...CLASSIFIED INFORMATION CASE STUDY: 178 Object of Study: ALBERT FISH Albert Fish, known for sexually assaulting and/or cannibalizing four victims, suspected of three more victims, died on January 16, 1936 by electric chair. Other aliases include: The Gray Man, the Werewolf of Wysteria, The Brooklyn Vampire, and The Boogey Man. Subject was born as Hamilton Howard Fish in Washington, D.C. on May 19, 1870. Most of childhood was spent in an orphanage. Subject’s family had a history of mental illness: a brother was confined in the state mental hospital, and his sister had a mental affliction. Three other close relatives suffered from severe mental illnesses and his mother was believed to suffer frequent aural and/or visual hallucinations. Subject’s mother was incapable to take care of her child, therefore causing for the subject to be sent to an orphanage. Subject was prone to being beaten, whilst naked, in front of other boys. He eventually came to enjoy physical pain and the beatings would often cause erections, for which the other orphans teased him. In 1882, at age 12, he began a relationship with a telegraph boy. The child introduced Fish to drinking urine and eating feces. Fish began visiting public baths where he could watch other boys undress. The biological perspective could possibly explain subject’s motives, due to subject’s family being prone to darkness. Social cognitive perspective doesn’t explain characters motives, as subject has no problems...
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...David Berkowitz Paper Jennifer Colvin Hilbert College In class we were shown a documentary about a serial killer named David Berkowitz. David is also known as the “Son of Sam.” Berkowitz managed to frighten all of New York City when he killed six people and injured another seven in the 1970’s. “Son of Sam” had a natural urge to kill his real family, but instead attacked a 14-year old girl with a knife on Christmas Eve in 1975 (A&E Television Networks, 2014). Fortunately for her she survived the attack. Shortly after, Berkowitz committed his first crime, he had an objective to kill women for vengeance on his mother. After the first attack, David decided to use a .44 caliber gun to kill his victims instead of a knife because the knife was too personal. This continued for over a year, then he started dropping hints. He wrote letters to the police saying why he committed the crimes he did. The police discovered it was David after he got a parking ticket. The police arrested David Berkowitz on August 10, 1977. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 years to life times six. David was adopted, by middle class parents, Nathan and Pearl Berkowitz. His biological mother died giving birth to him. He spent his childhood blaming himself for killing his real mom. In the Berkowitz household, David grew up having a distinct bond with his mother, Pearl, however, barely had much in common with his father, Nathan. At just 10-years old, David began to see a psychiatrist, but...
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... During his teen years it is reported that he forcibly raped one of his cousins, Leona, on an almost day-to-day basis. These rapes were reported, but no one believed her. The lack of consequence for these actions could have reinforced the notion that what he would ultimately do was alright or normal. Sowell didn’t finish high school; instead he enlisted in the marines, but not before leaving behind a pregnant girlfriend. During his “killer training” he wed a fellow enlistee and learned various ways to kill and instruments to kill with. His wife left him then he got out of the military and moved home. His new life; filled with alcohol, drugs and violence towards women, set the stage for the horror that was to come. Sowell’s ideal victims were not hard to come by. Upon his return to Cleveland, crack cocaine had infested urban areas and spread like wildfire. The movie “New Jack City” comes to mind. Women were soliciting services and their bodies chasing their next crack high. Most crack addicted women would perform sexual favors for the mere promise of receiving a crack rock. Sowell’s IVT was these crack addicted...
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...where they were established. Next, the writer discusses how the civil rights movement contributed to anti-discrimination efforts and the establishment of hate crime legislation and policy. The writer also tells the role children’s rights groups have played in highlighting the problems child victims face in the criminal justice system. Finally, the writer provide the organizations that an individual can contact if he/she has been victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and homicide along with what services are not provided by government crime compensation programs. What is Victimology? Victimololgy is a sub-discipline of criminology concerned with understanding and explaining the patterning of criminal victimization (Victimology, 2008). Victimology draws together academics, activists, and policymakers from all different type of backgrounds. There are three different types of victimological thoughts. The three different types are positivist, radical, and critical. According to Miers (1989), positivist victimology is preoccupied with the patterning of criminal victimization that was a product of interpersonal crime. When it comes to positivist victiomolgy, the victim is taken as either being defined by the criminal law or by the self-evident nature of their own suffering. Even though...
