Familial Delusions : A Correlation Between Familial And Forms Of Mental Illness

Innocence first proclaims itself when Sarah discovers that she is not returning home. Sarah’s behaviour and lack of understanding towards pressing information is a portrayal of how she has been raised to be quite naïve. These preceding traits are revealed when Sarah explains to her brother, “I’ll come back for you later. I promise.” (9). Here, Sarah proves her innocent nature as a result of being raised by her parents in an exceedingly structured way. Guilt emanates into Sarah’s moral conscience when her father confesses that “we are not going back. They won’t let us back.” (23). Furthermore, Sarah’s sheltered upbringing is proved to be true when she smiles at a boy during the roundup and he looks back at her like she’s crazy. She then thinks to herself, “Maybe [I] had got it all wrong. / … Maybe things were not going to

“The foundation for a serial killer is usually laid down in their early life experiences during childhood with harsh childhood punishment and discipline” (Dalal, Aggarwal, Bhullar, & Sharma, 2009, p. 111). According to studies made by Dalal et al (2009), individuals that grow up in homes where alcohol and drugs are abused, and the child is emotionally scarred or physically harmed are likely candidates to become a serial killer than others who come from stable, loving homes. Other experts have also agreed with this theory that a traumatic home life can produce a serial killer. One hypothesis individuals

While connections to relatives, in some cases, can be beneficial, they also have the opportunity to ruin one’s reputation. Heathcliff and Catherine’s brother-sister relationship gets them into trouble. When Heathcliff and Catherine spy on the Lintons, they are caught. Mrs. Linton is disgusted that “Miss Earnshaw [was] scouring the country with a gypsy”(WH 53). Catherine is expected to behave like a proper lady, implying that she should not associate with those inferior in status to her because she is part of the middle class. Even though Catherine and Heathcliff have a strong bond, he ruins her reputation in the eyes of the Mrs. Linton. Similarly, Mary wants Anne to keep “her company as long as she should want her to”(P 32). This prompts Elizabeth to not invite Anne to Bath because “‘nobody will want her in Bath’”(P 32). Anne’s reputation is ruined in the eyes of

In recent discussions of serial killers, a controversial issue has been whether they were born being the killer that they are or if it is impacted by the way that they grew up. On the one hand, some argue that serial killers are influenced by things in their lives that cause them to become these guiltless killers. From this perspective, porn and violence in the home are big factors in what people believe to be influencing these people. On the other hand, however, others argue that these people are born this way and the way they grow up has no influence. In the words of Helen Morrison, one of these view’s main proponents, “No matter what country, ethnicity, race, socioeconomic background, education, familial background, they are all exactly the same.” According to this view, despite if they are born this way or grew up being influenced by things, they are all the same. In sum, then, the issue is whether they are born this way or if their lives are influenced.

The idea of serial killers and the role they play in our lives has fascinated people since the cases of Jack the Ripper and H.H. Holmes, although serial murderers existed before them. The infamous and mysterious complexities of these cases have puzzled and terrified people for over a century. Perhaps due to the deviant and taboo nature of serial killings, people in our society and others have tried to attribute many reasons for why they occur. In this search for answers, one major scope has been widely left out of the research: the sociological imagination. It is through this method of understanding that I will attempt to explain the development of serial killers and apply theories that explain the frequency of serial killings in our society.

In the 1980s serial killers were understood to be a new development, a phenomenon frequently accredited to the excesses of American culture. It was a decade of change, one of freedom and great music. It was also a decade that brought the shock and fear of serial killers. Today it seems as if all societies have serial killers. People in today’s society are left with questions such as: Who are they? Why are they so different? Why do they commit such horrific crimes? There are many theories that psychologists and sociologists have researched but found no definite answers. The Bureau of Justice Statistics partnership with MINCAVA reported that, between 1976 and 1994 there were an estimated 405,089 murders in the United States. Of these, the circumstances surrounding the murder are known in 317,925, or 78.5%. Among the cases with known circumstances, an estimated 4,807, or 1.5%, were classified as involving rape or another sex offense (Greenfeld 1997). Though the vast majority of violent sex offending involves males assaulting female victims, females account for a small percentage of known offenders, and males account for a small percentage of victims (Greenfeld, 1997).

