The majority (48.9%) of criminal offenders for intimate homicides revealed that they were possessive of their victim. Alcohol abuse is also seen as a factor that is repeatedly seen in these types of cases. Men who abuse their children and wives are often seen as incompetent, immature, overwhelmed, and frustrated individuals. The attitudes of these offenders were precieved as irrational, expressive, and often precipitated by frustration and extreme anger. Some professionals also suggest that street violence is a rationale. (Bartol C. & Bartol A, 2011, pg 277).…
Victims are generally unresponsive to the enviroment that surrounds them and they are immobile. They are rigid, stiff and unwilling to move. Occasionally they may have peculiar movements such as grimacing or assuming bizarre postures (Jones, Buckley & Kessler, 2006). They may repeat a phrase or word that has been spoken by somebody else and they may engage in some restless ongoing activity for no reason or desired outcome. There behaviors often revolve around restless, purposeless and sedentary behaviors and their risk of exhaustion, malnutrition and self-inflicted injury is high (Jones, Buckley & Kessler, 2006).…
Women who are victims of domestic violence often have multiple barriers to overcome before they choose to end the violent relationship. While in an abusive relationship, victims often don't go because they are threatened by the abuser (Ramsey, 2013). The women are often afraid of the perpetrator's retaliation if they report the abuse (Al-Natour, Qandil, & Gillespie, 2015). Women fear being killed by their abuser and harm coming to their children. Fear is the way through which abusers control their victims. Emotional control forces the victims to fear the harm that could happen to her and the people close to her. The victim will bear all the abuse to protect her children. The constant state of fear gives the victims a feeling of panic. Living in panic in the relationship often causes the victims to lose their confidence in themselves. When the victims lose their confidence, they begin to live their lives to make their abusers happy. The victims will start to neglect their needs and desires to ensure that the abuser is…
Even though it is common, PTSD is usually the result of multiple incidents of physical abuse that victims endure while being held captive. It can then be understood as an emotional response to physically driven actions. Furthermore, symptoms of PTSD, such as shock and anxiety, can be classified into a broader definition of genuine psychopathology. In order for this condition to be present in a kidnapping victim, there needs to be an “enduring personality change after a catastrophic experience” and “a mistrustful attitude, social withdrawal and estrangement, feelings of emptiness or hopelessness, and a chronic feeling of being ‘on edge’…for at least two years” (David A. Alexander and Susan Klein). With reference to the Chowchilla incident in San Francisco in 1976, where twenty-six children were abducted, every child showed indications of PTSD and even mentally deteriorated further over time. This example sheds light on the harmful effects kidnapping can have on young children, potentially more so than adults. Other psychological reactions to being kidnapped are psychological infantilism and frozen fright, where the victim exhibits shock, fear, and a regressive type of behavior becoming attached to the kidnapper for their…
The Stockholm syndrome is defined as, “A term to describe the positive bond kidnap victim develops towards their captor” (Namnyak, p.4). This means that the victim of a kidnapping would then at the end help and take part of the kidnappers plans because of how they had been treated and what they had been told. Take for example a victim that has been kidnapped. That kidnapped victim would then be pampered with gifts and other items for a certain period of time, while at the same the captor would try and persuade the victim into believing that what they are doing is good and that the captor has a good character. This would eventually lead to the kidnapped victim into becoming affiliated with the crimes that the captor may continue to do. However, all this was occurring under and constant fear of being placed in…
It was common for the serial killers to come from a family that had experienced divorce, separation, or the lack of a parent. Furthermore, nearly half of the serial killers had experienced some type of physical and sexual abuse and even more had experienced emotional neglect.[37] When a parent has a drug or alcohol problem, the attention in the household is on the parents rather than the child. This neglect of the child leads to the lowering of their self-esteem and helps develop a fantasy world in which they are in control. Hickey's Trauma Control Model supports how the neglect from parents can facilitate deviant behavior especially if the child sees substance abuse in action.[34] This then leads to disposition (the inability to attach), which can further lead to homicidal behavior unless the child finds a way to develop substantial relationships and fight the label they receive. If a child receives no support from those around him or her, then he or she is unlikely to recover from the traumatic event in a positive way. As stated by E. E. Maccoby, "the family has continued to be seen as a major—perhaps the major—arena for…
Traumas are frightening, often dangerous, and/or violent events or conditions that are experienced as overwhelming to a family and/or any or all its individual members. These experiences can include breaches in the protective shield or social contract that diminish a family’s sense of safety and support. Each member of the family may experience trauma differently but each individual family member’s adaptation is linked to the reactions and responses of the others.…
According to research by the Kellie Jo Holly at the Healthy Place Campaign, the first stage is considered “fight or flight” where the victim “turns off their emotions” or try to minimize their emotions and avoid speaking out against their attacker to avoid danger. The second stage is where the victim seems to feel as if they can not escape the abuse even in their mind and may even take “deathly actions” against their attacker (Holly, 2011).…
I have personally never heard of such a thing. I (being a victim) have had years of therapy and education…
Traumas are usually repressed. The child develops feelings of jealousy and hatred towards the alpha make (the father) and so this leads to the desire to kill the father. However there are also feelings of respect and fear that result in deep traumatic sense of guilt. The desire to posses the mother and the…
One main problem that often come out of traumatic experiences is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD is seen throughout society and is characterized as re-experiencing the traumatic event through dreams, thoughts, sensations, or flashbacks. It also involves emotional numbing, avoidance of trauma provoking thoughts or activities, and a heightened sense of alertness or arousal. PTSD is most commonly seen when the maltreatment was received as a child. Childhood maltreatment comprises of sexual, physical, and emotional neglect that negatively affects a child’s development and their psychological or psychological health throughout their entire lifetime (Ramo-Fernández et al.). When abused at such an important developmental age such as childhood development those children when adults have a higher probability of abusing their own children and becoming involved in abusive relationships, in which they would re-experience their victimization (Ramo-Fernández et al.). A study was done to prove that when one is abused as a child they are more likely to become abusive as well. In 135 parents with a history of childhood maltreatment 6.7% abused their child within the first 13 months. This may not seem like a large amount but compared to the control group of non-abused parents only 0.4% abused their offspring (Ramo-Fernández et…
Abusive Relationships are created mentally and physically. In my opinion, the definition for abuse describes a person with harmful intents; lacking concern, compassion, or affection for another human being. The following annotated bibliographies will express different stages of abuse in set climates. The purpose is to evaluate opinions of the authors selected with the most relevant connections to the behavior patterns of abusive relationships.…
Starting with physical violence, this type can escalate from something as minor as pulling or grabbing and worsen to slapping, punching, or the use of weapons. As the abuser generally denies the abuse forcing the victim to not seek any medical help for his sake, medical treatment is also sometimes denied for injuries and wounds resulting from the abuse (“Domestic Violence Resource Center”, 2013). In emotional abuse which can be the psychological or mental violence that impacts the mental health and well being of their partner; there is logic that can affect the victim’s sense of self and reality. This may include anywhere from name calling, insults, and jealousy in the direction of increasing into humiliation, social isolation, or intimidation. Sexual abuse,…
Parental abuse syndrome was the defense used by brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez, who claimed that the reason they killed their mother and father was because they had both been brutally abused by their parents as children. Fetal alcohol syndrome is used as a defense when a person claims that the reason they committed the crime was because their mother drank alcohol while she was pregnant with the accused. Adopted child syndrome is a defense in which the person claims that they committed the crime while under a “sleeper effect” after finding out…
conditions without attempting to flee, and how one could become aligned with one’s abductor. It…