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...Lance Halsey Personality types My most important personality type is introverted. Introverted type people tend to be quiet, reserved, thoughtful, and self-reliant.(Introversion,2001, Gale Encyclopedia) Introverts also tend to prefer to work alone and will take time to think about something before they plan a course of action. (Introversion, 2001, Gale Encyclopedia). I am very introverted I like to work alone, I do better when I work alone, I do tend to think things over in my head before planning a course of action. I don’t rely on anyone unless I have no choice. I am very thoughtful I’ll like to hold doors open pick something up if someone drops something near me, I’ll take the heavy loads for a smaller person that seems to be struggling. I am very reserved I won’t really put anything on the table unless I’m asked to. Sensing is another important part of my personality. Sensing types like to get information on things through sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. (Ford-Martin,P., 2006, Gale Encyclopedia) Kinesthetic also fits into this category with being hands on. I am very hands on. I’ve worked on car, electronic, and anything mechanical. A person needs to be sensing and kinesthetic to work on these kinds of things. To work on cars you need to be able to hear, see, smell, or touch the problem, and also applies to most anything mechanical. Sensing types also have a great deal of common sense which I believe I have a lot of. Another form of my personality is I am more...
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...According to the DIS behavioral style blends I am "I / S" or "S / I" C/I/S’ type you think people expect you to be both inspiring and submissive. You tend to be more people-oriented than task-oriented. You feel others want you to be active and outgoing in crowds, but passive and reserved in small groups or with individuals. People expect you to be more relational than functional or project-oriented. You seem to enjoy talking to others as opposed to being by yourself and completing tasks. You don't feel people want you to take charge or spend most of your time researching how to improve things. You don't seem to focus on the details as much as you do on how others feel. You think people expect you to improve a crowd's enthusiasm or an individual's...
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...Embracing Introverts Heather Wallace Ivy Tech Community College Embracing Introverts “Our lives are shaped as profoundly by personality as by gender or race.”(Susan Cain, 2012, p. 211). Cain stated this in the excerpt “The Power of the Introverts” from the book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. Cain explained how psychologists categorized our lives into introvert or extrovert. That is, two types of personality traits. She gave explanation and examples on what she has stated. Cain explained where introverts and extroverts came into our lives. She explained where we fall on the introvert- extrovert spectrum. “Our place on this continuum influences our choice of friends and mates, and how we make conversation, resolve differences, and show love” (Cain, 2012, p. 211). According to Cain (2012), it can determine what career field we choose, what music we listen to, what we do without sleep, and if we would be a good leader. I think Cain explained herself well. I agree with everything she said. She made it clear how introverts and extrovert came into our lives and why we pick the things we do. Introversion and extroversion are very involved personality styles. There is nothing bad about being an introvert or extrovert. One is not better than the other. It is simply who you are. There is no shame in being one or the other. Extroverts like to be the center of attention. They are very outgoing, enthusiastic, independent, and have a tendency to...
