Definition Of Labeling Theory And Strain Theory

Charles Cullen, the Angel of Death, was the murderer behind the deaths of innocent civilians. A nurse’s duty is to care for the sick or infirm; however Cullen abused his rights as a nurse to cause slow, painful deaths to his patients. His traumatic background which spurred him to attempt numerous suicides, sparked the horrifying murder committed in America. Although an official psychological diagnostic was not given to Cullen, his actions, thoughts, and behaviors point to anti-social personality disorder, schizophrenia, and major depressive disorder.

Mental health and the criminal justice system have long been intertwined. Analyzing and understanding the links between these two subjects demands for a person to go in to depth in the fields of criminology, sociology, psychology, and psychiatry, because there are many points of view on whether or not a person’s criminal behavior is due to their mental health. Some believe that an unstable mental state of mind can highly influence a person’s decision of committing criminal actions. Others believe that mental health and crime are not related and that linking them together is a form of discrimination because it insinuates that those in our society that suffer from poor mental health are most likely to become a criminal due to their

3.2.2 The compromising of the mentally ill perpetrators Health to themselves and the general community

Offenders and Victims tend to be around a similar age, while offenders of other homicide categories in cases where there is no known relationship, the perpetrators are younger than the victims (Australian Institute of Criminology). Age is inconsistent with the general pattern in this case as Gittany and Ms Harnum were 10 years apart. The dynamics of Mr Gittany and Ms Harnum relationship are consistent with the general pattern concerning gender characteristics. Men are generally driven to commit IPH due to possessive and jealous impulses within the relationship in connection to the threat of separation and control over their spouse (Weizmann-Henelius et al., 2011). There was undoubtable evidence to suggest Mr Gittany was abusive, controlling and domineering within the relationship. He would keep track of her movements by bugging her phone and by surveillance means without Ms Harnums knowledge. Studies show contradictory results, whether mental disorders and personality disorders correlate with IPH. Watt (2008) suggests that cases congruent with spouse batterers, have generally tested positively with a personality disorder, however offenders convicted of IPH rarely have psychopathic traits (Weizmann-Henelius et al., 2011). Although Gittany’s mental health assessment suggested he suffered from depressive,

When examining the victim’s actions, the differences between a ‘positivist perspective’ and ‘feminist perspective’ become evident. A ‘positivist perspective’ implies "identifying the factors that contribute to the non-random victimization pattern, focusing on the interpersonal violent crimes, and endeavouring to identify the victims who are prone to contribute to their own victimization" (Kostić, M. 2010 p69). This shows the victim as being the kind of person that they are; this can also include lifestyle factors such as victims who brazenly display their wealth. ‘Positivist Perspective’ examines which social and psychological characteristics of victims make them different from and more vulnerable than, non-victims. An example of positivist victimology is Marvin Wolfgang's (1958) study of 588 homicides in Philadelphia. Wolfgang found that 26% involved victim precipitation – the victim triggered the events leading to the murder (Spalek, B. 2006 p34).

This story is a controversial story that uncovers many issues that the health care and legal system have. Pete Earley’s includes the difficult stories that people with mental illness and/or their family members have. As well as, talks about the struggles he went through to get his son into treatment. Mike has bipolar disorder, and would refuse treatment, since he has the right to refuse treatment there was nothing the doctors could do to help Mike. It’s interesting, when Mike would refuse treatment, he was not in the right state of mind, however, there was nothing the health care providers could do. It is astonishing, that if Pete wanted to get Mike involuntary admitted he had to lie and tell the health care providers, that his son threatened to kill him, which is terrible. The health care field is all about being open, and being there for the patient, however, because of all the laws in place, it prevents patients from receiving vital care. Hence, Pete’s story positively impacts nurses to want to help make a change, stand up, and advocate for patients that need help. It is not fair, ethical, or moral

Many serial killers and mass murderers have been interviewed and tested to reveal why they killed and raped large groups of people. There are several factors as to why they perform such acts. My findings in this paper show that there is a logically explanation as to why they do what they do. In no way is killing or violence justified, but people have been through things we couldn’t imagine being put through. Many of these killers were put through harsh abuse physically, mentally, and emotionally which haunted them in their futures. This caused them to resolve their issues through inhumane ways. One who was put through sexual abuse became lust serial killers by wanting to rape the victims or sexually punish them. They want their

