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kayystudiess · 3 months
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Happy wednesday !!🤍
i hope everyone is having a beautiful start to the new year :) starting 2024 with pink notes and a small portion of my desk setup <3
using the kokuyo campus notebook in pink!
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apricitystudies · 1 month
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crimes of the elite: a deep dive
voted on here. (other editions) bold = favourite
corporate harms
behind the smiles at amazon
the long, dark shadow of bhopal (bhopal gas disaster)
how lobbying blocked european safety checks for dangerous medical implants
7-eleven revealed
who controls the world's food supply?
the true cost of tuna: marine observers dying at sea
how a big pharma company stalled a potentially lifesaving vaccine in pursuit of bigger profits
24 years after, some victims not compensated and still can't live normal lives (pfizer's nigeria vaccine trials)
the corporate crime of the century
uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals (the uber files)
the baby killer (nestle infant formula scandal)
2 paths of bayer drug in 80's: riskier one steered overseas (hiv-risk contaminated blood product scandal)
global banks defy u.s. crackdowns by serving oligarchs, criminals and terrorists (fincen files)
the ultra-rich
eliminalia: a reputation laundromat for criminals
the fall of the god of cars (international fugitive carlos ghosn)
a u.s. billionaire took over a tropical island pension fund. then hundreds of millions of dollars allegedly went missing (cyprus confidential)
how the wealthiest avoid income tax (the irs files)
the haves and the have-yachts
madoff and his models (madoff ponzi scheme)
the imposter (blockchain terminal fraud)
the ultra-rich: (allegedly) stolen antiquities
crime of the centuries
stolen treasure traders
a hunt for cambodia's looted heritage leads to top museums (pandora papers)
an art crime for the ages
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jackmustcry · 8 months
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Spencer and Hotch because I’m rewatching my dvd set
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freezingmcxn · 4 months
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MY HCS FOR JEFF THE KILLER
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These are very dark so scroll if you’re not interested
(Im not involved with fanon, I enjoy looking at psychology and realistic versions of different creeps)
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After killing people Jeff poses their bodies in dehumanising ways.
This is common with lots of serial killers.
Why?
There’s two main purposes behind it:
A) the gratification of the offender
B) to shock those who discover the body (investigators,cops,family etc)
Jeff does it for both those reasons, he wanted to do something to make a statement, a bigger name for himself.He has signature poses for his victims making it so law inforcement know it’s him, he gets off on the fact he’ll never be caught and can piss them off.
One pose Jeff normally places his female victims in is a kneeling pose.
Why?
It demonstrates power.Kneeling in the presence of power means the kneeler is under control, they’re submissive.
He’s sees women as submissive creatures who are weak.
Jeff is putting himself in “Gods role” as the enforcer of mortality (it feeds him solopsistic ideation + god complex)
He doesn’t only use his knife as a weapon, he partakes in strangulation
Strangulation, particularly ligature strangulation, is more commonly associated with sexual sadistic murderers than non sexual sadistic murderers.
Jeff is a non sexual sadistic murderer.
Why does he do it?
It allowed the perpetrator to exert more power over their victims, that is what Jeff enjoys.
Being able to see the light drain from their eyes at the mercy of his hands,how they fail to fight back? Absolutely, sign him up.
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Thank you for reading, again I’m apologising for not answering asks, I’m busy writing my fanfic at the minute! I will come on occasionally and answer some like I’ve been doing <3 I don’t want to rush them I wanna think them over! Thank you for being patient :)
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disease · 4 days
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NYPD criminologist Roy Post invented his own version of a lie detector machine. Called The Postometer, the test theoretically detected not only criminal suspects, but also discovered the truth, or otherwise, of people’s reactions to emotional stimulus. [1939]
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ok but why am I hooked on that criminology x Jack Hughes blurb.
Like imagine something Happens that makes the news and she’s there as an agent but Jack is so nervous he makes him and Luke watch the live news coverage from their house while he stares at his phone, waiting for a text from her.
ooooh i love that y'all are loving criminology x Jack, because I'm really loving writing it
WARNING: Unlike the last one where I was able to leave details of the case out, there are a few details in this one that may be uncomfortable for some people. Please read with that in mind 🫶
Incoming Call : Captain O' Captain (1)
Incoming Call : Huggy (3)
Incoming Call: Mom (2)
"Luke, dude, what's with all the calls I missed?" Jack asks his brother, still running a towel through his damp hair.
"Do you have any missed calls from Crim?" Is Luke's response instead, eyes just barely glancing up from his phone that is held in a death tight grip.
"No? It's 1 in the afternoon Kid, you know she's at work," But Jack's chest is getting tight, that feeling of something being wrong washing over him as he looks over the state his brother is in.
