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Tag Archives: psychopath
I Have Been Given a Lie Detector Test: Could You Pass?
Years ago, I had an interview with a police department for a forensic position. I had already been fingerprinted, interviewed by the supervisor, had an in-depth background meeting with the background investigators trying to catch me in a lie from … Continue reading
Evil Incarnate: Psychopaths Among Us
If you thought everyday life – like eating right, paying your bills, and not getting fired – wasn’t stressful enough. Here’s something else to chew on. It is estimated that psychopaths constitute a whopping 1% of the world’s population. Now…you … Continue reading
Examining Four Types of Serial Killers
The term serial killer is defined by the act either of two or more separate murders, acting alone or with another, during a period of time with breaks in between each murder, or what has been referred to as a … Continue reading
Posted in Criminology, Serial Killers
Tagged author, award winning author, compulsion, control, crime, crime scene, criminologist, criminology, csi, dark mind, Dark Pursuit, emily stone series, forensics, hedonistic, investigation, jennifer chase, mission, nemesis, novel research, power, psychopath, serial killer, serial killers, visionary
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The Sociopaths Among Us
For most of us when we think of the term sociopath, we likely imagine some terrifying man boring through the television screen with an unchanging stare and creepy smile. Maybe we are reminded of a scene from an episode of … Continue reading
Posted in crime, Criminology
Tagged antisocial, author, award winning, behavior, characteristics of a sociopath, charm, confessions, criminologist, detatchment, emily stone, forensic, jennifer chase, lack of emotion, m e thomas, mystery, narcissism, psychopath, serial killers, series, sociopath, suspense
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Proceed Carefully When Diagnosing Violent Criminals
When we read about a horrific crime that has been committed or we watch a news clip of an alleged murder smiling as he walks in handcuffs into a courtroom, we often ask the question, “How could someone be so … Continue reading
Assessing the Psychopath
Have you ever gotten frustrated with someone’s indifferent reaction or maybe even the harmful way one person treated another and thought, “That person is a psychopath!” Merriam Webster defines “psychopath” as “a person who is mentally ill, who does not … Continue reading
Posted in Criminology
Tagged antisocial personality, assessment, brain, compulsion, crime, criminology, dead burn, delinquency, diagnosis, emily stone, grandiose, hare, impulsive, investigation, jennifer chase, mystery, pcl-r, psychopath, psychopathy, scan, shallowness, tendencies, thriller, traits
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Female Serial Killer in England Sentenced to Life in Prison
While I focus a lot of research on crimes that are committed in the United States, and unfortunately there are no shortage of them, I also like to keep up with what is happening in other justice systems. This week … Continue reading
Posted in Serial Killers
Tagged compulsion, crime, crime fiction, crime scene, criminal history, criminal psychologist, dead burn, emily stone thrillers, england, female serial killer, forensics, jennifer chase, jennifer chase award winning author, Joanne Dehenny, killing, life in prison, male vitims, mystery, pain of others, paraphilia sadomasochism, psychopath, punishment, serial killer, stabbed, true crime, whole life term
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