Criminal Justice DB cite at least 1 journal article 200 word min
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Ted Bundy – Born To Kill? (Documentary)
Duration: (44:35)
User: n99999999999 – Added: 7/20/11
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zriSw1UBqv8
Please respond positively to this post read and answer as if you are talking with this person. 200 words min with a journal cite
Ted Bundy was a very deranged individual. He committed to killing over 36 women to which he confessed after 11 years on death row. According to a detective, he asked Bundy why he did what he did and Bundy replied, “I like it, I enjoy it.”
The self control theory can relate to the acts that were committed by Bundy. “Self control is a person’s ability to alter his or her own mental and emotional states and behavioral responses” (Schmalleger, 137). Ted Bundy was successful when it came to altering his emotional and mental states when it came to representing himself in court. Bundy knew how to work the system and escape in order to continue to commit the crimes he wanted and loved to do.
Behavior theory is a “psychological perspective, this theory posits that individual behavior that is rewarded will increase frequency while that which is punished will decrease. The reward for Bundy was by gaining media attention and feeling like he controlled the world” (Schmalleger, 127).
The psychological theory is a “theory derived from the behavioral sciences that focuses on the individual as a unit of analysis. Psychological theories place the locus of crime causation within the personality of the individual offender” (Schmalleger, ,G-10). Bundy fell under this theory by his grandparents pretending to be his parents and his mother pretending to be his sister. When Bundy found out the truth he was devastated and knew he had been lied to all these years.
Schmalleger, Frank. (2012). Criminology Today: An Integrative Introduction. (6th Ed.) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall
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Over 36 women murders, Ted Bundy confessed to having killed those women. According to the analysis and the described theories relating to his case, I believe he is suffering from various psychological disorders that make him commit the murders with no guilt……………………………
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