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Monster Essays - Serial Killing: Is It An Addiction?
Serial Killing: Is It An Addiction?
The statement that the serial killer is addicted to what he does
cannot be properly supported without a discussion of addiction. While the
pharmacological examples such as alcoholism and heroin addiction are still
the clearest examples of addiction, new models of addictive behavior
including exercise addiction, compulsive gambling, and even sexual
addiction have gained acceptance. Just as alcoholism was once thought to be
a conscious choice, these latter examples have long been thought to be the
result of such things as a defective moral character. Recently, however, it
has been recogni....
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