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Organized vs Disorganized
Casebook Message Boards: General Discussion: Miscellaneous:
Organized vs Disorganized
Author: Jon
Saturday, 28 September 2002 - 06:12 pm |        | A killer can be said to display 'organized' or 'disorganized' traits but these terms are not absolute and many killers display both traits to varying degrees therefore the terms are only generalizations.
The terms were intended to describe two distinct personalities but as with many people a personality is a complex mix. Any criminal who display's an appreciable number of both traits is said to be 'mixed'.
Put simply, an 'organized' killer displays evidence of planning and adaptation. Whereas the 'disorganized' killer has no planning and act on impulse. But this again is "generally speaking".
Organized.
Victim is low risk, either physically or by social class.
Evidence of planning, pre-meditation, killer came prepared, carried weapon or 'rape-kit'.
Victims are usually targetted strangers and may fit a certain 'type' he is focusing on.
Initially the killer tries to control his victim either by ruse or deceit, its a game.
Killer will adapt to changes in the situation while committing the crime.
M.O. improves as the series continues.
Murder sites may gradually venture farther away in extent as his confidence grows. This would support the view that the earliest murders were committed nearest to the killers home base.
The killer may attempt to clean up the crime scene and evidence of his presence there.
Victims body may be nude & hidden, either whole or in pieces.
Victims body has been transported from the crime scene.
Killer may stage a crime scene, ie, to make a rape-murder appear to be an interrupted burglary.
The killer often takes trophies, usually personal items of the victim.
Generally the sex act is completed with the victim alive.
Victim has usually been kept alive for some time while subject to torture and humiliation.
Killer may attempt to take part in murder investigation.
Disorganized.
Victim may be high risk, killer did not consider violent consequences or resistance.
Murder was spontaneous, not planned, weapon taken from or left at the crime scene.
Blitz-type attack, killer not exerting control, wishes to render victim unconscious or disfigures the features.
Events at crime scene appear illogical, killer may panic, attract attention and leave obvious evidence.
M.O. has no consistancy either regresive or progresive.
Killer cares little for crime scene evidence, simply wishes to escape the location.
Victim is left out in the open, at the crime scene, not hidden, not often nude.
Victim is depersonalized by facial mutilation and physical mutilation.
Killer may remove and take away body parts of the victim.
Typically there is no sex act evident, in the normal sense, but if evident, is usually committed after death.
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In compiling the above list of traits I consulted, Whoever Fights Monsters, by Robert Ressler. The above list is limited to listing most of the traits found at any crime scene and does not delve into the personal physical & social traits that are indicative of each class which are also mentioned in the book.
The list is an attempt to provide the casual reader with a few tips by which he/she can try to identify into which category the various Whitechapel murders fall.
This is a subjective study and any two researchers may disagree on a variety of issues, but the list is intended to provide at least partial input to help in any discussion.
Regards, Jon |
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