Vicarious Trauma
Year: 2019
Self Care Within The Prison System
CJ725 Forensic Behavior Analysis Blog Self Care Within The Prison System By Lynne Sullivan December 7, 2019 What is self-care? Self-care is any activity that we do deliberately in order to take care of our mental, emotional, and physical health. Although it’s a simple concept in theory, it’s something we very often overlook. Good self-care […]
Malingering
The picture was for your attention! I found the discussion our group had on malingering very interesting. I had brought up the movie Primal Fear and many classmates discussed real cases they knew about in relation to feigning a mental illness in regards to the Criminal Justice system. Since I was so […]
Malingering
The picture was for your attention! I found the discussion our group had on malingering very interesting. I had brought up the movie Primal Fear and many classmates discussed real cases they knew about in relation to feigning a mental illness in regards to the Criminal Justice system. Since I was so intrigued by the […]
Racial Profiling
Comfort Dogs in Court: Healing Victims or Jeopardizing the Right to a Fair Trial?
My city in New Hampshire made headlines this year for being the first police force in the state to adopt a comfort dog. In April, Liberty the yellow lab officially joined the Concord Police Department to help victims of trauma at court hearings, crime scenes, and car accidents. While Liberty has become something of […]
Human Trafficking
For my blog post I picked something that hit really close to home for me. A few weeks ago a female was apprehended after being indicted in a human trafficking drug ring that has been going on since 2016. The reason this hits really close to home is because in the past several months there […]
Animal Assisted Therapy for Trauma
I have always been interested in animals and therapeutic effects they can have for humans. Animal assisted therapies are often used in cases of mental health services for patient trauma, and there are also many instances in which we see animals as a therapeutic mechanism for those who have engaged in criminogenic behavior. It is […]
Is Mental Illness an Excuse for Poor Behavior?
Is mental illness an excuse for poor behavior? I came across this podcast episode and thought I would write my blog about this. Mental illness is more prevalent than it ever has been in our country. After listening to this podcast, I wanted to conduct a little research of my own, so I asked some […]
The Crimes of Ted Bundy and Jack the Ripper: An Enigmatic Juxtaposition?
Delving into the dark catacombs of the human condition lends itself to the exploration of some of the most abominable crimes. Since the late 1880s, modern society began to grapple with the empirical construct of serial murder, demanding attention and insight in explaining its etiology in the criminological framework. A rudimentary understanding of serial killers […]