BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS OF EUGENE BUTLER
BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS OF EUGENE BUTLER _______________________________________________________________________________ Eugene Butler was an American serial killer who murdered six teenage boys at his residence in Niagara, North Dakota, from 1900 to 1906. The bodies of his victims were discovered in 1915, two years after Butler died in an insane asylum. Below is a behavioral analysis of Eugene Butler based on available historical information and general principles of behavioral analysis in criminology: ______________________________________________ Background and Context Eugene Butler was born circa 1849 in Royalton, New York, and moved to the Dakota Territory around 1882. He purchased a 480- acre farm in Niagara, North Dakota, where he lived as a recluse, avoiding contact with neighbors and only venturing out for business purposes in nearby Larimore. Butler hired farmhands...