Jeffrey Dahmer Why does a Jeffrey Dahmer happen? How does a man become a serial killer, necrophiliac, cannibal and psychopath? Very few convincing answers are forthcoming, despite a spate of books that propose to understand the problem. Many of the theories would have you believe that the answers can always be found in childhood abuse, bad parenting, head trauma, fetal alcoholism and drug addiction. Perhaps in some cases, these are contributing factors, but not for …showed first 75 words of 2025 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2025 total…uncomfortable about his own sexual orientation, it is very easy to see it projected into these victims and punishing them indirectly to punish himself." Serial murder, psychopathology, necrophilia, cannibalism -- none of these phenomena is unique to modern times. The explanation of these phenomena go in and out of fashion. Today, genetics is gaining ground over behaviorism in explaining why people become criminals. In the case of Jeffrey Dahmer, it may be the only explanation.