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First thing anyone should know going into this topic is it is not an easy one. Research is scarce, and what you do find tends to be very vague. The topic in itself is rather interesting. What causes a person to kill other people, a traumatic childhood? A single incident perhaps? Or is it genetics? With no conclusive evidence one way or another it is best to say that all are factors in the making of a serial killer. Some may say. Behind every serial killer is a traumatic past, some event or series of events that has triggered this urge to kill. These people are not different from the rest of the population, there is no birthmark or deformity that labels them as serial killer. This may be why they are scarier to the population then the monsters in movies, but the sad truth is most serial killers are preventable. A reoccurring pattern can be seen in the childhood of some of the most famous serial killers in American History. And others would refute that all serial killers were born the way they turned out. They are simply the victim of their genes or of their own mind and body. Their compulsion to kill is all simply a mess up in the wiring of the brain, or it is the reaction to a biological factor such as a chemical imbalance in the brain. That every serial murder is actually a mentally disturbed, with an issue that was with them at birth and was unchangeable, only thing that could have been done is it could have been caught and treated at a young age, although it could never be cured. My personal belief is that both factors come into play, for the most part. Maybe some people were just born that way and had no chance. While others had the potential to not become serial killers but because of external circumstances they became the way they are. Many people might have gone through the same experiences they did and not come out wanting to kill others, because of a lack of predisposition towards murder. Many Authors and researchers have come to the same conclusion, what we know is very limited and does not apply to everyone, and so it is impossible to decide conclusively whether these people are born evil or develop evil. As more research is done in the area of study, we will hopefully find our answer. Until then it appears most probable that serial killers can be formed in many different ways and although some may appear to be “born evil” others are created by society.