For a long time, the question of nature vs nurture has been important to me because there is a huge difference between serial killers and regular murderers which brings up the question of why. Why is there such a difference between the two killers and is it a genetic predisposition or a effect of their childhood environment? My belief is that it takes a certain combination between genes and environment to create a truly horrendous serial killer.
Noah Hawley, author of “The Good Father”, and writer/producer of the hit TV series Bones, delves into the question of nature vs nurture. The Good Father focuses on the story of a man who learns from a TV news cast that his son is the gunman who assassinated a candidate running for president. Throughout the book, the protagonist, Dr Paul Allen, goes on a search to learn just why his dropout son, Daniel, became a killer.
For a long time, the question of nature vs nurture has been important to me because there is a huge difference between serial killers and regular murderers which brings up the question of why. Why is there such a difference between the two killers and is it a genetic predisposition or a effect of their childhood environment? My belief is that it takes a certain combination between genes and environment to create a truly horrendous serial killer.