The Federal Bureau of Investigation defines serial murder as the slaying of two or more victims at separate times, with a “cooling off” period between each incident but, as the distinguished scientific magazine Psychology Today notes, to actually pin down the true underlying factors that contribute towards a person committing these acts is no easy feat; the FBI’s definition alone encompasses at least 2,800 known American serial killers, all immensely complex and mysterious individuals (Aamodt). The public’s interest in the gory details of the killer’s crimes is uncontested, as demonstrated by the highly profitable entertainment industry surrounding these twisted and unpredictable characters, but much less glamorous question of what led these

Media misogyny, moral panic, and the production of fear all sit at the intersection of crime, media, and culture. Fear is produced, which strengthens panic, while the pervasive nature of misogyny affects society as a whole. Media Misogyny Continuing on the discussion of themes from the textbook, female killers are seen as novel because the media and psychoanalytic perspectives that are pervasive, despite evidence to the contrary of their validity, frame women in a certain way; simple, weak, kind, mothers, wives- So when a case emerges with a woman acting counter to these stereotypes, the media seemingly has two reactions.

fathers actions, she developed issues with control. After her father died, she kept his body for

Final Case Study Topic and Outline Joe Cantu CRJ 308 Instructor: David Ojo December 8, 2014 Final Case Study Topic and Outline INTRODUCTION: For my final case study, I have chosen to review the case of the infamous Charles Manson. Still decades after his involvement with the gruesome Tate murders, his notoriety lives on. Society has presented him as the poster boy for serial killing psychopath, even though he was said to do nothing more than influence the behaviors of his so called “family”. In this study I will aim to address what drove the monster to his delusional ways and how he became the voice of reason to those around him.

A mother of four children known and respected by her community is charged with killing three of her four children. When hearing a story like this one, what does one think? Why did she kill her children? What would drive a mother to kill her own children? After police find the motive behind the killing, it is found that taking on the responsibility of being a single mother drove the motive of the killings. One wonders what the mother was thinking or going through to commit such a hannis crime. Solving a crime involves forensic science to help catch a criminal but sometimes it requires a little more, forensic psychology. Forensic

The main graph in the report shows the relationship between serial killers and behaviors they carried in their childhood. It is separated by these labelings: Predispositional Factors(PF), Social Environment (SE), Formative Events/Traumatizations (FE/T), Actions Toward Self/Others (ATS/O), Active Fantasy Life (AFL), and Facilitators (Fac.). The graph showed that the most common traits major serial killers have in the time before adolescence are problems with sexuality and chronic masturbation,

Throughout history, crime literature has been one of the most popular genres to reach the masses. Ranging from last words of criminals sentenced to death to sermons about crime and religion, crime stories have presented criminals to the masses in different lights and with different opinions. Some condone their treacherous acts in favor of describing their libertine lives; others outright condemn their crimes and lifestyles. However, no matter the purpose of the writer, most crime accounts have the same effect: they make criminals likable to people.

There is also quite simply the gruesome nature of these crimes. It is not just Jack the Ripper, but rather all serial killers and general criminals that attract the attention of a variety of audiences. In humanity’s diametrically opposed worldview, crimes are seen as being committed by delinquents, and criminals are vastly different from the average “good” person. Therefore outlandish and egregious crimes carry more interest in the media. According to a study by the Federal Bureau of Investigations, less than one percent of murders are committed annually by serial killers as opposed to 12.5 percent of murders that are committed by members of one’s own family. And yet, domestic violence stories are often dismissed fairly quickly by the media, precisely because of their frequency. Because of this, it is not so much the unknown quantity of Jack the Ripper that generates such broad appeal but rather the rarity of these uniquely horrendous crimes themselves. The histrionics of the retellings have escalated with the times much as they did with the original reportings from the first murder to the last.

Catherine is most affected by this loss. According to Howard, Martin, Berlin and Gunn (2012), this absence could be seen as key to the instability of familial ties. Such instability is particularly obvious in the growing gap between Mr. Earnshaw and his children. In the beginning Mr. Earnshaw is introduced as a kind father, asking his children what to bring for them from Liverpool, however, after his wife’s death Mr. Earnshaw is unable to understand Jokes from his children and “Catherine, on her part, had no idea why her father should be crosser and less patient in his ailing condition” (Bronte, 2009). While Nelly assert that Mr. Earnshaw was a kindhearted father though he was rather severe and strict sometimes, this does not eliminate the fact his relationship with his children, following his wife’s death, was characterized by negligence and lack of understanding. Along with these observations, Howard, Martin, Berlin and Gunn (2012) maintain that a child’s separation from his mother is linked to behavior problems, particularly for girls. Consequently, the gulf between Catherine and her father along with her mother’s death had negatively impacted her mental health and her character formation. Lastly Catherine is also a victim of