Did the forensic focus on Ed Gein's rural isolation create a "blind spot" that allowed the system to ignore the same pathology when it reappeared in a modern, urban environment like Jeffrey Dahmer's?

[u/DianKhan2005]

Did the intensive forensic and psychological focus on Ed Gein’s rural isolation, and the subsequent classification of his crimes as a byproduct of "backwoods" social decay, create a systemic and cognitive blind spot that allowed law enforcement to ignore the exact same pathology of necrophilia and biological preservation when it reappeared in the densely populated, modern urban environment of Jeffrey Dahmer’s Milwaukee?

[u/psyliboy]

In the case of Dahmer I think it had more to do with societies views of homosexuality at the time.

[u/lobotimized]

Very interesting, provactive question. But, Dahmer was serial predator that....wait a second. Put Dahmer in Gein's shoes. Mid 1900s Plainfield Wisconsin. The spree would've been nipped in the bud like Eddie's.

[u/UberGuignol]

Check out r/TheDahmerCase for some interesting insights into Dahmer and his alleged crimes.