On the Netflix site, the series is described as an attempt to show how Dahmer evaded arrest for so long. It goes on to suggest how a lack of proper police intervention played a part in how the convicted murderer continued to roam the streets through the years.
The serial killer's list of victims is said to have had more men of colour, and the question of racism has been raised numerously to hit out at officials who could have acted faster to prevent more killings.
"Since its release on September 21, it has been watched for nearly 300 million hours by subscribers, and became the second-most viewed show on Netflix within a week of its release, behind the fourth series of Stranger Things," Insider magazine reports in its piece on the controversy surrounding the show.
"As an audience, you are not sympathising with him. You are not getting into his plight, you are more sort of watching it from the outside," Peters said.
He added: "It is called The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, but it is not just him and his backstory. It is the repercussions; it is how society and our system failed to stop him multiple times, because of racism and homophobia. The Jeffrey Dahmer story is so much bigger than just him."
Rita Isbell, the sister of one of Dahmer's victims, Errol Lindsey has had to relieve the painful feelings and memories of testifying at Dahmer's trial in 1992.
The emotional statement she gave in court has gone viral on social media, especially Tik-Tok, after being re-enacted on the Netflix series.
"If I did not know any better, I would have thought it was me. Her hair was like mine, she had on the same clothes. That is why it felt like reliving it all over again. It brought back all the emotions I was feeling back then."