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Serial killers likely to be family men, not freaks, says FBI连环杀手亦可貌似常人1 Hollywood's portrayal of serial killers as deranged loners with unusually high IQs is dangerously wrong and can hinder investigations, according to the FBI.1美国联邦调查局(FBI)说，好莱坞把连环杀手描绘成精神错乱智商极高的孤独者是错误的，而且这个错误很危险，也会阻碍调查。2The agency warns that efforts to track down serial killers are often impaired by screenwriter storylines, the proliferation of "talking head" experts on television who speculate without knowing the facts and the anecdotal evidence picked up and used by inexperienced investigators and prosecutors. 2联邦调查局警告说，追捕连环杀手常常会受到下列因素的干扰：电影剧本作家的剧情以及一些所谓的专家在电视上的推测，其推测要么是在不知道事实的情况下做出的，要么是根据一些没有经验的调查者或检举人搜集的像轶事一样的证据。3A report, by the agency's behavioural analysis unit, says serial killers often have families and homes, are gainfully employed and appear to be normal members of the community.3联邦调查局行为分析部门的一份报告说，连环杀手常常是有家有室，有一份报酬不错的工作，看起来跟其他社会成员没什么两样。4"On television and the silver screen, serial killers are usually white males and dysfunctional loners who really want to get caught," an FBI spokesman said. "Or, they're super-intelligent monsters who frustrate law enforcement at every turn." 4一名联邦调查局的发言人说：“电视和电影上的连环杀手通常是白人男性，他们很孤独，很想被抓到。或者，他们是极其聪明的魔鬼，他们总能在案件的关键时刻使执法受挫。”5The report, compiled by law enforcement and mental health experts, found that serial killers were "much different in real life" and that "the racial diversification of serial killers generally mirrors the overall US population".5这份由执法及精神健康专家汇编的报告发现，现实中的连环杀手和电视电影上的有很大不同，并且总体来讲连环杀手的种族分布和美国人口的种族比例差不多。6The authors also challenge the myths that serial killers are only motivated by sex, and travel in order to kill, or that they are evil, insane geniuses who cannot stop killing and want to get found out. "Serial killers do not want to get caught: over time, as they kill without being discovered, they get careless," they said. 6作者还对这样的虚构观点提出异议：连环杀手的杀人动机是性需要；为杀人而旅行或者说连环杀手是魔鬼，是疯了的天才；他们不能停止杀人，他们想被抓到。作者说：“连环杀手并不想被抓到，但由于多次得手而没被发现，他们就疏于防范了。”7Challenging the misconception that serial killers are all loners, the report points to Robert Yates, who killed 17 prostitutes in Washington during the 1990s. He was married with five children, lived in a middle-class neighbourhood and was a decorated army helicopter pilot. 7为了证明并不是所有的连环杀手都是孤独者，报告以罗伯特·耶茨为例，他于20世纪90年代在华盛顿杀害了17名妓女。他是一个有5个孩子的已婚男子，住在一个中产阶级社区里，他还是一个军用直升机飞行员。8It mentions Dr Michael Swango, a former US Marine, ambulance worker, physician and health care employee. He was convicted of four murders in New York and Ohio but is suspected of having killed up to 50 people. 8报告还列举了迈克尔·斯旺戈，他曾是一名美国海军陆战队队员、救护车司机、内科医师以及卫生保健工作者。他被怀疑谋杀多达50人，在纽约和俄亥俄州被定罪。9The FBI report is aimed at dispelling the common myths, which agents say can limit the public's potential to observe suspicious activity or become witnesses. 9联邦调查局的报告意在消除这些常见的错误观点。联邦调查局说，这些观点会限制公众观察可疑行为或成为目击者的潜在能力。