The Attuned Unconscious of the Detective and Criminal- Dupin a Split Personality The fact that the detective and criminal have same attuned unconscious which ultimately leads the detective to understand the criminal and reach the solution to the problem thus restoring the status quo, brings forth the question of how can that happen? Is it just the similar unconsciousness or id as describe by Sigmund Freud which needs immediate gratification? Or the split in one’s personality-a complex interaction of id and ego which paves its way out by disregarding the reality principle. In the case of the criminal the gratification of this innate primitive desires gives vent to the gruesome activities which is termed as crime in the conscious world, the detective on the other hand keeps his/ hers’ overflowing impulses in check by using defense mechanisms such as rationalization. For instance Sherlock Holmes gets thrills by looking at a dead body, which in-turn could also reflect his primitive desire to indulge in murders, but on the same hand he keeps his overflowing desire from entering the ego by restoring to sublimation of the impulses, thus working against id, to the restore the status quo- a behavior more acceptable by the society.
The CSI Effect on the Criminal Justice System “Popular media and anecdotal evidence have purported the existence of the “CSI Effect” on juror decision-making” (Mancini, 2011). Those people who are viewers of programs such as: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Criminal Minds, and Bones reported significantly greater dissatisfaction with pro-prosecution scientific evidence and required a greater percentage certainty in finding guilt. These highly popular programs affect the public’s perception of forensic science which affects the decision making in the criminal justice system. In these illusory programs, stimulating and captivating crime scene investigators recover concealed evidence from the crime scene and analyze the evidence with exceptionally sophisticated scientific testing procedures. After hearing these investigators use this entire vocabulary of perfect scientific lingo, they manage to make complete conclusions about the offenders’ identity and involvement in the crime, and often extract a confession from the perpetrator, all within an hour.
Conclusion A. Compare and Contrast B. Improvements to Analyze C. Summarization of Both Theories Criminologist Attempt to Understand Criminal Behavior by Constructing Theories of Crime The study of criminology is one of the most important parts of the criminal justice field. Criminology is an” integrated approach to the study of the nature, extent, cause, and control of criminal behavior” (Siegel, 2010 ). The main objective of criminology is to find possible causes of crime and deviance; which will help in the decline of crime within society.
The analysis of the crime scene indicates towards what kind of perpetrator they’d be dealing with, so the classification system can be used to determine the characteristics they might have. This is known as crime scene analysis. The top-down approach is based on the type of crime so the crime reconstruction and profile generation are from the crime scene classification. The stages in US profiling include; data assimilation, crime classification, crime reconstruction and then the profile generation. Although this type of profiling might be useful to some crimes, it is limited to crimes that leave significant evidence e.g.
They use the growing knowledge from psychiatry, psychology, criminology, and sociology, and utilize each in the field of criminal profiling. (3) Like in every job, criminal profilers have specific responsibilities that their job entails. It is a world of investigation and research impacted by inductive and deductive reasoning, crime-solving experience and knowledge of criminal behavior, facts, and statistical probabilities (1). Profilers are there to help investigators examine evidence from crime scenes and victim and witness reports to develop an offender description including psychological variables such as personality traits, psychopathologies and behavior patterns, as well as demographic variables such as age, race or geographic location. Investigators
The investigated violent crimes that came came under the jurisdiction of the FBI. As they both progressed in their career they began to study why some offenders committed violent crime and some who became serial killers. In the Ressler book “Whoever Fights Monsters” the violent offender was wrote about. Ressler wanted to show the offenders make-up of why they committed violent crimes, how their family dynamics at their early ages might have caused their violent behavior. Ressler focused a majority of his writing around some of the well known serial killers and violent offenders with such names as Manson, Bundy, and Kemper.
Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep introduced readers to Phillip Marlowe, a character whose tough guy persona was an early basis for the "dark detective" archetype that to this day remains a fixture in fiction. His colorful, convincing, and descriptive writing style gives his readers a confident grasp on the character of Marlowe. Chandler’s unique process of stealing unrelated short stories and mashing them up into his own remixed version leaves the reader with unresolved questions and loose ends. Complex and heavily intertwined, the plot folds back in on itself more than once in the duration of the novel and sometimes even collapses. The book is classified as a crime novel or murder mystery, but while plots in those genres are traditionally resolved by the final page, certain components of The Big Sleep never add up.
My interest into the study of crime emanated from the television series “The Bill” I understand the hyper reality and fictionalization of television programmes but this became the starting point of my curiosity. My interest in crime became more apparent when I studied crime and deviance in GCSE Sociology. The nature of this topic highlighted some factors that lead to criminal behaviour; studying Criminology at degree level will enable me to gain deeper knowledge into the study of crime. I am currently studying Media Studies this has helped me to see how the media portrays crimes and how the media may create a distorted image of criminal activity taking place in society . In addition, Media Studies has educated me on the importance of keeping up with the current affairs and being aware of the current levels of crime.
Offender profiling is the establishing of a hypothesis to identify a criminal via examining the evidence accumulated from a crime scene, this helps authorities narrow down searches for individuals with traits that correlate with signatures of the crime, one such noted profiler was Robert Ressler. In discussing the FBI approach to offender profiling, it is essential to draw focus on the methodology developed by Ressler and how it is utilised by authorities in addition to its strengths and limitations. In this context offender profiling is used when examining crimes involving serial murders of a sexual nature. The FBI profile emerges from stages, the process begins with what is termed the Assimilation Stage. Evidence of the crime scene is obtained, this would include photographs or an in person examining of the scene, a profile of the victim (including their pathology reports), witness statements and DNA analyses of the victim and the offender.
Why are prisons bursting at the seams? According to Joe Romaine of the International Business Times, it is because of America’s “insane drug laws,” which are doing more harm than good (Romaine). Many people may argue that drug offenders are getting what’s coming to them— they broke the law, and therefore it is part of their consequence to suffer through the overcrowded “cruel and unusual” incarceration. Individuals who argue this point are mistaken because although criminals should indeed receive punishment for their actions, there comes a time when a line of propriety is crossed. The ‘war on drugs’ has become a harsh and unnecessary measure that frankly costs American taxpayers far too much money.