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Serial Killers
When murder becomes commonplace, only exceptional murders are noticed.

Facts:

Over 90% of serial killers are white males.
Their IQ's tend to be in the bright to normal range.
Inspite of their bright IQ's, they tend to do poorly in school, and have a hard time maintaing jobs.
Typically, they come from unstable families, with histories of criminal, pyschiatric, & alcoholic tendencies.
They are commonly abused as children, psychologically, physically, and sexually. Often the abuser is a family member.
Many of them end up spending time in institutions as children and have records of early psychiatric problems.
High rate of suicide attempts.
Intense interest from an early age in voyeurism, fetishism, and sadomasochistic pornography.

Facts taken from: The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers by Harold Schechter and David Everitt.