Essays on Overkill

Ordovician-Silurian mass extinction is one of the greatest mass extinction in the history. According to statistics, over one hundred families became extinct. This was associated with the movement and fragmentation of the supercontinent. Secondly was as a result of ocean cooling beyond levels the organisms could survive. While the organisms had initially adapted to the warm tropical conditions, the sudden transition to the cold climate was unbearable for most organisms (“Ordovician”,n.d.).. The late Devonian mass extinction is thought to have been warm and dry period. It was characterized by Devonian fish that was the main components of ...

- Using the crime classification worksheet found in Chapter 1, Exhibit 1.1, choose a major crime or specific criminal and discuss the crime(s) through the use of the factors on the worksheet. Be sure to provide a citation in APA format of the crime or criminal you researched.

The specific criminal who I choose to analyze using the crime classification worksheet found in Chapter 1, Exhibit 1.1, is Steven Pennell, the sexual sadist. The victims of Steven Pennell were high risk victims. They were either involved in prostitution or drug use. This is illustrated in the case involving Catherine DiMauro. The text, Serial Violence: Analysis of Modus Operandi and Signature Characteristics of Killers, describes DiMauro as a “former lunchwagon driver with a police record of prostitution arrests” (Keppel & Birnes, 2009, p. 143). Robert Keppel and William Birnes explain that DiMauro’s main mode of transportation was “ ...