1/21/2011 10:59 PM

Albert Fish

Module 2_Assignment 2

Jeannie M. Weltzin

1/21/2011

Psychology and Criminal Justice

Instructor: Isabel Kaufman

Argosy University

Victims

• Children ranging in age from 6 years old to 17 years of age.• Children that are unattended by their parents at the time of

abduction.• Children who’s parents are uneducated and can be easily

fooled into letting their children leave with a stranger.• Children of families living in poverty.• Children of color typically African American children.• Motives of the abductions are to torture, kill, and then eat

the children’s fresh. • These acts causes the abductor to become sexually aroused.

Offender Demographic

• Subject moves often.• Subject has a history of mental illness.• Subject seems trust worthy.• Subject does not seem dangerous to the

general public.• Subject blends in well.• Subject is very deceptive.

Signs of Similar Crimes

• Abductions that fit into a similar pattern.• Unidentified strangers spotted in areas

watching children.• Children disappearing and no remains being

found.• History of mental illness in suspects.•

References

• Albert Fish Retrieved from http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/fish/20.html

Offender History

• Loss of a parent during childhood.• Taken from his home at an early age and put into

an orphanage.• Physical abuse in orphanage. • Existing parent neglects to care for subject.• History of mental disorder not only in subject but

also in family members paternal and maternal.• Loss of significant other due to affair.• Religious conflict.

Past Criminal Behavior

• Petty theft• Obscene letters• Grand larceny• Suspicious of involvement in murder

Future Criminal Behavior

• The offender has what some may call a god complex because he believes that only god can strike him down and stop him from committing these crimes.

• The offender has a craving for human flesh.• The offender does not show remorse for his

criminal behavior.