According to Saint Jude University, in the future law enforcement plans to use robots, robotic cameras and flying drones (if the government will allow it) to help with their law enforcement duties.
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When I think of the future I tend to think of robots and flying drones everywhere (kind of like the movie I-Robot) and I think technology like this is only going to help increase law enforcement so that they can catch more criminals. DNA technology, fingerprinting and computer animated sketches have grown tremendously and will continue to grow.
I primarily believe that the serial killer population will keep decreasing because technology is advancing. Of course, like Diane Dimond noted, there will always be serial killers active in the U.S. Now that I have given statistics on serial killers decreasing since the 1980s, this begs the question as to what a serial killer will be like in 100 years? There is no exact answer but by looking at the decreasing numbers of serial killers I can assume that the numbers are only going to decrease more and more.
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Throughout my whole series on serial killers, about 98% have been white males and it wasn’t until I reached the 21 st century is when I saw a change in ethnicity. If you look at my last post, 21 st century serial killers, you will notice that I mention an African-American serial killer for the first time on my blog. According to Psychology Today, 20% of serial killers are now African-American and 17% of serial killers are women. Serial killers are becoming more ethnically diverse. This is something that I want to touch base on because while researching the statistics of serial killers I did come across evidence that shows that the typical mid-aged white male stereotype of a serial killer is changing. If you remember, in my first post I talked about the definition of a serial killer and how they are distinguished different from other criminals such as gang members.Īnother blogger named Gabrielle Moss noted that despite the decrease in serial killers the stereotypes are changing. I would also like to point out that these numbers that she presented could be mistaken for other criminals. I couldn’t find where she got this information but I will have to argue that this is false only for the mere fact that the statistics do not show that there are hundreds of active serial killers right now. at any given time and that the FBI admits that there are as many as hundreds of them active right now. For instance, Diane Dimond noted in her blog titled ‘Serial Killers-How Many Are There?’ that the FBI says there is between 35-50 active serial killers in the U.S. These numbers do not include the unidentified serial killers and the ones unknown and we all know that there are serial killers we probably do not know about that exist among us (scary!).ĭespite these statistics some believe that serial killers are on the rise. To see the original please go to: Radford University/FGCU Serial Killer Database.**Īnother thing to note is that these statistics are only showing caught/identified serial killers. **Note: Both charts had to be edited in order to fit onto this page. This shows that serial killers have in fact been gradually decreasing. If you notice, the numbers are in the hundreds from 1978-1999 then the numbers drop below the hundreds throughout the 21 st century. In another chart by the Radford University/FGCU Serial Killer Database, it shows the number of active serial killers by each year in the U.S.
**Source: Radford University/FGCU Serial Killer Database. In the chart below you will see that the frequency of serial killers hit a peak in the 1980s (no surprise there!) and since then has gradually decreased. Per the Radford University/FGCU Serial Killer Database, the statistics show that active serial killers in the U.S. Well, in fact, serial killers are decreasing. I wonder if this must do with the fact that serial killers themselves are decreasing or if we just don’t hear about them anymore? In my last post, I talked about 21 st century serial killers and how they are not mentioned as much in the news.