Jerry Sandusky Research Paper

“Ask a psychopath what love is and he’ll go on and on, but he has never felt it himself…If you catch him lying, he’ll just shift gears and go on as though nothing had happened” (Goleman). Ted Bundy was one of the most famous psychopaths in the history of the country (Nordheimer). People say he was the perfect killer- handsome, intelligent, witty, and charming (Boynton 25). Bundy was the complete opposite of what people thought a serial killer looked like, so his victims did not fear him (“Ted Bundy”). Robert Keppel, an expert on serial killers, stated, “He taught us that a serial killer can appear to be absolutely normal, the guy next door (“Serial Killers and Mass Murderers”). At one point he was working for a suicide hotline; a friend

Child molestation and sexual assault is an ever growing problem in the United States today, but an even bigger problem is that these pedophiles are being released after only serving as little as one quarter of their sentence. In California alone (at the time the bill was first passed), there was an estimated 680 individuals on parole for molestation and other sexual assaults including sodomy by force with a victim under the age of thirteen as well as child molestation with foreign objects.

Jerry Sandusky, a former assistant football coach for the Nittany Lions, was indicted on 40 counts of child molestation. As the investigation continued, it was determined that Sandusky had used his charity organization, the Second Mile, to track down and sexually abuse young boys interested in playing football. This horrendous abuse is thought to of started as early as the 1970’s, the time period Sandusky was only held responsible for acts that took place during 1994-2009. It is obvious that a very dangerous cultural element existed at Penn State. This culture of devotion, minimal blame and self-preservation. This is what seemed to drive the behavior at Penn State University, leaders, staff and the surrounding community. Good, healthy, productive behaviors cannot exist in a culture that doesn’t support them. Therefore, if you accept bad decisions, such as the ones made by the leaders at Penn State your promoting bad

Everything was looking good for Joe Paterno and Penn State football as his football managing career rose with an overall record of 298-136-3 but in 2011, all that changed. Back in 2000 a janitor of Penn State witnessed Sandusky receiving oral sex from a young boy, the janitor reported what he saw to co-workers and his supervisor but none of these men reported these actions to authorities. It wasn’t until November 5, 2011 that Sandusky was arrested on a $100,000 bail and up to 40 criminal counts. ESPN were quickly in the scene to investigate and report the allegations on Sandusky. They quickly reported saying Sandusky was charged with more than 50 counts of child sex-abuse involving 10 boys he met through The Second

In 2011 the initial shock of the media and reports of the Sandusky scandal uncovering years of victims and allegations, left spectators in disbelief. The idea that this type of abuse went undetected from 1994 to 2009 seemed preposterous. The fact of the matter is that Sandusky was enabled to continue his abuse through high ranking school officials sweeping Sandusky’s behavior under the rug (Chappell, 2012).

The biggest name in 20th century American law enforcement in United States history is John Edgar Hoover. John Edgar Hoover was the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was appointed in 1924 and died in office in 1972. He stayed in power from President Calvin Coolidge to President Richard Nixon. His agents brought down some of the most notorious crime bosses in the U.S. He had changed the way police look at crime scenes.

Upon entering the Jerry Falwell Museum, there is a cabinet displaying information about Jerry Falwell’s heritage. Lining the walls are portraits of his ancestors, along with different signs from the 17 different service stations his family owned. A model recreation of a service station is on display with different photos of the buildings his family had owned. There is a plaque describing Jerry Falwell’s conversion to Christianity, with information about his three main mentors, and how he met Macel, who was later to be his wife. Looking around the room one can see many of Jerry Falwell’s achievements, including his many ambitious ministries. In one corner of the room there is equipment that was used from his first television ministry. Also on

Graham Spanier at the time was the president of Penn State University. He was forced to resign following the Penn State child sex abuse scandal. Tim Curley was the athletic director for Penn State and Gary Schultz was the Vice President. After it was revealed that they failed to report the incident to authorities, both of these men were fired by the board.

The Jerry Sandusky investigation would continue after subpoenas would be served into his records at Penn State University. Just like anything else, past reports begin to become known even though it took the 1998 reports before these older reports were known. These incidents were reported 1994 – 1997. “According to the grand jury report, Sandusky allegedly engages in inappropriate conduct with three different boys he met separately through the Second Mile program. One boy was 7 or 8, another was 10 and the third was 12 or 13 at the time. According to the grand jury report, the now-grown men said Sandusky engaged in inappropriate conduct ranging from touching to outright sexual encounters, including several incidents during the night before Penn

Sandusky eventually was sentenced to prison on October 9, 2012 for 30 to 60 years. After courtroom testimony of Victim No. 4, Sandusky's adopted son Matthew, came forward and told police that he too was a victim of sexual abuse. Matthew originally went to court to provide support for his dad, however after hearing testimony from victim No. 4, and his description of sexual abuse being so similar to his own experience, he decided to move forward, against his dad, and disclose the abuse as well (Simpson,

The information, in this case, is overwhelming. Personally, I cannot believe this travesty was committed with all of the officials that knew what Sandusky was doing. On November 5, 2011, Sandusky was arraigned on 40 criminal counts and was released on a one hundred thousand dollar bail. At that time Curley and Schultz are charged with felony perjury and one count of failure to report the abuse allegations. November 7, 2011, Curley and Schulz resigned from their positions. Consequently, on November 9, 2011, Paterno announces he would retire at the end of the 2011 season, hours later the university announces that President Spanier and Coach Paterno were terminated. On November 11, 2011, McQueary, who witnessed the 200 rape is placed on indefinite

Saul David Alinsky was born on January 30, 1909. Raised in a poor area of Chicago, Illinois, by strict Orthodox Russian Jewish immigrant parents who Alinsky himself described as “their whole life revolved around work and the synagogue.” He considered himself a devout Jew until the age of 12, when he began to fear that his parents would try to force him to become a rabbi.

I believe there were a couple of things that determined the judge's decision on Sandusky. For instance, he was a well-known member of the community and sponsored many programs that actually benefited members of that area. He coached football for Pennsylvania state for over 15 years and obviously these accusations came in afterwards from 1994 to 2009. The Second Mile charity was one of the programs that Sandusky contributed to, one can say that this was a good deed for the local area but others can say that it was his hunting grounds to rape and abuse these young children. He was given the trust to help troubled teenagers take a straight Road and instead he went ahead and continued to abuse them. In my opinion the judge was a little compassionate

“You can't have 100% security and then also have 100% privacy and zero inconvenience. Society had to make choices” said President Obama. It has become a given in society that it is on the government’s agenda to procure its nation’s safety in exchange of the privacy or freedom of the people. Edward Snowden, a paladin of social justice, has now come to light with outstanding facts as for what specifically it is that the National Security Agency (NSA) is able and willing to do for the country’s sake. Snowden, a 29-year-old NSA ex-employee, worked from Hawaii on his computer support for the recollection of data in bulk from the whole nation . Under the name of Verax, which means truth teller in Latin, he

He has a very sickening individual that committed very horrid acts. He murdered women to feel in control but by killing these young women he rid them of having a chance to live their lives. This essay talked about Ted Bundy’s early childhood, his victims and capture, and his