06-28-2019, 04:11 AM
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Too old to care
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Originally Posted by cordoba
Depends how you define serial killer. If it's defined as any murderer who has killed more than one or two people, then with the gun crime in the USA, it's not surprising it's top. But I suspect that, at least per head of population, Russia, Ukraine and South American countries have produced more real serial killers.
Certainly countries such as Russia, Columbia, and the Ukraine, produce the worst serial killers. Look at this Wikipedia 'top list' of the worst ones by number of victims, and you'll see that Columbia has three in the top ten, and Russia/Ukraine three also. The USA only has one. It's the same further down the list.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ber_of_victims |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...nal_death_rate
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/...l-killers.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._United_States
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https://www.quora.com/Which-country-...serial-killers
The US has by far the most serial killers in the world. In both total numbers and per capita. There are 4.5x more people in the US as compared to the UK yet there are over 20x more serial killers in the US. Societal production of serial killers is a symptom of societal illness. It won't be resolved with more severe punishment and more police force. We need real understanding of the social, psychological and biological processes that conspire to create sociopathy and violence. From fetus to infant to childhood and adolescence. Then create change based on this understanding. I think that the ...
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How many active serial killers in the US?
In the United States — the country with by far the most documented cases of serial killing — there have been approximately 2,625 serial killers, who have together killed many more victims. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), serial killers tend to operate in defined geographical areas.
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