Criminal Behavioral Analysis

    "OPERATION MIDNIGHT CLIMAX"; CIA GAMES _________________________________ INTRODUCCTION/OVERVIEW Operation Midnight Climax was an operation carried out by the CIA  as a sub-project of Project MKUltra, the mind-control research  program that began in the 1950s. It was initially established in  1954 by Sidney Gottlieb and placed under the direction of the  Federal Bureau of Narcotics in Boston, Massachusetts with the  "Federal Narcotics Agent and CIA consultant"  George Hunter White  under the pseudonym of Morgan Hall. Dr. Sidney Gottlieb was a chemist  who was chief of the Chemical Division of the Office of Technical Service of  the CIA. Gottlieb based his plan for Project MKUltra and Operation  Midnight Climax off of interrogation method research under Project  Artichoke. Unlike Project Artichoke, Operation Midnight Climax gave  Gottlieb permission to test drugs on unknowing citizens, which made way  for the l...

    A STATISTICAL RARITY;  THE FEMALE MASS SHOOTER _____________________________________________ INTRODUCTION     Recent research examined female mass shooters. Specifically, the research provides descriptive factors about perpetrators  and incidental characteristics. Findings indicate female students more closely align with male mass shooters than the average female. Female mass shooters tend to target places associated with an ideological  motivated attacker. ______________________________________________      Many shootings are done by male perpetrators. In general, men account for the majority of homicides in mass murder. When women kill, during a mass shooting event, there tends to be a relationship component underlying it. When females become mass shooters, they tend to have one or two intended targets. However, unlike their male counterparts, despite having one or two targets, they are willing to kill outs...

                        THE POWELL FAMILY; IN THE AFTERMATH _______________________________________________ THE AFTERMATH           On February 11, 2013, approximately one year after the  death of Joshua and his sons, Michael Powell killed himself in  Minneapolis, Minnesota, by jumping from the roof of a parking  garage. Police had questioned Michael several times in 2012  after discovering his abandoned Ford at the Oregon wrecking yard.  Police described him as "evasive" about why he left the car at that  location. Utah authorities have since stated their belief that  Joshua and Michael were accomplices in the murder of Susan. West Valley City police's active investigation into Susan's  disappearance was closed on May 21, 2013.           In a February 2013 interview, Manley, who had conducted  the 2011–2012 evaluations of Joshua...

    THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE ____________________________ WHY IS IT CALLED THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE?  Some people who have experienced any type of physical, sexual,  or emotional abuse can attest to the fact that the abuse happened  in very predictable cycles. In some instances, violence can be  repetitive and may have generational roots. People who experience trauma as children are likely to experience  triggers that they don't understand when they become parents.  These triggers may cause the parent to repeat old patterns that  they are already familiar with. ________________________ CYCLE OF ABUSE When abuse is described as a cycle, it's often separated into four stages: 1.TENSION BUILDING: This is when the abuser starts to get angry . The potential victim may try to calm their partner down. 2. THE INCIDENT : This is the moment when an abusive event  happens. Abuse can be physical, emotional, or sexual. 3. THE HONEYMOON PERIOD: In this stag...

    WHAT RESEARCH OF MASS SHOOTINGS REVEALS _________________________________________ AIMS        The starting point of interpretation consists of understanding school shootings as violent actions committed by students with the need to assert their masculinity. Masculinity is a social value.     Research has shown that a school shooter's mental health alone is insufficient perspective for solely explaining reasons why they incidents shootings occur. ___________________________________ SIGNS AND RED FLAGS     The most problematic are the implications of the lone wolf perpetrator. The lone wolf scenario tends to make people see violence as non-systemic. There is no one single factor that can be isolated amongst the myriad of variables that go into the ingredients of creating a school shooter.      The use of weapons can be seen ass an expression of masculinity Weapons are also symbols of masculinity. Just...