According to Mitchell's diathesis-stress syndrome, serial killers kill:

A. As a form of revenge against those who stress them
B. In a way to stress that they are powerful and to gain feelings of control.
C. As a way to bring on feelings of relief in the face of a life of stressors.
D. For sexual pleasure and release that they can get in no other way.


C

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