Jeffrey Dahmer Research Paper

A controversial mass murder who is said to be mentally ill was Jeffrey Dahmer. Dahmer also known as the milwaukee cannibal is know for the dismemberment and rape of seventeen men. One can argue that dahmer was very mentally ill. Who in the right mind would rape and eat another human. Dr. George Palermo, A forensic psychiatrist thought otherwise. He was called by the court judge and testified that Damher was not mentally ill. Palermo explains that “ Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer is not insane, and not a necrophiliac, but a “very sick man” who killed out of lust, the desire for control and the need to rid himself “of the source of his homosexual attraction”(Dr. George Palermo). Palermo later explains that Dahmer knew what he was doing exactly and knew

In the magazine “Any lessons from Virginia Tech?” by Richard Baltz and Lee Wainberg elaborate that, “yet this horrific slaughter of innocent students predictable raised extremely difficult questions and set off vigorous debates on topics ranging from legal and university policies for handling suicidal or otherwise deeply troubled students” (Vatz and Wainberg). This is basically saying that there were reformatins due to the mass murder that involved mental illness. These changes included gun laws. Gun laws and mental illness as said by a greek philosopher epictetus as grasping the problem “by the wrong handle”(Gutheil et al 2005 96). From 2008-2013 the (NICS) improvement act of 2008 stated that mental health record submissions needed to increase. With this law inplace, less than one percent of the denials were because of the records. This explains why there has not been a drop in mass shootings. Not all mass shooting that occurred where done by a mentally ill person. They could easily walk into a store a purchase a gun and pass the increased standard on mental illness. During that same time period that the law had been implaces the FBI had seen an increase in gun violence. For example Knoll quotes from Franze and Grann that, “even if one assumes a direct association between violence against others and serious mental illness, the focus must be

The cause to not put them in prison may be right but it has a negative affect. Mass murderers that are convicted as not guilty by reason of insanity are turned lose to the public and are a threat to society. Mental institution hold those who are condemned as mentally for a period of time till they see and the court sees that the person has changed. Due to the releases of these criminals they only cause grief on communities. A cover story by the Atlantic Monthly releases in 1997 A Grief Like No Other. This magazine was 29 pages by Eric Schlosser. He talks about how the release of the hte insane back into the public, and how that affects the family of the murdered. Vatz and Weinberg explain more unto the the release of the mentally ill and their effect on communities. They say that, “The goal of the treatment is recovery, and many families of victims whose killers have been found not guilty by reason of insanity complain that the mental health professionals who support the release of these individuals are insensitive”(Vatz and Weinberg 51). They state that the families of those who have been victims to the killings of the insane people disagree when they are released. They see it more reasonable when they see their killer put into jail and never seen again. Studies show that psychiatrist can't predict on weather a insane killer will strike again. A 1994 volume of Law and