The last approach I am going to mention is the addiction approach. The title to the approach is self-explanatory but holds certain interesting aspects to it. The theory to this approach is the same as an alcoholic. This also goes with the frustration/aggression hypothesis, with the person feeling discomfort between offenses and then being cured of that discomfort when a kill is made. In between killings, the killers grow that need for the kill. After a kill is made they have that feeling of calmness (this calmness could give the person a feeling of at ease and the ability to sleep). As with the addiction to pornography and sex, the serial murderer may be addicted to his peculiar activity. This addiction could be the reason for why they kill so many people (Mukherjee, 1998, 6).

With all the studies and research that has been done on serial killers there should be some warning signs before it gets to the point of killing. This society is made up of many different levels of society and not all people pay close attention to family and friends. The future killer should receive counseling to help them recuperate from the abuse and the child’s violent behavior would not develop. If society became involved and made sure that each child was loved and treated well, many lives would be saved in the future. The bottom line of this paper is that serial killers develop as children because of the abuse they receive. Traumatic childhood experiences all lead to the development of the most frightening psychopath of all-The Serial Killer.