The single case instances are studied deeper and the party studying can be more involved on the ongoing as to what is happening, this in depth analysis of a mental illness is good for the fact you may actually be able to hit the root of the problem but it may also make it worse. One perfect example and man for this is a man named Jeffery Dahmer, a crazed psychopath that needed love but went about it in the wrong way. Jeffery Dahmer, also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal, was charged with numerous murders, cannibalism, necrophilia, and sexual assault to minors and adults. Dahmer loved to collect animal bones he found in his backyard, and later, this led him to dissect roadkill. As his parents’ marriage grew more important than his mental state, he was free to do, as he, felt was correct. At just 18, he had strangled a man to death while intoxicated, and exclaimed he did not remember this particular night. His alcoholism increased, and so did his fantasies, luring others into his home at night, and these individuals never were seen again, until police examined their bones and saved organs in Dahmer’s apartment. He would turn his victims into zombies just so they could not leave or fight back against him, essentially keeping them as slaves for his own sexual and sadistic desires. Though he is a great

Violence can be harmful and destructive to the psychological, physical or material state of others (Steadman & Cocozza, 1978). When the offender is a forensic psychiatric patient it is considered that the individual is unfit to stand trial or unable to understand the responsibility and reality of the crime (Douglas, Ogloff, & Hart, 2003). Judicial systems take into consideration to what extend the crime was commited by a person due to a mental dissability and resprctfull mental health institutions require reliable tools for mental health risk assessment and also management of offenders (Gendreau, Little, & Goggin, 1996; Doyle, Dolan & McGovern, 2002); Also needed, to assert equitable

In the November attack on Paris, the terrorist group, ISIS, carried out a coordinated set of attacks. There are many different theories as to why this happened, but the realization is that society will probably never know the answer as to why it occurred. The Strain Theory can assist in the explanation of the reasoning behind this attack. This will be brought into further detail in the discussion of two topics. The first topic is that the extremist is just doing what they do best, or was trained to do. Another reason may be that the military group is tired of being at the low end of the global Jihad, or extremist military group. These are only suggestions; nevertheless using the Strain Theory can assist society in understanding the true reason

According to the works of Frank Tannenbaum, Howard Becker, Edwin Lemert and the Labeling Theory, career criminals are often created by our juvenile justice system and by our society and their labeling of juveniles who have been convicted of committing a deviant act. These youngsters are often labeled as 'juvenile delinquents '. The Labeling, not the juvenile 's characteristics, can create a habitual offender.

The labeling theory describes how we behave and shows reactions on the justice system and focuses on the reaction of delinquency and others such as parents, and peers. I also noticed how theorists viewed the people bad or good before even getting to know what kind of people they were. Some of the reactions toward juveniles were labeled as evil and bad. Juveniles are also labeled as bad and dangerous when police treat them in a terrible way. I have never understood why people always judge others. If a juvenile goes to prison for stealing, he or she is considered a thief and they will always be labeled a thief. People never want to give others a chance to change in life and have that labeled lifted off their backs. I am not saying everyone changes,

1. Physiognomy theory states that human behavioral characteristics have external physical manifestations (Understanding Crime: Essentials of Criminological Theory, pg 95, Unit 3). What does this mean exactly? Physical manifestation happens through detachment. Detached from your goal and not thinking about, the physical manifestation will be in process and eventually take place (http://www.lawsofmindsystem.com/physicalmanifestation.htm). Could this have happen to Skylar? Skylar is a young man in his 20’s, who has been acting since a child. His career came to end in his early 20’s when he wasn’t able to remember his lines. He joined US Marine Crops for a brief time, 15 days to be exact. Skylar was physical and sexually abused from this drug addicted father. Skylar Deleon is saying that he had a poor social treatment. Due to the poor social treatment he, his wife Jennifer and two other friends handcuff the Hawks to the yacht anchor and sent them hurtling to their deaths in the ocean. Skylar couldn’t take that he wasn’t a child star anymore. It was a detachment that he couldn’t come to terms with. Biochemical is that humans are cauldrons of biological chemicals, many of which are susceptible of external influences and internal disturbances or imbalance (Understanding Crime: Essentials of Criminological Theory, pg. 96, Unit 3). Skylar is a young adult who couldn’t cope with not working in the show biz. He needed a balance.

The labeling theory is based upon the idea that one is not considered deviant through their actions, but instead deviance is built upon from people negatively judging an individual with disparate behavioral tendencies from the cultural norm. It centralizes around the idea that deviance is relative, as nobody is born deviant, but become deviant through social processes when surrounding peers consistently label a person as deviant. Therefore, one becomes a deviant because one believes that one’s self-concept is a deviant through consistent labeling of external factors, usually from higher authoritative peers. The labeling theory therefore focuses on how one’s self-identity or behavior can be shaped and influenced by how other

Labelling theory is they theory of how self-identity and behavior of individuals may be determined or influenced by the terms used to describe or classify them. It is associated with the concepts of self- fulfilling the prophecy and stereotyping. This theory is coming associated with the sociology of criminal and deviance, where it is used to point out how social processes of labelling and treating someone as criminally deviant fosters deviant behavior, which then can lead to negative repercussions for that person due to other people within the society being biased against people being labelled a deviant (C N Trueman, 2016).