This might be cheating because I had to write this abstract for my criminological theory class... but it's about Ted Bundy and has big words like "neuropsychological" in it so I figured I would share.
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Ted Bundy is one of America’s most notorious serial killers; a stain on the memory of the American people. Bundy is known for his thirty-six known victims, most of whom he murdered, raped, and sodomized. He was also known for engaging in necrophilia with the remains of his victims. Examining Bundy’s childhood, teenage years and adulthood using Travis Hirschi’s Social Bond Theory, as well as Terrie E Moffitt’s Developmental Theory of Life-Course-Persistent Antisocial Behavior reveals deviant tendencies and environment factors at an early age that support Hirschi and Moffitt’s theories. Bundy’s lack of attachment, commitment and involvement, as well as his understanding of Methodism but total disregards of the laws of his belief, sustains Hirschi’s Social Bond theory. Also, Bundy’s “manifestations” of antisocial behavior at a young age, which included abuse to others and animals as a toddler and shoplifting, in addition to thievery of friends, families, and strangers personal belongings, throughout his teenage and adult life, corroborate Moffitt’s Life-Course-Persistent Antisocial Behavior Theory. Unfortunately, Hirschi’s Social Bond theory falls short because Bundy did have some ties to his community; he was the Vice President of his Methodist Youth Fellowship, and excelled throughout most of his education. Furthermore, Moffitt’s theory falls short because it is based on neuropsychological functions and neural development which, due to Bundy’s execution, cannot be analyzed, tested or proven present. But it is still important to understand, so we can learn to identify and prevent antisocial behavior and serial killer tendencies.
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