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Week 4 – Journal DesMinque Miller University of Arizona Global Campus CRJ308: Psychology of Criminal Behavior Brian Cahill October 23, 2023

Week 4 - Journal Susan Klebold, the mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the Columbine High School massacre shooters opened up about her thoughts, feelings and perspective on the tragic murders that occurred at the hands of her son and his friend Eric Harris. In the TedTalk presentation she addressed her observations of the link between Mental Health and Violent Criminal Behavior. In this journal, mentioned are the newly learned supportive findings I’ve come to know so far in this course as they pertain to mental illnesses and criminal behavior as well as the additional factors of aggression and violence. Considered and discussed in addition to this is the parallel drawn by Mrs. Klebold, stating the similarity between homicidal and suicidal thinking which I have concluded in agreeance with Mrs. Klebold that, this can be the relationship that lies at the intersection of mental illness and violence, that can discreetly blur the warning signs and obscure the symptoms of important markers and identifiers, making potential suicidality and violent crimes and behavior preventable and/or further understood. How are Signs and Symptoms Missed? Susan Klebold explores the intersection between mental health and violence, she encourages and advocates for other parents and professionals to explore it as well, believing that the key to why and how the signs and symptoms of violent behavior and suicide are missed can be uncovered and discovered by exploring the patterns of thinking in homicidal and suicidal cases and incidents. Dylan’s Mother clearly emphasizes, “The second challenge I have is that I must ask for understanding and even compassion when I talk about my son's death as a suicide” (Klebold, 2016). The facts will show that nor Dylan or Eric survived following the April 20 th massacre in 1999. Mrs. Klebold from her perspective perceived this as a suicide and with this she long pondered the motives and drive for her Son whom she thought she knew so well would have

ever done such a thing. She realized overtime that while Dylans journals and case evidence would reveal an anger driven motive to harm, her son’s drive was from a place of what she would think to be possibly depression unaddressed. However the thinking of depression or anger can result in violence despite the underlying emotional difference that sparked it the duration and influences were of great importance if she or anyone she believe was to ever fully understand her stance and perspective on what she would refer to as her son’s murder suicide. The Nature of Mental Illnesses can come with a vast amount of diagnosis and warning signs. Signs can be performance in school, inability to cope with common everyday problems or unique but routine problems or activities, changes in sleeping or eating habits. While these changes can seem distinct, they are very common across the board, being some of the most frequent signs and indicators for the most common and some of the not so common mental illnesses in relation to criminally violent behavior. The Nature of Violent Behavior isn’t always directly observable. Many different factors cause violent behavior. The more these factors are present in your life, the more likely you are to commit an act of violence. What may cause violence can vary and how it is expressed can be diverse. While the reason violent acts are committed can’t be answered with a simple response, there are those most often relevant in violent criminal cases. Expression, manipulation, relation and unconscious or subconscious violence behavior that’s learned are often the driving reasons violence is observed and takes place. The Nature of a Crime , according to the National Institute of Justice, in a violent crime, a victim is harmed by or threatened with violence. Violent crimes include rape and sexual assault,

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