Dr. Harold Shipman: The World’s Most Prolific Serial Killer A serial killer can be defined as someone who murders three or more people over a period of thirty days whose motivation is largely based on psychological gratification. Throughout the 20th century‚ England produced some of the most notorious serial killers in recorded history. One of the most prolific serial killers in Britain’s history is Dr. Harold Shipman‚ usually known as “Dr. Death.” He carries this title because he is responsible
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Ivie Efferson 1st block Composition Two: Career Choice Research Paper My Notes Source one: "Harold Shipman." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation‚ 09 July 2013. Web. 17 Sept. 2013. Notes from source one: Shipman’s trial‚ presided over by Mr Justice Forbes‚ began on 5 October 1999. Shipman was charged with the murders of Marie West‚ Irene Turner‚ Lizzie Adams‚ Jean Lilley‚ Ivy Lomas‚ Muriel Grimshaw‚ Marie Quinn‚ Kathleen Wagstaff‚ Bianka Pomfret‚ Norah Nuttall‚ Pamela Hillier‚ Maureen Ward‚ Winifred
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Harold Shipman Case Study. Harold Shipman‚ was a British doctor and one of the most prolific serial killers in recorded history with up to 250 proven murders between 1971 and 1998. In total‚ 459 people died while under his care‚ but it is uncertain how many of those were Shipman’s victims‚ as he was often the only doctor to certify a death. On 31 January 2000‚ a jury found Shipman guilty of 15 murders. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and the judge recommended that he never be released. After
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Harold Shipman was born on January 14‚ 1946 in Nottingham‚ England. As a child and caring for his mother while she was going through terminal lung cancer‚ he wanted to become a doctor. Shipman attended Leeds School of Medicine in England and began working as a physician in 1970 (Biography‚ 2017). After graduating from Leeds School of Medicine‚ Shipman who had started a family began his career as a physician in Todmorden‚ Yorkshire. By 1975 he was forging prescriptions to himself for pain medicine
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Dr. Harold Shipman admitted‚ as a college student‚ he took a very keen interest in drugs while at the Leeds University medical school (England‚ 2015). Dr. Shipman equally shared an intense interest in his mother’s morphine treatment as she battled lung cancer when he was still a teenager (Harold Shipman‚ 2014). He strongly believed this drug was instrumental in alleviating her pain up until she passed away (Harold Shipman‚ 2014). Soon after Dr. Shipman completed medical school and was working
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employed and usually the murders are completed in a similar fashion and the victims may have something in common. However‚ some serial murderers seem normal. They have families and a steady job. There are exceptions to the normal criteria. Harold Shipman was a successful person. He was considered a pillar to the community. He even won an award for a children’s Asthma clinic. Dennis Nelson was a retired veteran with no criminal record when he was arrested. Valdo Taneski was a journalist and a crime
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Dr Harold Fredrick Shipman Dr Harold Fredrick Shipman(14 January 1946 – 13 January 2004) was an English and d[->0]octor with 250 plus murders being positively ascribed to him.After his trial‚ the Shipman Inquiry[->1] chaired by Dame Janet Smith[->2]‚ begun on 1 September 2000 and lasting almost two years‚ investigated all deaths certified by Shipman. About 80% of his victims were women. His youngest victim was a 41-year-old man. Much of Britain’s legal structure concerning health care and medicine
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Crime and its effects on society (P3 P4 M1) Theory 1 Bandura the Social Learning Theory The Social Learning Theory says that people can learn by watching other people perform the behaviour. Observational learning explains the nature of children to learn behaviours by watching the behaviour of the people around them‚ and eventually‚ imitating them. With the "Bobo Doll" experiment‚ Bandura included an adult who is tasked to act aggressively toward a Bobo Doll while the children observe him. Later
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Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care (HSC 24) Section 1 How to recognise sign of abuse Physical abuse happen when is involved contact planned to cause bodily harm‚ feelings of intimidation. The signs are physical suffering or injury‚ injuries that are the shape of objects‚ injuries in a variety of stages or injuries that have not received medical attention. A person is being taken too many times or different places to receive medical attention‚ skin infections
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1 Please write a description of the mise-en-scene and musical sore from the opening scene. Note: you will want to write notes on this as you watch for the first time. Why do you think the director‚ Hal Ashby‚ made these choices? Defend your answer. The mise-en-scene of the opening scene is a boy dressed in brown tones with neutral and similar tones around the boy. The song is actually the opposite though because it is saying words like keep your head up high and the song has a “bouncy” beat to it
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