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...Introverts vs. Extroverts One way to distinguish a person’s personality is to define them as an introvert or extrovert. The attribute of extraversion–introversion is a fundamental aspect of human temperament perceptions. Introversion is defined as "the state of or tendency toward being wholly or predominantly concerned with and interested in one's own mental life". Extroversion is defined as "the act, state, or habit of being predominantly concerned with obtaining gratification from what is outside the self". Extroversion is established through outward, conversational, lively behavior, while introversion is conveyed in a more aloof and unsocial behavior. Although there may be some people that are extreme introverts or extroverts, the behavior of people change all the time and one may not constantly act accordingly to their personality type. Compared to extroverts, introverts can be seen as more reserved. Introverts tend to spend more time alone than with others; however, that fact should not be confused with loneliness. Introverted people are able to find more joy in solitary activities than they would find in group activities. Even though introverts do not find socializing with others as amusing as being left to their own thoughts, they are capable of mingling with others. With that fact in mind, introverts should not be mistaken for shy because they do not panic at the thought of social interactions like shy people do. Introverts have a preference for focusing on one activity...
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...understand what a hate crime is and how it is classified. When considering both crime and law, hate crimes occur when a perpetrator targets a person or group because of their perceived social group. This could be racial, religious, sexually orientated or gender based. The term “hate crime” generally refers to criminal acts that are motivated by a perpetrators conscious or unconscious prejudices. While there are many different classifications of hate crimes, racist anti-black bias is the most frequently reported hate crime motivation in the United States. Of the 8,208nhate crimes reported to the FBI in 2011, 48% were race related- 70% having an anti-black bias. Hate crimes are classified based on whether the crime is motivated by the victims actual or perceived personal characteristics. It must be prove that the perpetrator committed the crime because of the victim’s race, religion or some other personal characteristic. A lot of crimes committed are not classified as hate crimes because intent is harder to prove with bias based crimes. It is very difficult to prove a perpetrators belief system and if their motivation was solely biased based. The legislature choses what prejudices they officially want to...
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...defendant pointed out an error on the first degree assault stating that the state did not prove that his assault caused the victim “serious physical injury” the defendant did not think that his actions did not cause damage to a point where the victim was at risk of dying. The court didn’t show evidence that when Mr. Alvarez hit the victim with the metal baseball bat that his hits created a “substantial risk of death”. Questions presented: 1. Was the beating that Mr. Alvarez gave to the victim enough to cause a substantial risk of death? 2. Should the defendant be able to get rid of the first degree assault to a lowered charge because the prosecutor didn’t show how his actions made the risk of death? 3. What is enough to cause “serious physical injury?” Answers/holding: We conclude, the court decided that because a blow to the victims head hard enough to make a “ding” sound, to have a wound where it exposed the skull, to have to need four stables and, cause the victim to be unconscious it still was a substantial risk of death. Also the scar that was visible on the victim five months after the incident qualified as a “protracted disfigurement” even though the defendant said that he could hide the scar by growing out his/her hair but you can’t make the victim change their hair length for something like that. Rationale: Even though the prosecutor or the victim didn’t show how the offender beating him/her with the bat was...
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...Court Issues Analysis University of Phoenix David Hunt CJA/394 March 7, 2013 Timothy English Court Issues Analysis According to Muraskin and Roberts (2009), one strong current that emerged during the latter part of the twentieth century was the quest for personal safety, stability, and risk reduction in an otherwise unpredictably dangerous world. Crime prevention programs on a societal level tackle the social roots or social conditions that breed lawlessness. Victimization prevention strategies have much more modest goals: to reduce the odds of violence and theft faced by specific individuals, small groups, and communities. Commercial interests have discovered that crime victims constitute a significant group of consumers of goods and services that allegedly will help reduce the risks of being harmed physically, emotionally, or financially, and speed recovery. The market will surely expand for high-tech victimization prevention gadgetry and private security, protection management, and loss prevention services. Already, the ranks of police departments, sheriff’s departments, and other local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies are reinforced by a growing number of security consultants, private detectives, and personal bodyguards along with night watchmen, store detectives, hotel detectives, chauffeurs, even doormen. Antitheft devices already abound and will become even more commonplace. Alarm systems are being sold as standard equipment on vehicles, boats,...
