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Criminal Minds Day 1 Use 12 point font, 2.5cm margins and APA/ Harvard Referencing The offenders: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Ivan Milat Martin Bryant Fred West Richard Kuklinski Keli Lane

Debate is on 25/01/2021 Debate Topics: 1. Chemical castration should be compulsory for sex offenders? 2. Criminals are born not made? 3. Should Australia bring back the death penalty? 4. Mental illness and neuropsychiatric conditions should not be used as a defence against punishment? 5. Criminals should serve their full prison sentences and not be released early on parole? 6. Old and frail offenders deserve our sympathy and compassion?

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Curiosity Fascination Fear Empathy Morals

“true crime is a helpful conduit for women to explore ideas of vulnerability and the difficulties of living in a world where one's gender puts you under constant threat by society. It can be a way to process one's own anxieties about misogyny and violence, issues that are often tough to discuss with friends and family.” Crime tends to focus more on individual crime rather than systemic issues.

The Yorkshire ripper

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Convicted of brutally murdering 13 women with hammers and screwdrivers and attempting to murder 7 others Initially attacked women and girls in residential areas then moved to red light districts Claimed that god had sent him to kill prostitutes Was interviewed 9 times by police in 5 year investigation March 1984 diagnosed with paranoid schizophrebua " s omewer epr os t i t ut es,butper hapst hes addestpar toft hi sc as ei st hats ome wer enot .Thel as ts i xat t ac k swer eont ot al l yr es pec t abl ewomen. " -At t or ney Gener alSi rMi c hael Hav er s( pr os ec ut i ng) Moved to prison after doctors rule out that he is not insane

Fishbowl Discussion “Women finds it hard to feel relevant in society. If women is bold in society she is seen as bossy/bitch” Women are more lowkey in their crimes. Less violent crimes and use tools such as poison etc. Are women treated different in judicial system? Women brings up athlete college student who raped student but didn’t go to jail because of his athletic potential. “The idea of women being killers is still shocking and seen as more different due to the way they are represented in society”. Women are viewed as more compassionate. Are criminals born or made? Why did lady kill her sister? Presumed answers were that she was jealous of her sister dating this guy. Wanted the guy back. “Psychopath is only concerned with what pleases them and what gives them pleasure”- no empathy and sympathy Mother murders son so that the father would come to the funeral.

Prisoner population  11 million people are in prison/ penal system worldwide  Australia has had a 59% increase in prison population; faster than the growth of their population  40000 in prison full time in Australia  94% men and 6% women in Australia  Median age is 33  Median sentence is 36 months  Drug offences, theft and fraud have a high chance of being caused by women  Violent crimes, sexual assaults are more like by men  Age 65+ has highest increase in prisoner population

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87% increase in women for violent offences from 2008-2018 50 recidivism rate within 2 years- really bad

China using AI to predict who will commit crime next- using facial recognition to read expressions and make predictions. Techniques and principles from neuroscience to improve our understanding of crime, to predict crime and ultimately to prevent crime. Case of Michael- child pornography and child molestation of step daughter. Caused by tumour in brain that caused brain dysfunction that led to the deviant behaviour of paedophilia. Is he guilty? I believe he is as he was able to identify that he was performing immoral behaviour when he started visiting brothels disguised as massage parlours so he decided to start keeping a secret porn paedophilia collection. He was aware of his behaviour. Even though the tumour may have been causing extreme hormonal changes and affecting his psyche his cognitive sense was still performing to understand the crimes he was doing. Also, looking at this case from the stepdaughter’s point of view it presents a case that she is a victim, regardless of whether her stepfather was affected by his tumour or not. However, since the family was willing to reunite with him and that he turned normal after the tumour was removed it can be argued that he was greatly influenced by his tumour.

Reducing impulsivity in repeat-violent offenders using selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor       

Neurotransmitter Dense expression of serotonergic receptors in the prefrontal cortex suggest it is a modulator of higher order executive functioning. A biological brake on our behaviour ReINVEST Trial- anti depressant (sertraline) vs placebo Men with 2+ prior convictions (with or without imprisonment) for a violent offence (manslaughter, robbery, assault) 60% have Domestic Violence convictions Score of 70 or over on the Baratt impulsiveness scale

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Group Assignment- Keli Lane

Reporter:

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Murdered Sydney taxi driver alleged he saw Lane dispose of the child. Seven months pregnant with 4th child while interviewed by police- Feb 2001

Profiler: Lawyer: Forensic Psychiatrist:

Is there a criminal gene?      

The notion of the criminal gene has been disregarded. However, some psychopathic behaviour is believed to be grounded in the genetic makeup. Criminal behaviour passed onto offspring -> Genetics or bad upbringing?? Genetic code- Four bases (adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine) inherited diseases (cystic fibrosis, haemochromatosis, breast cancer, bowel cancer etc.) Errors in non-protein coding sequence -> much harder to quantitate

Klinefelter Syndrome (KS)- known as 47,XXY is the set of symptoms that result from two or more X chromosomes in males. The primary features are infertility and small poorly functioning testicles. Epigenetics- genome does respond to external influences

Increased incidence in schizophrenia in those born after WW2 Dutch Famine and Chinese Famine of 1959-1961. In 2 million+ Swedish children born 1963-1983: those with 4-5 indicators of hardship had a 2.7x increased risk compared to those with none Dopamine transporter gene- associated with ADHD Note to self: for essay check out the genetic makeup of the criminal- base opinion on that if information is made available

5-HTTLPR Evidence relating aggression and impulse to serotonergic systems has led to trial interventions using SSRIs in diverse populations...