Unit 7: Assignment 3 CJ325: Psychology for Law Enforcement Kaplan University December 6, 2015 Dynamics of a Hostage/Crisis Situation I am a police psychologist in a major metropolitan area, and a member of this area’s hostage negotiation team. The scenario I am about to analyze is occurring in a residential neighborhood at 3:15pm, near a middle school and library. A 42-year-old male has just murdered his next-door neighbor, and has his wife, son, and a family friend held up inside his house. He is currently threatening to kill those inside the house if his demands of immunity from the murder charge, fast food, and a case of beer are not met. This incident is going to be utilized to map out and analyze the dynamics of hostage/crisis situations.
(4) Staging an accident is Insurance Fraud, a third degree felony punishable by a maximum of seven years imprisonment. (5) And working with others to stage an accident is Conspiracy to Commit Insurance Fraud, an equally serious crime. (6) DiLacqua had turned two traffic offenses into four crimes, two of them felonies. Because the reported accident involved a Police Department vehicle, the dispatcher had to notify the Department's Accident Investigation Division (AID). Two AID investigators soon arrived and DiLacqua told them the story he had prepared, with Brady and the two officers standing by.
Also mentioned is how to determine the level of police force, suicide by cop, policy - and supervisory - related aspects of vehicle pursuit and also contagious shooting. After that there is the issue about women and minorities and how those situations should be handled. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFVQ0HZz2mc This video is a snipet from a News station covering the Patriot Act. In Grandville County a mother claims her son was taken into custody and imprisoned with no answers or reason why. Her 16 year old son as believed to be part of a terrorist movement on the US.
Movie case study 1 (Sling Blade) Name: Ya Hsuan Wang (Vivian) Client Name: Karl Childers Age: 37 years old Sex: Male Recommended Treatment: Institutionalization Recommended Length of Treatment: unknown Current Medications: none Karl is a patient with Asperger’s disorder. When he was a child, he had been abused by being neglected and ignored by his parents. He had experienced social isolation in early childhood. He has symptoms of Asperger’s disorder Karl Childers is a mental disabled man who has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for having killed his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly "institutionalized” Karl is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
The influx of prisoners poses issues such as gang rivalries, and violent confrontations, not only among the prisoners themselves but also between them and the prison guards. At Corcoran State Prison, on “gladiator days” officers forced rival gang members to fight, and shot them both for entertainment(Schlosser). In private Juvenile detention centers such as YSI facilities, staff often choose to not report most assaults and major fights to avoid scrutiny for violating their contracts and the rules of the Department of Juvenile Justice. Overcrowding also leads to inconveniences such as double-bunking, which urges aggression, violence, and stress-induced mental disorders. The incarceration system in the United States has inflicted much damage on societal well-being, caused by privatization of prisons, war on drugs, and overcrowding of prison cells.
Actor secret Michael Finch moved, an East Coast transplant with a college degree and an appetite for the fast lane. On April 10, 1990, a neighbor noticed a foul odor coming from Finchs apartment and called police. a dead adult male on a bed completely covered with a green blanket. A pillow had been placed on top of the mans face beneath the blanket. He had been stabbed twice in the chest and his throat had been slit.
Eyewitness Identification On the night of July 28, 1984 in Burlington, N.C., Jennifer Thompson, then a 22-year-old college student, had gone to bed early in her off-campus apartment. As she slept, a man entered her apartment. Thompson said the man, armed with a knife, told her to shut up or that he would kill her. The man raped Thompson for approximately 30 minutes until she tricked him into letting her get up to get him a drink and she escaped out the back door. The suspect raped a second women ½ away from the first crime scene.
RIVERSIDE: Fugitive shot to death by police | FRANK BELLINO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Riverside Police Officer put up barricades to cover the body of a man that was shot and killed by police on the 5600 Block of Harold Street in Riverside, Feb.18, 2012. 1 | of | 3 | | | | BY BRIAN ROKOS STAFF WRITER brokos@pe.com Published: 18 February 2012 04:15 PM A Text Size A man wanted on a felony arrest warrant who told a friend he would rather die than return to jail was shot to death Saturday when, Riverside police Chief Sergio Diaz said, he pulled a gun on officers who were trying to arrest him. The man’s mother, Gramercy Place resident Lorie Rivera, identified him as Danny James Bond, 38. His driver’s license lists him as a San Bernardino
A Series of Unfortunate Events It has been almost a year since a mentally ill youth took the life of twenty innocent children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut. Last week, the latest news reported a military man, who went on a shooting rampage in Texas at Fort Hood. Other memorable tragedies such as the murders at the premiere of The Dark Knight Rises movie in Aurora, the Columbine high school massacre, or even the Virginia Tech massacre bring back to light a highly debated issue, guns and who should possess them. Despite these tragedies, deep division has kept new gun safety laws from passing in congress. A stricter mental and criminal background check system should be put in place before gun purchase to
News Article 1. I’m going to read you an article that I want you to pay close attention to. I am going to quiz you on it at the end of my speech. “Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department found three dead in an East Los Angeles apartment complex last night, the apparent victims of a gangland style slaying; possible victims of a local gang, no suspects have yet been named. However, veteran Sheriff’s