

"To a certain extent, they may make their victims suffer so that they can feel good," said Levin.

The major common denominator among those who commit thrill killings is that they usually feel inadequate and are driven by a need to feel powerful.

Those identified as thrill killers are typically young males, but other profile characteristics may vary, according to Jack Levin, director of the Brudnick Center on Conflict and Violence at Northeastern University. While there have been attempts to categorize multiple murders, such as identifying "thrill killing" as a type of "hedonistic mass killing", actual details of events frequently overlap category definitions making attempts at such distinctions problematic. ( August 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ī thrill kill is premeditated or random murder that is motivated by the sheer excitement of the act. Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting, such as Reflinks ( documentation), reFill ( documentation) and Citation bot ( documentation). Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style. This article uses bare URLs, which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot.
