Jeffrey Dahmer
“Milwaukee Cannibal”
BY: KEEGAN COREY
Background
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Born may 21st 1960
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Died on November 28 1994
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Grew up in Ohio
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Beaten to death in prison by Christopher Scarver
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Dahmer said he was “Happy until age 6”
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Murdered 17 men and boys
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Started having compulsions of murder and necrophilia (sexual attraction towards
corpses) at age 14
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The age of his victims ranged between 14 and 33
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Lacked in self confidence and became very isolated after the birth of his younger brother
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First murder was at age 18 (Steven Hicks)
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Parents had a rough marriage and eventually got a divorce
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Nicknames are the “Milwaukee Cannibal” and “Milwaukee Monster”
Criminal Profile
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Some of his murders
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First degree murder (any murder that is premeditated and with malice intent)
and kidnapping, June 18, 1978, Steven Hicks, jail
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Rape and first degree murder, November 20, 1987, Steven Tuomi, Jail
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Rape and first degree murder, January 16, 1988, James Doxtator, jail
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Rape, first degree murder, and kidnapping, March 24, 1988, Richard Guerrero,
jail
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Kidnapping, July 22, 1991, Tracy Edwards, jail
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Sentenced to 16 terms of life imprisonment (jailed for a serious crime where a
person must serve the rest of their life in prison) at the Columbia Correctional
Institution in Wisconsin
Cultural References
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Books- The Human Predator, Of Men and Monsters, The Jeffrey Dahmer
Story: An American Nightmare, etc.
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Song Lyrics- “Dark Horse” “She’s a beast, I call her karma. She’ll eat your
heart out, like Jeffrey Dahmer.”, “Eat You Alive” “Let me out my cage, I’ll
eat these beats. I’m hip hop’s Jeffrey Dahmer.”
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18 total songs that talk about him
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Known as “Rap’s favorite serial killer”
Theory of Deviance
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Jeffrey Dahmer was one of the most notable serial killers in history. He killed
purely for the fun of it and for is own satisfaction. He had no remorse for his
killings and didn’t ever want to stop murdering people. It was hard to come up
with one theory that best describes Dahmer. I think they’re many different
theories that he could be but only one really describes him the best. I chose to
the behavioral theory for Dahmer.
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The behavioral theory basically means people aren’t born violent but become
dangerous as a result of their day to day experiences. He grew up with parents
who constantly fought all the time. Their constant arguing eventually led to a
divorce. I think that these experiences played a part in who he became. There
are probably a lot of other factors that molded him into the serial killer that he
grew up to be. Overall, I believe the behavioral theory best describes Jeffrey
Dahmer.