Aileen: The Life and Death of a Serial Killer
1. Please include an overview of the documentary and the crime. This should be a thorough explanation of the documentary including all individuals involved and a detailed account of what happened as well as the final outcome of the case.
Aileen Wuornos is known as the first female serial killer in the United States. Wuornos was a prostitute in Florida. Through 1992 and 1993, Wuornos confessed to six murders, and received six death penalties. The killing spree started in November 1989, with the murder of her first victim, fifty-one year old Richard Mallory from Clearwater, Florida. She claimed that he tried to rape her, therefore she killed him out of self-defense. She shot him three times with a .22 pistol, dumped his body and stole his car. Six months later, forty-three year old David Spears was found shot to death by a .22 pistol. Less than a week later, another naked victim had been found, his body so badly decomposed, the identification process took a while. The victim had been shot nine times with a .22 pistol. The victim was later identified as Charles Carskaddon, a forty year old rodeo worker. Two …show more content…
Were there developmental or learning factors that contributed to the individual’s crime? Explain these factors.
As a child, Wuornos was abandoned, abused, and neglected. All throughout her life, she was surrounded by violence and she never was taught the correct way of life, instead she lived a life of crime. She often was involved in fights, getting arrested for assault. She was a prostitution, which was the direct connection she had to all of the men that she murdered. She observed everyone around her committing illegal acts, therefore she learned from them and accepted them as correct.
8. Do you think there was a key intervention point that could have changed the likelihood that the individual in your documentary would commit the crime? If so, when and what was this intervention point. If not, explain
1. Please include an overview of the documentary and the crime. This should be a thorough explanation of the documentary including all individuals involved and a detailed account of what happened as well as the final outcome of the case.
Aileen Wuornos is known as the first female serial killer in the United States. Wuornos was a prostitute in Florida. Through 1992 and 1993, Wuornos confessed to six murders, and received six death penalties. The killing spree started in November 1989, with the murder of her first victim, fifty-one year old Richard Mallory from Clearwater, Florida. She claimed that he tried to rape her, therefore she killed him out of self-defense. She shot him three times with a .22 pistol, dumped his body and stole his car. Six months later, forty-three year old David Spears was found shot to death by a .22 pistol. Less than a week later, another naked victim had been found, his body so badly decomposed, the identification process took a while. The victim had been shot nine times with a .22 pistol. The victim was later identified as Charles Carskaddon, a forty year old rodeo worker. Two …show more content…
Were there developmental or learning factors that contributed to the individual’s crime? Explain these factors.
As a child, Wuornos was abandoned, abused, and neglected. All throughout her life, she was surrounded by violence and she never was taught the correct way of life, instead she lived a life of crime. She often was involved in fights, getting arrested for assault. She was a prostitution, which was the direct connection she had to all of the men that she murdered. She observed everyone around her committing illegal acts, therefore she learned from them and accepted them as correct.
8. Do you think there was a key intervention point that could have changed the likelihood that the individual in your documentary would commit the crime? If so, when and what was this intervention point. If not, explain