Can Stand Your Ground create 'legal serial killers?'

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35. ALSO, "Defining 'Serial Killer': So Much Confusion"

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Defining 'Serial Killer': So Much Confusion
Despite the FBI's influence, its change in definition has not trickled down.
Published on April 15, 2013 by Katherine Ramsland in Shadow Boxing
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/shadow-boxing/201304/defining-serial-killer-so-much-confusion

"In the Vancouver Sun recently, I saw this statement: 'A serial killer is defined as someone who commits more than three murders over a period that spans more than one month. For the most part, serial killers commit murder for some sort of psychological benefit.'

"I've seen similar definitions in many other media reports, despite the FBI's change in 2005 to a minimum of two murders with no reference to motive or timeframe. This is not surprising, considering the haphazard history of the term.

"The phrase, 'serial killer,' was first used in a book, The Complete Detective, in 1950, while serienmörder was coined in 1931 in Germany in reference to Peter Kürten... "

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