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...to bring justice because it is cheap, it serves as justice for the victims, and it gives a higher regard to the victim’s suffering in the hands of the murderer. Although some people oppose death penalty saying it is immoral and a waste of life, it is still the best way to bring justice to the victims of heinous crimes. Death penalty is the best way to bring justice because it is cheap. The government can save a lot of money with death penalty. When prisoners get sentenced to death, taxpayers would not have to pay tax to supply the needs of the prisoners who did a heinous crime. Instead of using the money to sustain murderers, the money could be use in many other projects that can help the citizens of the United States. We can use the money to make roads and give the budget to financial aid, towards education, and projects for the future of the country. We do not have to pay for these killers and murderers. Death penalty serves justice for the victims of these heinous crimes. If someone takes a life of another person with no reason, that person deserves to die too. If that person values his/her life, he/she should not take another person’s life. The idealism “eye for an eye” works in this topic. Without penalty, our justice system is a failure. It would fail to bring justice to the victims who died because of these murderers. Our justice system is built to justly punish and bring justice to victims. As a response to David Bruck’s essay opposing death penalty; he...
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...Hate Crime As a police officer I have seen hate crimes with my own eyes and have seen how they affect not only the victim but the people around them and their communities. A growing trend not just in big cities but in small ones as well is hate crimes against homosexuals and lesbians. It is very often you read an article of racially motivated hate crimes but often crimes against some because of the sexual preference are not as public and it is mostly because of the topic itself. The article I chose to write about was related to a heinous crime against three people because of their sexual preference. The Collegiate Times wrote this article on October 13, 2010 about nine members of a notorious gang in New York who committed vicious acts against three men because of their sexual preference. The gang members belonged to the known Latin King Goonies gang primarily based out of the Bronx, New York. They had a male individual that was a possible recruit to the gang but later found out that he was homosexual. Once they found this information they lured him into an abandoned apartment and severely beat him and tortured him for hours. The same gang members then went outside and found a 30 year old man with his 17 year old boyfriend and took them back to the same apartment and brutally beat, cut, and committed severely other atrocious acts against these two innocent victims. The gang members then went to the older male’s brother’s house and robbed him and beat him as well. All these acts...
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...women, children and even men are victims of human trafficking. They are forced into sexual exploitation, prostitution, slavery, as well as organ removal. While these crimes are prevalent across the borders and within countries it has now reached the United States and President Obama has declared the month of January “Human Trafficking Prevention Month”. Once these victims have been removed from this crime and provided safety the hard work of re-introducing them socially begins. When service providers were asked what the needs of victim of human trafficking the most common response was “what don’t they need”. (2008). It is obvious that there are short-term and long-term needs for these victims and one of the most important evaluations is mental health. These evaluations are the corner stone of their recovery and most will need anger management, conflict resolution, psychiatric, and family counseling. Other needs victims have are the need for health screens to deal with possible STD’s, TB, as well dental and hygiene care. It is also important to make sure that victims are up to date on vaccines and immunizations as well as seeking medical attention to any physical injuries. Other social issues victims face would be trying to attain documentation for identification purposes in order to receive services. These services such as job training, ESL, child care, housing, and food assistance and many more are imperative for the victims to try and begin a normal life...
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...of crisis individual, group, and community suffer loss of property, love ones, cultural unity and spiritual belief in isolation. Although they are given material supports and even moral supports, it cannot be compared with the spirituality effectiveness that survivors gone through. This is a major issue which needs to be addressed apart from medical treatment, I strongly believe that spiritual restoration should be put in place to help resolve the immediate crisis and help restore the victim to a sense of normalcy or level of functioning equal to or higher than prior to the crisis. Most disaster survivors tend to look for higher power as a source for strength and hope during these difficult times. Therefore spiritual care providers should be made available to assist them to regain their trust in God and healing of minds. Community nurses are among the first group of people to reach the survivors therefore they are obligated to serve, care, and comfort them, They should also console the victims of their spiritual distress by listening to their stories without interruption, providing a sense of safety and security, and helping them to find resources such as pastoral care and if appropriate pray with them....
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