Project Homework: Psychological Aspects of Offender Behavior
Not all mentally ill individuals exhibit violent behavior and commit violent crimes, and not all criminals are mentally ill. The mental health of the offender, however, does play a role in the execution, investigation, and prosecution of a crime.
For your Project, you analyze a current or historical mass murder case. This could be any case involving killing three or more persons at a single location with no cooling-off period between murders; however, there must be enough information about the case for you to make an in-depth analysis.
To prepare for this Homework:
o Select a current or historical mass murder case.
In a 1 page paper:
o Summarize the murder case you selected.
o Provide at least two references from which you will obtain information about the case.
Write an 8 to 10 pages interview strategy that includes the following:
1) A summary of the murder case you selected
2) An analysis of the offender's personality, including any personality disorders or comorbidity that may be present
3) An explanation of how aggression, attachment, and empathy factor into the offender's personality
4) An explanation of how "state" versus "trait" factors into the case
5) Recommendations for the interview, including the following:
a. Selection of the interviewer
b. Environment of the interview
c. How to manage the interviewer's response
d. Description of how to ask the interview questions.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.