four years old with blonde hair, brown eyes and a slim build. He weighs approximately 40 pounds and is 38.5 inches tall. Levi is full of energy, talkative and curious. He is incredibly outgoing and always eager to show you what he can do or say. He has a tendency to be a tad bossy, but has a huge heart. He loves anything cowboy and the color blue. Levi is an only child and lives at home with his father and mother. Family Background He lives with his mother and father on a ranch in Oregon. Their house is part of Rock Creek...
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...Prepared for Dr. X Eng. 101 Final draft # 1 “Historical depictions of Native Americans in Main Stream Hollywood” As a child growing up on the reservation, my brothers and I grew up watching western movies being that my father was an enormous John Wayne fan. Not knowing the racial implications that were being put into effect in those movies. I remember us playing cowboys and Indians and I always wanted to be on the cowboys side because whoever was on the Indians side was always going to lose just as they did in the movies. It wasn’t till recently that I looked at those pictures in a different point view a different lens if you would say. Native Americans still to this day are depicted as negative stereotypes through main stream media. Films such as Windtalkers, Flags of our Fathers, The new World, and Bury my heart at wounded Knee show how Hollywood movies still depicts the stereotypes that Native Americans are still inferior, Savages, people needing a White Savior to progress in the word. The first way Hollywood stereotypes Native Americans is portraying them as inferior to whites. For example in the movie Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee the scene where the senetors and congress men are determining what to do with the indigenous peoples land. Without having any insight of the Native Americans. It isn’t until later in the movie when they get a native man to cosign on the plans they have set out to put the Sioux tribe on reservations that are divided and sold to white Americans...
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...“‘Boy, I got vision and the rest of the world wears bifocals, ’” says the famous Butch Cassidy, played by Paul Newman, from the movie, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Put in theaters in 1969, this western film became a hit amongst audiences across the country. Directed by George Roy Hill, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid qualifies as a western because the film provides moviegoers with large and dry landscapes, old-fashioned crime, and a partner who plays the role as a sidekick. In Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the setting is a large and dry desert-like landscape. A western is typically known for its’ characters to be in a setting with a hot climate, lots of dirt/sand, and tall dry mountains; this film contains all of that. There are many scenes in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid where Butch and Sundance ride their horse through the desert to rob trains or head to different towns and villages to rob banks. When a group of strangers shows up to Butch’s gang’s train robbery, there are many shots of the gang racing through the dirt hills, eventually leading to Butch and Sundance splitting from their group and leading their horses through the hot desert to lose the mysterious men chasing them. On their ride away from the mysterious men, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ride through the stereotypical desert scenes: dry shrubs, large red-rock plateaus, and hot sand everywhere. Due to the landscape, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid qualifies as a western film, but...
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...The American Dream 1. Give an outline of how the American Dream is interpreted. Arnold Schwarzenegger writes that with hard work and determination he managed to make his dream come through in America. He says, that he understands the immigrants yearning for freedom and opportunity, but that to get those and to get success you have to work hard and give something back to America. He thinks, that one of the most important things to do to be able to fit in and blend in to the American culture is to learn the language. Not out of duty, but to be able to be a part of the everyday life in America and get the best out the cultural life of America. The second thing, he thinks, is important to get a good life in America is to participate in the democracy and to be involved in how America ended out to be, as it is today. The last thing, that he considers important, is to give something back to the America who has been welcoming you. It doesn’t have to be much; just something that helps people or something that makes a difference, small or big, in other people’s lives. Arnold Schwarzenegger believes, that your dreams can come true in America and that everything can be achieved, but not without hard work. Anya Kamenetz claims that the “old” American Dream is wounded. She is of the belief that the young Americans need a new and edited American dream, where the assumption of the dreams aren’t money and material things but a dream based on a social safety net, more time for the Americans...
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...------------------------------------------------- American Dream We all know the great country of freedom and hopes, called America. America is the country where big dreams can become reality. Throughout the years many immigrants, have travelled to America, in the hope of making their dream come true. We have seen many big personalities’ getting their chance in America, and many has later on become big stars in the whole world. The world-known bodybuilder, actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger is no exception. In the text “Arnold Schwarzenegger Recalls Lessons from 25 years as a U.S. Citizen - Learn English, Participate in Politics, and Give back”, Arnold is describing how he came to America for his shot at the America dream. The America Dream is when immigrant’s travel to America, for the hope to live out their dream. Arnold came from Austria and he succeeded his American Dream. He became one of the most well known persons in America, and even in the rest of the world. Not only for his politician career, but also his title as “the greatest bodybuilder ever” and his career as an actor. His main point in the text is, that the immigrants who travel to America to live their dream, has a responsibility as well. They have to give something back. You have to be interested in American culture and history, to learn to speak English and participate in politics. This way you will give something back to America. Arnold himself is mentioning that he had the opportunity to give...
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...Western Movie Graphics vs. Today’s Graphics Ashford University Vicky Roach Starbuck Social Problems SOC203 Instructor Gina Rollings April 4, 2011 Western movies have been around since the beginning of cinematic history in the US. They are no longer the most common nor the most popular movies presented to audiences. However, they still hold a special spot for those who love adventure and larger than life heroes. Stick around and learn more about the history of western movies and the producers and actors that have created them. Before western films became popular with movie going fans, western books and shows blazed the trail, whetting the appetite of millions for adventure. Although life in the early west was harsh, novels began proliferating in the 1860's which presented a more ideal or glamorized version of the experience. Real-life characters such as William F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill") and James Butler Hickok ("Wild Bill" Hickok) as well as a number of fictional characters were extremely popular. While many early western movies told moral tales of good triumphing over evil and men fighting for a righteous cause some were also comedies and others merely action packed showcases for their smart horses and talented "cowboy" actors. Films like "Custer’s Last Fight" in 1912, "On the Night Stage" in 1914, "Hell's Hinges" in 1916, and "Tumbleweeds" in 1925 were well received. Certainly films about the west have focused on cowboys, gunslingers,...
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...The stories of John Wayne Gacey and Bobby Thompson are two murder stories that are shocking in their own rights. While the crimes are horrifying, there are theories of criminality that can help to explain the murderer. These theories draw from the backgrounds of the criminals, which have similarities and differences. John Wayne Gacey was a well-liked business man, who killed thirty-three men over an eight-year span before he was caught by the police (Gacy). The man had a troubled, abusive childhood in which his father beat his mother and belittled him, which causes noticeable, strange behaviors and a grandiose sense of self in adulthood; he was 36 years old when he was apprehended for the murders (Gacy). On the other hand, Bobby Thompson was only 10 years old when he murdered a two-year-old boy (Beyond All Reason). Bobby also had a troubled childhood, which had been a cycle of abuse that his maternal grandfather passed to his mother, whom continued the cycle to Bobby and his brothers (Beyond all Reason). These backgrounds can be used to assign theories of criminality to the murderers, to help explain the heinous crimes committed. First, Gacy’s crimes can be explained through several theories of criminality. The theories that best explain Gacy’s murders would be psychopathy, stimulation seeking theory, and containment theory. Gacy clearly...
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...and John Wayne Gacy. Though they both possess similarities, such as their love for torture and their gender, they had different ways of going about their planned murders. Holmes held his victims in building that was used still being used for public use. On the other hand, Gacy tortured his victims in the privacy...
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