The Clifford Robert Olson Jr. & William George Bonin Project
COMPARING & Contrasting: Two Serial Killlers
Created By: Sharon Gladston
Olson once incarcerated in BC PrisonBuilt 1877 - Opened 1878 - Closed 1980 after 102 years. The British Columbia Penitentiary (BC Penitentiary, commonly referred to as the BC Pen and the Pen). A a federal maximum security prison located in Olson apprehended after a nostalgic visit before ithe prison would close. Photo from https://upload .wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb /f/f4/BCPenitentiary Construction1877.jpg/220px-BCPenitentiaryConstruction1877.jpg | San Quintin State prision from - from California Department of Corrections websi | Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines InstitutionBonin was moved here from BC. He contracted terminal cancer here, then died in hospital shortly thereafter in 2011. Image of Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Institution 002-20 from government of Canada corrections website |
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Olson in his cell - Toronto Sun Stock Photo - Worthington, P 1297320621725_ORIGI | T. Johnsrud - Olson 1st male victimOlson - Victim -Daryn Johnsrude - First Change of MO. Authorities did not initially link his slaying with the girls who were been killed at first. | William George Boninwilliam-bonin-thumb-150x179 from http blogs ocweekly com.jpg |
Olson's Territory - Vancouver BC | Bonin's Territory - California USA.jpg | Bonin's Team Sport - Killing |
Baby's feet - familial relationship - clipart.jpg | Predators! - Why?Shark from microsoft clip art.jpg | Bonin's victims 8-20Bonin's 21st victim was not killed. Police interrupted that process when he was trailed and arrested in a deserted parking lot. Bonin's victim - set 2 - bonin006.jpg from Murderpedia |
Bonins 1st set of victims 7 of 21Bonin's vicims - photo 1 - bonin005.jpg from Murderpedia | News of Bonin's CrimesNewspaper clippings of Bonin's Crimes.jpg | Bonin's Victims' ListWilliam Bonin - list of victims from 1109-Soldier, Execution Pro.jpg |
Clifford olson's victims - composit from futuro.jpg | Bonin's #1 - Vernon ButtsBonin - Accomplices - Vernon Butts - Photo.jpg from Murderpedia | Bonin's #2 - Gregory Matt. MileyBonin - Accomplices - Gregory Matthew Miley.jpg from Murderpedia |
Bonin's #3 - James MunroBonin Accomplices - Munroe photo.jpg | Bonin's #4 - Wm. Pugh - no photoReceived 6 years for manslaughter. Pugh claimed that he took a ride from Bonin, but ended up participating in a murder. Police was ttipped off when Pugh was arrested for Automobile theft. | Bonin's Van and kill siteWilliam Bonin's van.jpg |
Clifford Olson - Mug Shots.jpg | Likeness of lethal injecton site -Wm. Bonin's execution.jpg | Clifford Olson Jr - 1981 |
Olson - Front Page News after death from Cancer - 2011.jpg | William Bonin - 1980 |
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Clifford Robert Olson Jr. William George Bonin
Opening Remarks:
My conclusion in comparing and contrasting Clifford Robert Olson and William Gregory Bonin is that sometimes criminal behaviour is dispositional (biological or innate) while other instances criminal behaviour is situational. More often than not, antisocial behaviours is complex continuum of causes.
In examining these two sexual serial killers, I have confirmed that evil is ordinary or banal. Both of these could function in society while carrying out their henious antisocial behaviours. Furrther to that, is the body of knowledge that I have gained that will inform my ideas and notions of the origin of criminal behaviour.
What I have found out is that factors that contribute to the commission of crime are multi-faceted, nuanced and extremely complex. Bartol et al. informed me that “the developmental life course of all humans follow a pathway (or trajectory) that may be littered with risk factors.” (Bartol et al., 2011, pp79. Chapter 4: origins of criminal behavior: developmental risk factors). There are common risk factors that contribute to delinquency and/or adult criminal behaviour. Care needs to taken in applying labels to individuals, especially--juviniles.
In the words of the famous psychologist, Phillip G Zimbardo in the works 'The Lucifer Complex':
...We also want to believe that there is something IN some people that drives them toward evil, while there is something different IN others that drives them toward good. It is an obvious notion but there is no hard evidence to support that dispositional view of evil and good. -- Phillip G. Zimbardo -- http://www.lucifereffect.com/heroism.htm
INtroduction
Some definitions to lay the ground work for this investigation.
Pedophilia
Both Olson and Bonin are Pedophiles. Olson for instance molested a 5 year old just before he got married. Bonin would report being 'horny'and would go hunting for a child victim.
The word derives from the Greek words "pedeiktos (young children) and philia (love) and generally refers to a sexual preference for children who have not yet begun puberty (Seto 2008).The specific diagnostic criteria for pedophilia in the (DSM-IV-TR) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders . (American PsychiatricAssociation 2000: 572)."
The DSMV-IV-TR criteria to qualify as a pedophile answers these questions in the :
(A) Over a period of at least 6 months, recurrent, intense sexually
arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving sexual activity
with a prepubescent child or chil- dren (generally age 13 years or younger).
(B) The person has acted on these sexual urges, or the sexual urges or
fantasies cause marked distress or interpersonal difficulty.
(C) The person is at least age 16 years and at least 5 years older
than the child or children in Criterion A. (Bartol et al., 2011, Ch. 5 pp. 107)
QUADRIPARTITE MODEL OF SEXUAL AGGRESION AGAINST CHILDREN:
In comparing both Clifford Olson and William Bonin as sexual serial killers, both had a penchant for killing children and teenagers. Hall and Hirschman (1992) applied their quadripartite model to explain sexual offending against children. What may have fed Bonin and Olson's preoccupation with children are:
(1) Physiological sexual arousal to children.
(2) Cognitions that justify sexual abuse of children. For instance, the ideation that sexual contact
with children is not harmful or wrong and is enjoyable for victims. (Bartol et al., 2011, pp. 109)
Serial Murder:
Douglas et al, 1986 defines serial murder as follows: "The time interval—sometimes referred to as the cooling-off period—may be days or weeks, but more likely months or years. The murders are premeditated and planned, and the offender usually selects specific victims. The cooling-off period is the main difference between serial murders and other multiple murders." (Bartol et al., 2011, pp.175).
Mixed Crime Scene:
Show evidence of both organized and disorganized crime behaviour where, a crime might have stared out carefully planned, but deteriorated into a disorganized scene when things may have deviated from the plan. A mixed crime scene is likely the most common type. Bartol & Bartol, 2004, suggest that it is more "realistic to assume that crime scenes fall along a continuum, with the organized description at one-pole and, disorganized at the other pole. Few crime scenes would dominate one pole or the other. (Bartol et al. 2011, pp. 167).
Source: LSO 802 - Text
Bartol, C. R., & Bartol, A., et al. (2011). Chapter 7: Multiple Murder, School, and Workplace Violence.
Psychopaths and serial killers. Second Custom Edition for Seneca College.
Pearson:Canada. Print. pp. 175 .
Taken from Taken from:
Criminal Behavior: A Psychological Approach, Ninth Edition by Curt R. Bartol and Anne M. Bartol
Psychology of Criminal Behaviour: A Canadian Perspective by Ralph Serin, Adelle Forth, Shelley
Brown, Kevin Nunes, Craig Bennell, and Joanna Pozzulo
Abnormal Psychology, Sixth Edition by Thomas F. Oltmanns and Robert E. Emery
Violence: A Contemporary Readerby Stephen T. Holmes and Ronald M. Holmes
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