Recent Studies Concerning Violent Tendencies and the Confusion that Arises :: Violence Murder Papers

Recent Studies Concerning Violent Tendencies and the Confusion that Arises It was an urge. . . . . A strong urge, and the endless I let it go the stronger it got, to where I was taking risks to go forbidden and kill people-risks that norm eithery, according to my little rules of operation, I wouldnt take because they could lead to arrest. -Edmund Kemper (6) Ted Bundy. Charles Manson. herds grass McVeigh. Bundy murdered pretty women. Manson had followers who killed on his command. McVeigh is responsible for unrivalled of the close to horrendous terrorist attacks on America, the Oklahoma State bombing. While these three in series(p) killers had different methods for their acts, the one thing they have in common is that they ar killers. Murderers who took a number of innocent lives. Perhaps to not the same extent, entirely sadly enough the world is full of Charles Mansons and Ted Bundys. Violence has become a common and prevalent occurrence in society today. Everyda y on the news one hears stories of crimes-murder, robbery, rape, assault, extortion, kidnapping, homicide, an endless list. Law enforcement works day and nighttime protecting neighborhoods and cities from crimes and violence, but the truth of the matter is that crime still exists and all one can do is ask himself why. Why do such(prenominal) treacherous savage acts exist in society? In essence, one must ask himself whether or not these violent tendencies have whatever biological relation whatsoever. Do violent tendencies occur as an venture of disruptions or damage to the brain? Is there a genetic correlativity? Is violence brought about by some other factor, such as economic difficulties or social or cultural differences? All these questions roost unanswered. But one even significant, broader question that one must submit is whether or not these factors, biologically related and non, effect the occurrence of violent tendencies in individuals. In 1848, a railroad worker, Phineas Gage, was working when an explosion caused an iron rod to impale his skull, damaging the front part of his brain. Although Gage miraculously survived, his behavior severely changed in that the intelligent and respectful man everyone knew abruptly because fitful, impulsive, and rude (2). This is one of the first dated cases insinuating that violence may be related to some kind of damage or abnormality in the brain.