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Nov 21, 2024
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2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog
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AJS 192 - Serial Killers and Mass Murderers
Description: Motives, methods and states of mind of both serial killers and mass murderers. Includes profiling of these killers and their victims, as well as theories of causation.
Credits: 3
Lecture: 3
Lab: 0
Course Content:
- Profiles of serial killers and mass murderers
- The mind and motives of a serial killer
- The mind and motives of a mass murderer
- Theories of causation of serial and mass murderers
- Victimology of serial and mass murderers
- Media and public fascination with serial and mass murderers
Learning Outcomes:
- Compare and contrast the profiles of serial killers and mass murderers. (1)
- Analyze the mind and motives of a serial killer and a mass murderer. (2,3)
- Explain theories of causation of serial and mass murderers. (4)
- Describe the victimology of serial and mass murderers. (5)
- Discuss media and public fascination with serial and mass murderers. (6)
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