Inside the Mind of Jeffrey Dahmer: The Cannibal Killer

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He talks about Jeffrey's poor grandmother who had to deal with the comings and goings of Jeffrey at all times of the night, the sickly sweet smell of decomposition coming from her basement/garage. Both parents made big mistakes from what I've read, but I can sympathise with both, as they did their best considering. Then we move onto the relationship between his parents, conception of Jeff and the pregnancy itself. That means that YOU need to be a GOOD PARENT if you decide to have kids (obviously there isn’t perfection, but reasonable parents don’t generally produce killers!

I can completely understand drawing comparisons between Dahmer and other serial killers, but some of it was entirely irrelevant.Both his parents didn't really have time for him, ignored him most of the time, didn't make a effort as a parent to engage with Jeffrey, ask him how he was, how school was going, simple things like that.

This is an issue that deserves the attention most social issues repeatedly and overwhelmingly get too much of. He dropped out of Ohio State University after one quarter term, and his recently remarried father insisted that he join the Army. With any improvement of any health issue be it physical or mental, there has to be interest, curiosity, intensity.I also felt that a lot of contempt for the profession was coming through in the writing, which, as somebody who wants to become a psychologist, is not something that I appreciated. While psychology is not an exact science and different people in the profession can come to different conclusions, I feel that the author spent too many pages trying to prove his point. Between his tirades against religious groups, Lee did present some interesting information about Dahmer’s childhood.

Maybe it’s bc I have BPD as well (on the less severe side of the scale), idk, but I just wished we stopped seeing people as crazy and instead people who need help. There are other “Dahmers” out there, and we need to understand that these dispositions aren’t a choice, and WE must do all that we can to HELP people with these dispositions. For one of the reasons that made me pick Dahmer was the fact that while investigating his later murders the police found evidence of necrophilia, which is sexual intercourse or attraction towards corpses, and cannibalism, which is the act of practice of consuming another human’s organs. However there are a lot of author opinions throughout the book compared to his other books and I did have to push myself to finish this. I also do not believe he was a monster and truly feel bad for everyone involved in the Dahmer case, including him.I agree that in such extreme court cases and crimes, you should look at the whole picture and try to understand the perpetrator’s motives and ways of thinking. I don't think we really got into the mind of Jeffrey Dahmer here, but the author did talk about his childhood, his upbringing, his parents’ relationship, his time in the military and those he killed. Unfortunately, there was still a huge stigma surrounding mental health and homosexuality at the time. Potentially the title is misleading, I didn’t feel like we truly got into the mind of Jeffrey Dahmer.

Unfortunately I had to edit my review because it was too long, but I hope people still read my book review. However, I did that he referenced a couple other books to debate the claims made in said books but it was still dripping with condescending tones rather than allowing the reader to make their own mind up from the thoughts he had brought up. A lot of women read true crime, to learn what red flags in the behaviour of a man or woman to look out for, pay attention to especially when something feels off about them, something doesn't seem right, or their behaviour, attitude, demeanor doesn't match up with what they say, it's a red flag! It is also said that there would be 'episodes' where Joyce would become rigid and foam at the mouth. One of them is forever scarred/damaged by what he endured, the horrific experience of being tortured/raped by Jeffrey Dahmer.

She also was so busy being a druggie taking 26 different kind of drugs she wasn’t capable of being a good mother. Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 21, 1960 born to Lionel and Joyce Dahmer. Even if he wasn't turned on by his fantasies, or what he did to his 17 victims, I think that it was sexually satisfying for him to totally control, dominate, own/possess his victim, consume a part of them so they would be with him forever.