"That's what I'm worried about," Luke mumbles, handing his phone to his brother, and when he sees the headline from the one news app on the kid's phone, he understands why everyone was trying to reach him. Why Luke is so tense. Why he feels this intense dread.
FBI Profilers Held In Intense Standoff
"Luke, put on the news. Now."
"What do you think I'm doing?"
"Don't-" Jack interrupts, dropping the towel he'd been using on his hair on the kitchen stool and dropping onto the sofa. "I'm sorry - I just need to see who's in there."
Luke knows he doesn't mean to be harsh about it, but they both know in their heads that there's no good answer when Luke turns on the TV. Either Crim, the woman Jack is hopelessly in love with and Luke loves like a sister is in that building, a man with a gun holding her and her coworkers hostage, or she's not, but the coworkers that she loves like family are.
And Jack can't help but hope it's the second, because the idea that she's in danger makes him want to cry, or throw up, or both.
"Here, this is the news channel it's on," Luke offers, long frame dropping onto the couch beside his older brother and pulling him into his side.
Jack's always been there for him, but he needs someone to be there for him right now.
"It's just in that the 3 members of a 5 person team of profilers who were in town to investigate anonymous threats have been taken hostage in the very library where the threats had been left. The hostage negotiator has arrived, and now it is just up to time to see how this standoff plays out.
And it took 4 and a half hours for the final report to come through : "All profilers remain safe after suspect turns himself in."
It had been 4 and a half hours of no word from Crim. From the team.
Of sitting on the phone with his mom crying. Of sitting on the phone with her mom, also crying.
But even the news report wasn't calming when there was no word from her.
Until there was.
Jack was still on the phone with his mom when the call came through, her name on the screen leaving him to simply hang up with no warning.
He'd apologize later.
"Baby?" His scratchy voice asks, stirring Luke from the sleeping position he hand managed where he was folded onto the couch.
"Crim?" Is the younger boys question, earning a nod in response.
"We're all okay," Is the girls sobbed response, Jack's heart breaking even more. "We're getting on the plane in half an hour, should be landing around 9-"
"I'll be in the lot to pick you up," Jack is quick to interrupt.
She sighs on the other end, knowing it'll be late but also not having the heart to tell him no. "Jack-"
"Baby, I just have to see you. To hold you, please let me pick you up," He nearly begs.
"If you don't mind, I would love that," She gives in, breathing choppy.
"I'll be there, just... fly safe, okay? You scared me today," He admits, earning a hit to his arm from Luke. "Luke is making sure I mention you scared him too," He can't help but laugh lightly, shaking his head while she chuckles too.
"I scare myself too," She admits, voice quiet. "I love you. Both of you."
"We love you too Baby, I'll see you at the airport."
these continue to get longer and longer... i might have to actually make an oc for this at some point... thoughts?
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deadpoetsfall · 2 months
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listening to classical music while losing my mind over my assignment i feel half like richard papen (losing my mind) & half like henry winter (listening to classical music)
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alabaiis · 1 year
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Jeffrey Dahmer’s apartment. (Top complex)
After he was caught on July 22nd 1991 the police discovered body parts, bones, and corpses of 11 people in his apartment. They also found all kinds of knives and sawblades, a hypodermic needle, an electric drill, a 57 gallon blue plastic drum with three decomposing torsos inside and photographs of his mutelited victims.
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tondroom · 5 months
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Applying criminological theories to Phantom of the Opera #1
I study criminology, and I have an exam in a week about criminological theories (=theories that attempt to explain deviant behavior/crime.) Each theory has a different perspective. So, I figured, why not apply a theory to Phantom. It's been on my mind.
For example, there's Classical Strain Theory (Merton, 1938). It was developed as a criticism of the 'American Dream.' Merton argued that not everyone can achieve the ideals of the American Dream (ex: a good house, good job, nice salary). I mean, if you're born into a poor family, of course it's much harder to get to a top university and become a lawyer. So, he argued, that the people who don't have the means to achieve society's goals, experience "strain". An individual responds to strain in different ways. They respond differently in different situations.
🎭 "Conformity"
An individual accepts the goal (example: American Dream) and try to achieve it with socially accepted means anyway. So, they try to 'work hard' and follow 'legitimate routes.'
🔪 "Innovation"
An individual accepts the goals, but they try to use different - absolutely not socially accepted - means. Innovation! You could get rich by working hard, but you could also steal things or extort people. And this is exactly what Erik does. Let's apply this element of strain theory to him. One of his society's goals is to, as a man, have a steady job and make money. Erik isn't able to achieve this goal due to his face. He's stigmatised and ridiculed for it. He doesn't have a face that's allowed in a workspace. Not to mention that his upbringing caused him to be socially unskilled, and he generally has some odd traits that make him unable to keep a job. That causes a lot of strain. The dude can't achieve his goals. Thus, to achieve society's goal anyway, he starts to manipulate and extort the managers of the opera house. In that way, he's achieved the goal of making money, just differently (and through criminal behavior). There are probably more examples of Erik's innovations, but I want to explain the other responses to strain too.
