Taking a look at the american serial killer Richard Chase also…
Question Answered step-by-step Taking a look at the american serial killer Richard Chase also… Taking a look at the american serial killer Richard Chase also known as “The vampire killer of Sacramento” and “The Dracula Killer” (Biondi & Hecox, 1992 p 178) because he drank his victims blood and cannibalised their remains. To many, his behaviors were incomprehensible.His victims included men, women, and children. The DSM-5 criteria for Schizophrenia(Halter, 2017 p 191) states that two or more of the following each present for a significant portion of time during a 1 month period( or less if successfully treated) at least one of these must be (1),(2), or (3): (1) Delusions (2) Hallucinations (3) Disorganized speech (frequent derailment or incoherance) (4) Grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior.(5) Negative symptoms (i.e diminished emotional expression or avolition.) Continuous signs of disturbance persists for at least 6 months.As a young man Chase fit the criteria. Over Chase’s lifetime he was diagnosed with several disorders which included Hypochondria, delusional disorder and Paranoid schizophrenia. Over a period of time it developed into violent psychopathy. With research, I came across a theory called The Schahriar Syndrome Model. (Claus & Linberg, 1999).This model explains the mental framework of the systematic understanding of a serial killer. It is a list of clusters of personality traits of serial killers. This includes Omnipotence: which refers to a person thinking that they are all powerful(Claus & Linberg ,1999) (Fouche’ 2015, pg 420). I believe that when Richard Chase was doing his violent acts (drinking blood and cannibalizing his victims)he was thinking he was omnipotent. Sadistic Fantasies : A significant number of serial murders exhibit sadistic fantasies ( Johnson & Becker, 1997). These fantasies include creating psychological pain that could be sexual or nonsexual but they are inflicted on others.Richard Chase definately created sadistic fantasies.Ritualised Performance: exceeds the cause of death. The cannabolism and the drinking of the blood was the ritualised performance in this case. Dehumanization: allows humans to drop thier inhibitions against harming others and commiting acts of unspeakable cruelty. When you dehumanize you look at a person as if they’re an object, animal, machine,etc.Symbiotic Merger:Wanting to form a symbiotic unity with a victim. When Richard Chase ingested blood and body parts of his victims and/or the act of necrophilia.These examples better explain the psychological functioning of this serial killer. Disagree or Agree with peer reviewed references please Social Science Psychology PSYCHOLOGY 101 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)
