Week 4- richard speck - reflective analysis of serial killer assigned for the week through educational PDF

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_x_ Alcohol abuse 1. Drunk getting every day at 15 years old. Stole new dad’s alcohol 2. Heavy drinker throughout life. (Serial Killer - A&E Biography ''Richard Speck'', 2017) _x_ Drug abuse 1. Smoked weed 2. Pills 3. Cocaine (Serial Killer - A&E Biography ''Richard Speck'', 2017) _x_ Psychiatric history 1. they stated he was competent to stand trial. 2. His psychiatrist thinks that he took hormones and became a woman in prison so that he could be used and abused in prison to feel like he could be punished for what he did. (Serial Killer - A&E Biography ''Richard Speck'', 2017) _x_ Criminal history 1. Drunk disorderly conduct, shoplifting, indecent exposure 2. Forgery 3. Mugged a woman at knife point trying to rape her when overly drunk and was arrested. 4. Robbed a grocery store and fled to Texas and went back to Illinois. 5. Broke into a 65 year old woman’s house and raped her. (Serial Killer - A&E Biography ''Richard Speck'', 2017) _x_ Sexual problems 1. Prostitutes and one night stands. Targeted easy women 2. Got his gf pregnant after 3 weeks of dating and married her soon after. But still messed with prostitutes while married instead of saving his money for his family. 3. Richard thought she was cheating on him so he messed with prostitutes in front of her to hurt her. Wasn’t there for the birth of his child. 4. Demanded sex 4-5 times a day from wife when he got out of jail. Abused her if she denied. 5. Wife filed for divorce then she remarried. Richard felt he was again abandoned and unwanted. 6. Raped another woman in Michigan at knife point. Used the gun he stole from her to attack an apartment full of nursing students. Held 8 nurses at gun point into one room. Collected money from the women. He tied each one of them up with bed sheets. Killed all the women with a knife. He left one survivor without knowing it. (Serial Killer - A&E Biography ''Richard Speck'', 2017) _x_ Physical abuse 1. New stepfather abused him and his siblings. (Biogrpahy.com, 2017) _x_ Psychological abuse 1. new father called him names and tormented him. (Serial Killer - A&E Biography ''Richard Speck'', 2017) _x_ Dominant father figure aligned with a negative relationship with male caretaker figures

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1. Very close to his dad and deeply looked up to him. When he died, it was devastating. Began to act out and regress in development. 2. New stepfather was mean to him. Made him hate his stepfather. (Serial Killer A&E Biography ''Richard Speck'', 2017) _x_ Negative relationships with both natural mother and or adoptive mother 1. mother was super strict and religious. Scolded father for drinking one beer. Richard never liked her. Mother remarried and resented her for remarrying and moving the household. 2. Mom became a saint later in life after always being there for him in times of need. He modelled every girl after him. (Serial Killer - A&E Biography ''Richard Speck'', 2017) _x_ Treated unfairly 1. new father would call him names and bully him. (Serial Killer - A&E Biography ''Richard Speck'', 2017) ___ Head trauma ___ Demon seed

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bragged about his cruelty to people. He wanted to avenge his ex-wife betrayal. Fled from all his problems. Moved to Chicago and found work as a seaman where he got appendicitis on sea. He was in the hospital for 2 weeks and enjoyed attention from the nurses. He tried to kill himself with glass from alcohol bottle. Hotel worker found him and when taken to hospital, he was identified. He was a shy person without drugs and alcohol. (Serial Killer - A&E Biography ''Richard Speck'', 2017) Explanation: I think that Speck became a killer for many reasons. From the start, I believe that the death of his father damaged him mentally significantly. I think his dad was his most prominent role model, and the dad's death destroyed him. His mom wasn't very loving, it seemed, so I don't think he had good guidance for dealing with his father's death. When the mother remarried, I think this is where a lot of hate for women began. He started to view women as just sex objects because he would use prostitutes. After dropping out of high school, he got addicted to drugs and alcohol. It wasn't until he was bailed out of jail by his loving religious mother that he saw her as a saint again. He chose women from the idea of his mom. After three weeks, he got his girlfriend pregnant and married her. But it seems he still did not respect her. He would touch and kiss prostitutes in front of her, spent his money on prostitutes, and missed the birth of his child. He never had respect for women and had a lot of hate toward them. All of this caused a lot of sexual problems. He was shy and quiet, but his addiction to drugs and alcohol made him adventurous, bringing out a darker side of him. He was always on the run from the police, and I think he knew

he would eventually get caught and that he would do as much damage to the world as he could. He killed the eight women to prove that he could, and women didn't mean much. He wanted to show his power and dominance because he was weak and insecure. Speck was not raised with a father figure role model to be a man, so he never acted as one. He was a coward and tried to kill himself before being caught. When in prison, he took on the role of the woman he abused by taking hormones. He became the easiest target in prison. The psychiatrist said, "that was his way of paying for his crimes- to be the woman he abused to see what it felt." However, I believe his punishment was not great enough. References: “A&E Biography ~ Richard Speck 1999.” YouTube, YouTube, 4 Sept. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEDQPtVjstg.

Biography.com Editors. “Richard Speck.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 14 July 2020, www.biography.com/people/richard-speck-11730438....