🥀 "Ritualism"
Ritualism is another response. This is when you accept society's goals, but you don't have the means to achieve them, and you basically give up on trying. An example is an exhausted person working a thankless job, never trying to move up the hierachy within their company. They have kinda accepted their fate, and accepted that they don't have the means to grow into a better position. This can also be applied to Erik, especially to the very moment he starts living inside the opera house. One could say his goals are to get a (1) nice-looking house and (2) become a 'normal,' functioning member of society. Clearly, Erik's tried to achieve these goals in his past; he's travelled around the world, and one could say he attempted to find a steady homebase everywhere he went. He's worked different jobs (circus-artist, architect, assassin), trying to become a functioning member of society the way society wants it. But again, there's an obstacle each time he tries to be 'normal': his face. Everyone rejects and abuses him. So, he gives up on becoming a functioning member of society, also deciding to accept he won't have a nice house, nor a nice job. He hides himself in the opera house and 'functions' from the background, from the shadows. His reality is an unfortunate reality for a lot of neurodivergent and disabled folks too.
🕳️ "Retreatism"
This is when someone also gives up, but they retreat from society altogether in a literal sense. Merton mentions severe drug-addicts and homeless folks as an example of this. These folks don't have the means to achieve society's goals, so they give up on them and retreat from society. They're technically 'there', but not a part of it; they don't 'function' at all anymore, according to Merton. And Erik's a fine example of this during the last scene of Phantom. He lets Christine go, giving up on trying to achieve society's goals of getting a nice family, a house, a wife... But it's no use. It's implied he withers away from sadness and dies. He gives up and retreats - unfortunately resulting in death.
✊ "Rebellion"
This is when you can't achieve society's goals, so you reject them and try to reform society. Merton mentions terrorists as an example of this. However, I could argue that activists or protestors are also an example of it - without correlating them to the extreme example of terrorists. Erik rebels a lot in the show, but I want to focus on the moment he drops the chandelier onto an audience, killing them. One of society's goals is to make money, like I mentioned before. Erik does this, by innovation; he extorts the managers for 20 000s francs each month. They pay him, up until they start to reject his extorting. Christine also rejects (and 'betrays') him, ruining their teacher-student dynamic. He can't be her teacher any longer and he probably won't get to marry her either. He can't achieve the aforementioned goals of being a functioning member of society, plus marrying someone, which is another goal. So, acting out, he drops the chandelier on a bunch people, killing them horribly. This shows he rejects society's goals and the means to achieve them.
Criticism
Of course Merton's theory is an old one, and he only applied it to the American Dream. It's also hard to test this theory, because how do you measure strain? It also doesn't explain specifically what makes some individuals resort to crime, and what makes others conform. Therefore it also doesn't account for the emotional state of an individual, and how much "strain" they can handle. I mean, Erik's clearly damaged emotionally, causing him to have moments where he acts completely irrationally. This is evident when he chokes Christine for a moment in the musical, but stops when he 'comes to his senses.' Is Erik's criminal behavior a result of strain, or a result of other factors, like mental illness, or even brain damage due to the abuse he endured?
But all in all, it's an interesting theory and it's fun to apply it to characters. And now, I have to go back to studying again. See ya (:.
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honeygrahambitch · 3 months
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Why I chose Criminology as an elective to my clinical psychology degree:
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Vs. what we actually studied:
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chemlock · 8 days
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Algae and Forensics
If you watch a lot of crime shows, you may have seen algae being used to help solve a crime. In Dexter, the algae on the victims was used to determine the port they came from, which led them to Dexter. Or Hannibal, where the algae led the FBI to Miriam Lass. A lot of crime shows play forensics up, but algae actually can be an important tool for helping solve a crime.
The presence of algae, or lack thereof, can tell us several things. Is there algae present in the closed organs of the decedent? If so, that tells you they were drowned or whether or not they were taken to a second location. What kind of algae? This can help us determine fairly accurately where the victim was drowned. This doesn't include bathwater or water with too few diatoms, such as ice water.
But how? Let's look into that.
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First off, I will be using the term "Diatoms." If you are unaware, diatoms are a type of photosynthesising algae, so I will be using the terms interchangeably.
There are over 15,000 species of algae living in brackish, fresh water, and sea water. Ponds, lakes, rivers, oceans, and coastal areas all have different diatom communities, and using that we can identify where the victim might have been killed.
