DC Area Snipers

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DC Area Snipers

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

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Muhammed

• 41 Years Old
• Gulf war Veteran
• Twice Divorced
• Islam Convert

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Malvo

• Mother Abandoned Malvo to Muhammed

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When Do Serial Killers Stop Killing?

• When they are caught or killed
• According to a conservative FBI estimate there
  are approximately 50 active serial killers in
  United States today

Jeffery Dahmer
Refrigerator full of Skulls that Jeffery Dahmer
used
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Psychoanalytic (psychodynamic)Theory

• I was Guilty Even before I committed the crime.
• Human behavior is controlled by unconscious
  elements a person gets from their childhood

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Psychoanalysis

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

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Psychodynamic Perspective

• Something that Happened in the Past Affected the
  Way a Person is Today

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Psychoanalytic Theory Criminal Behavior comes
From 3 Possible Causes

• Overbearing Conscience
• Weak Conscience
• Immediate Gratification

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Overbearing Conscience

• A Conscience so Overbearing it Arouses Feelings
  of Guilt

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Weak Conscience

• A Conscience so Weak it Cannot Control its
  Impulses

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Immediate Gratification

• Immediate Satisfaction of the Impulses of a Person

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Case Study Richard

• 6 Years old When He Committed his First
  delinquent Act
• Stole a Comic Book

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Richards Parents

• Father, an alcoholic
• Killed in an Automobile Accident
• Mother Abandoned her Children

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Richard

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

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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

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Viennese Psychiatrist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)

• Abnormal Behavior comes from Interruptions in a
  Persons Development
• The Period of Interruption is a Fixation

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The id, ego and superego

• Human Personality Contains a Three Part Structure

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The id

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

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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

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The superego

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

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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

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APD Antisocial Personality Disorder

• Juvenile Identity crisis
• latent delinquents

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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?