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DC Area Snipers

DC Area Snipers. malvo. John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo. 19 Sniper Attacks 13 Deaths. Muhammed. 41 Years Old Gulf war Veteran Twice Divorced Islam Convert. Malvo. Mother Abandoned Malvo to Muhammed. When Do Serial Killers Stop Killing? . Only When They are Caught or Killed.

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DC Area Snipers

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  1. DC Area Snipers • malvo

  2. John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo • 19 Sniper Attacks • 13 Deaths

  3. Muhammed • 41 Years Old • Gulf war Veteran • Twice Divorced • Islam Convert

  4. Malvo • Mother Abandoned Malvo to Muhammed

  5. When Do Serial Killers Stop Killing?

  6. Only When They are Caught or Killed

  7. There are at least 50 Serial Killers Active in the United States Today

  8. This Lecture Section Will Explore

  9. Psychology and Criminality

  10. Psychoanalytic Theory I was Guilty Even before I committed the crime.

  11. Psychoanalysis • The Actions and Behavior of an Adult are Understood in Terms of Childhood Development • Behavior and Unconscious are Related • Criminality is Psychological Conflict

  12. Psychodynamic Perspective Something that Happened in the Past Affected the Way a Person is Today

  13. Psychodynamic Perspective Looking Deep Into the Mind of the Criminal will Unlock why a Person Commits Criminal Acts

  14. Psychoanalytic Theory: Criminal Behavior comes From 3 Possible Causes: • Overbearing Conscience • Weak Conscience • Immediate Gratification

  15. Overbearing Conscience • A Conscience so Overbearing it Arouses Feelings of Guilt

  16. Weak Conscience A Conscience so Weak it Cannot Control its Impulses

  17. Immediate Gratification • Immediate Satisfaction of the Impulses of a Person

  18. Case Study: Richard • 6 Years old When He Committed his First delinquent Act • Stole a Comic Book

  19. Richards Parents • Father, an alcoholic • Killed in an Automobile Accident • Mother Abandoned her Children

  20. Richard • In and out of Foster Homes • Daytime Burglaries • Night Time Auto Thefts • At 20 Years Old, Received 10 years for Armed Robbery

  21. Richard • Being Caught for Stealing made him feel less Guilty • About Hating his Mother and Father • Stealing did not Violate his Principles • Stealing Gave Richard Immediate Gratification

  22. Text Page 153 Figure 6.2 Psychodynamic or Psychoanalytic Theory

  23. Viennese Psychiatrist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) • Abnormal Behavior comes from Interruptions in a Person’s Development • The Period of Interruption is a Fixation

  24. Psychodynamic Theory • Unconscious Conflicts • Defenses • Tendencies • Anger • Sexuality

  25. The id, ego and superego Human Personality Contains a Three Part Structure

  26. The id • The Primitive Part • Seat of all Irrational, Antisocial and Instinctual Behavior

  27. The ego • The Conscious or Rational Part of the Mind: Reality Principle • The ego develops when a child finds that some things cannot be immediately gratified

  28. The superego • The Moral Judgment of the mind • Passes judgments on behavior • Divided into two parts: • Conscience • Ego Ideal

  29. Psychosexual Stages of Development : eros • Oral Stage • First Year of Life • Anal Stage • Second and Third Year • Genital Stage • Third year to Latency • Latency • Sixth Year to Puberty • Genital • Puberty to Adult

  30. Fixation Interrupted or Incomplete Development at any Stage

  31. Complexes • Oedipus Complex • Males with Sexual Feelings for Mothers • Electra complex • The Female Version

  32. Abnormal Behavior • Neurotics • Psychotics • Schizophrenics • Inferiority Complex • Identity Crisis

  33. Neurotics • I am Losing control of my Mind • IF DOMINATED COMPLETELY BY id: Psychotics • Add Hallucinations, voices and odors: Schizophrenia: MARKED BY INAPPROPRIATE RESPONSES

  34. Inferiority Complexes • Appear to Have a Drive to Superiority • Adler(1870-1937)

  35. Treatment of Mentally Defective Criminals • They are not Evil and Sick Persons • They are not Responsible for their Actions • Punishment will only Complicate Treatment • Why Not Just Release Criminals?

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