September 2011
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The Sexual Criminal
A poetically beautiful description of the urge to kill.
Vainly I crouch at the fireside,
For the flames on the hearth cannot warm me.
Vainly I put on coats
Against the cold of the star winds,
Blowing from Outer Gulfs in the darkness beyond Time.
Thick walls and roofs, you are useless
Against the breath of the star winds.
Red logs, why do you crackle,
Since you are mocked by the star...
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“It is ordered that you be put to death by a current of electricity, that current...”
– Judge Edward D. Cowart, judge in trial of Ted Bundy (via islandonthemoon)
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Uncommon or Obsolete Methods of Execution
If you like them, you must visit Europe: lots of towns and cities have ancient torture museums, the Mont St. Michel (France) and the Gand (Belgium) ones are very beautiful.
BEATING The sentenced was struck to death, often with tools like cat o’-nine-tails; an example is when American slaves were beaten by their employer.
BEHEADING A headman, usually hooded, cut the sentenced’s...
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Eating Disorder Screening Questions
The SCOFF questions (screening tool for eating disorders)
Do you make yourself Sick because you feel uncomfortably full?
Do you worry you have lost Control over how much you eat?
Have you recently lost more than One stone (14 lbs) in a 3 month period?
Do you believe yourself to be Fat when others say you are too thin?
Would you say that Food dominates your life?
*One point for every...
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Psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder
Dr. Robert Hare (1996):
“The distinction between psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) is of considerable significance to the mental health and criminal justice systems. Unfortunately, it is a distinction that is often blurred, not only in the minds of many clinicians but in the latest edition of DSM-IV.
Source of the Problem
Traditionally, such traits as...
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Trichotillomania
DSM-IV-TR Criteria for Trichotillomania
A. Recurrent pulling out of one’s hair resulting in noticeable hair loss.
B. An increasing sense of tension immediately before pulling out the hair or when attempting to resist the behavior.
C. Pleasure, gratification, or relief when pulling out the hair.
D. The disturbance is not better accounted for by another mental disorder and is not due...
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“Psychopaths usually don’t get along well with one another. The last thing an...”
– Robert Hare (via theprofessionalcynic)
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Statement of a Female Serial Killer
Statement regarding the murder of one of her children.
Interviewer: So when you were, you know, ready to do this thing, what was going through your head?
Female Killer: All I knew was that I was gonna do this thing, and there wasn’t anybody gonna stop me.I thought about it a lot, how I was gonna do it. The first one, the one I was charged with, I watched her sleeping before I…her...
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Female Psychopathy
Researchers have found evidence of at least two broad categories of female psychopaths:
one category appears to be categorized by interpersonal deception, sensation seeking, proneness to boredom, and a lack of empathy;
the second category appears to be characterized by early behavioral problems, promiscuous sexual behavior, and adult, nonviolent antisocial behavior
(Salekin, et. al.,...
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Pseudologia Fantastica
The psychiatric term for pathological lying
Also, called mythomania
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“For those about to take my life, may god have mercy on your souls. May god bless...”
– Troy Davis - last words
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“In one important sense of course, any person who murders another human being has...”
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Elliott Leyton - from his book, Hunting Humans
- talking about insanity and multiple murder
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