When you drown, liquid is aspirated into the lungs and enters the bloodstream through alveoli. This lets particles such as sediments, microorganisms, or pollen to be carried to organs and deposited in capillaries. This means that diatoms can be found in the organs of a drown victim.
So, if diatoms are found in distant organs or closed systems and are of a great abundance, the cause of death is most likely due to ante-mortem drowning. This lets us know that the victim was drowned and was not just dumped posthumously.
Thanks to diatoms acid resistant sillica shell, they can easily be separated from tissue using acid-digestive extractions, and they are detectable in burned or putrified corpses. This means that drowning as a cause of death could be determined in a burnt victim that was taken to a second location.
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Algae is also being researched for its use as a time of death indicator. A study was conducted by forensics scientists, who found the diversity of algae on piglet bodies in water tended to decrease over time with a peak in diatoms recorded after 1-8 days of decomposition. This kind of work remains largely experimental, but it has the potential to be used for establishing a timeline since death (or submersion) in water.
Algae can be useful for linking criminals to their crime scenes, as diatoms can transfer onto clothing or footwear. Comparing microflora with the diatoms found could also give you a general area or type of water they were drowned in, as a swamp would have different algae than say, the ocean.
This evidence isn't damning in and of itself, but all evidence at a crime scene is valuable for solving the crime, and as such, algae can be an important part of forensics.
Thanks for reading! Have a good day and a cup of tea :)
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kayystudiess · 6 months
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My best friend came to help me with my notes today 🐱 the fluffy paws were all the motivation I needed to get these pages done!
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Hope everyone has a productive day! :)
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nemfrog · 1 year
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Prints. Criminal investigation, a practical handbook for magistrates, police officers and lawyers. 1906.
Internet Archive
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jackmustcry · 8 months
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How i look explaining mental illness statistics to the hoes
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freezingmcxn · 3 months
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Hi! Could you do headcannons for Laughing Jack? No pressure tho
LAUGHING JACK HCS/ANALYSIS
TW DARK + DISTURBING (don’t take that lightly)
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All of these posts are for educational reasons and I find my information from public sources!
I have an intrest in Psychology and Criminology, I’m merely applying research to creepypastas to make them “better”.
I’ve done Jack before on my tik tok but I’m adding stuff to what I said previously!
Please scroll if you like his character a lot or have your own version of him. My version is known for making people quite irked and disgusted so I don’t want to upset anyone that might see him in a different way <3
MOONS OPINON
I’d rate his story an 8/10.
I’d love more depth into Isaac and maybe the type of person he was and maybe more gore (I find gore in writing is more scarier since you’re left to your own imagination, film gore makes me gag I hate it 😭) , but I think Jack is terrifying and like his character development.
I have few stories/characters that actually scared me and honestly, he is one of the best I’ve read.
But he’s close to Jeff on the “ruined character” list I have.(fanon tore him apart and I’m quite sad his scary potential went to waste)
Also, I dont support the actions of his creator I think what they did was disgusting and I’m not commenting on it further.
ANALYSIS AND HCS
He is DEFINITELY an organised killer.
Organised killers are meticulous in planning and executing their murders, he is simply a perfectionist when it comes to this, he needs to have the child’s trust and he needs to have timing, this leads to planning out things cautiously and in advance.
He handpicks victims by figuring out the child’s obsessions, likes, dislikes and habits.
Organised killers are way more likely to engage in Necrophilia,Partialism, fetishism or human trophy collecting.
Am I saying he does any of that? No because his character is already bad enough, but I wouldn’t put it against someone like him to participate in those things.
He can pull off superficial charm, amazingly.
A common trait in serial killers is superficial charm and a strong ability to manipulate others.
Superficial charm is basically fake charm people use to gain someone’s trust, in jacks case he needs to gain trust of the children.
The facade of charm conceals his true intentions.
Why is gaining trust so important?
If he gains trust it means he can manipulate them and get close enough to finally killing them.
This could lead to him picking children that are easier to manipulate, like children that suffer abuse, have a disability or illness etc.
Basically the more vulnerable the more likely they are to fall for his manipulation, it’s very sad I know.
Manipulative tendencies may derive from cluster B personality disorders such as narcissistic, antisocial personality disorder, and borderline personality disorder.
Individuals who murder only children also tend to kill impulsively with manual methods (e.g. beating, drowning) these are usually slower more intense than when a weapon is involved.
This can very much explain why he tortures children (it’s canon I didn’t make that up, check the wiki).
Thank you for reading! I know it’s short I’ll try do some more soon xo
Merry Christmas and Happy Yule!
I’m sending lots of hugs to you all <3
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latexcowb0y · 5 months
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This is how i feel studying forensic science and criminal investigation knowing I am never going through the security clearance for the FBI lmao (this post might just be it)
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