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Johnny's Background Dr. Torres diagnosed Johnny with posttraumatic stress disorder during his most recent incarceration due to a difficult childhood. This childhood was riddled with abuse both physically, mentally, and emotionally which in itself is difficult to handle for any 5 year old. However having to endure the fear of watching your mother being abused and then having your father go to prison for shooting two neighbors really took a toll on Johnny.
Theory of Criminal Behavior The theory of criminal behavior that I would classify Johnny would be the behavioral and social learning theories due to his childhood. According to Kitaeff (2011), this theory understands that the behaviors that Johnny witnessed as a child would have a strong impact on him as he matured and especially as he became an adult. This would include the mental and physical abuse as well as the gun intimidation he endured at the hands of his father. Second, his father getting into a dispute with a neighbor and then shooting them as a means to fix the argument would have left quite the impression on a 5 year old. This type of behavior would feel like normal behavior for Johnny and even with therapy might be his go to attitude when overly frustrated. Johnny's parents divorcing when he was a child would also give him feelings of
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Johnny would be defined as a mass murderer as it was "a single episodic act of violence, occurring at one time and in one place. Most authorities have stipulated three as the minimum number of victims necessary for an event to be classified as a mass murder" (Kitaeff, 2011, p. 81-82). Johnny did not leave and go to several locations with varying agendas for each as a spree killer might rather he concentrated in one area. In addition, Johnny did not have time in between killings as a serial killer would and seemed to have little to no significance behind the murders other than anger and violence.
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“American-Indian and Alaskan Native children experience PTSD at the same rate at veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to a new report from a Department of Justice advisory committee, 22 percent of American-Indian and Alaskan Native juveniles have PTSD—three times higher than the national rate.” - Murphy. PTSD is a mental health condition that is triggered by a terrifying event, either experiencing it or witnessing it. Later on in life Joe became an alcoholic, had he turn Lark into the authorities he wouldn’t have to drown his sorrows in the alcohol in order blur Larks murder. As well as Cappy his best friend's death in which he couldn’t do anything to save him. These two events are significant enough that anyone experiencing this would develop PTSD. If he would have given justice to Mayla and stopped Cappy from driving he wouldn’t have to deal with any PTSD. He would be happy that he gave Lark to the police and that he gave his own mother as well as Mayla’s family
Although Johnny did kill someone these are reasons why a boy named Johnny is innocent. Johnny is innocent and is the hero of the gang because he had saved kids from a burning church and he kept Bob from killing Pony. This proves that Johnny is a hero of the
Sure Johnny 's behavior was prolonged by his willingness of his friends to commit the same crime as he was committing but according to Aker 's the overall behavior had to start someone. This brings me to the idea of Imitation. Which is essentially the art of mimicking someone yet being unware of the consequences a particular action may bring. (Miller, Schreck, Tewksbury, & Barnes, 2015) I can 't help but think that at the root of Johnny 's behavioral problems lye 's his own father. With poor parenting being portrayed at multiple times throughout the movie it was clear to see that his biggest inspirations were his father and grand-father. In particular I 'd like to point out the lack of structure he had as a young man. His father in particular acted as if he were Johnny 's boss when referring to marijuana sales. Taking request and specific amount orders he gave Johnny no reason to deter from his actions only approval of them. He was never taught differently therefore he is living the life he deems normal to him based on what he 's witnesses and been taught throughout his
The study of Juvenile delinquency and the theories pertaining to it are vital for several reasons. In order to more effectively engage with youths and foster positive behavior and schemas, the individuals must first be understood. The study of theory provides a means of understanding adolescents and the factors that lead to or detract from delinquent behavior. In the case of juvenile delinquent, Jordan Brown, theory helps to provide insight into why an eleven-year-old boy murdered his stepmother.
A serial killer is defined in Webster's Dictionary as someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short period of time. There is no one generic profile to identify a serial killer. They usually are people seeking for a sensation, a lack of guilt or remorse, a need for control, impulsivity, and predatory behavior. These traits make up a psychopathic personality disorder. Psychopathy is a disorder manifested in people who use a mixture of charm, manipulation, manipulation, and occasional violence to control others, in order to satisfy their own wants and needs. There are four main types of serial killers; thrill seekers, mission-oriented, visionary serial killers, and power and control killers. There may be other
I understand that I am going to attempt to keep Johnny out of jail because what he had done in my perspective was self defense. This happened in The Outsiders book. Hinton, S. E. The Outsiders. New York: Viking, 1967. Print. I feel that you may think that Johnny is guilty of homicide because he had killed Bob during the evening by the park. He had not attempted to kill him, he was using self defence, as the novel had stated in chapter 4, Johnny warns the socs that showed up that they were in a part of town that they were not supposed to be in but the socs ignored the warning and still provoked the fight. Later in chapter 4 it also informs us that the socs were starting to drown Ponyboy so Johnny had used his switchblade without really meaning to kill anyone. Johnny has informed me that he and Ponyboy Curtis were walking in the park in the evening and that a vehicle had shown up and some boys had gotten out and threatened them. These boys had pulled out a knife and threatened to use it against them. One of the boys then started to assault Johnny and another attacked Ponyboy. The one attacking Ponyboy then decided to move him to a fountain and tried to drown him. When Johnny realized what they were doing he had turned to them and pulled out a knife and flung at them without meaning to kill Bob. But keep in mind that Bob was drowning Ponyboy so this act was used in defense. I feel that Johnny is innocent because he was using self defense, but he should not have ran from the crime scene. Another thing in chapter 4 was that a little while later when Ponyboy came conscious again Johnny said, "I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. “They might have killed you. And they had a blade... they were gonna beat me up...." I found this informat...
...against society. The type of person that Dickerson describes as Johnny's assailant is everything wrong with society. It just isn't one person committing all the wrong; rather it is all the negative ideals and rudiments of our society that curse us. The blame cannot be centered on one individual making it that much harder for criminals to be sentenced in the court of law.
Miguel Cabrera, also known as “Miggy”, was born in Maracay, Venezuela on April 18, 1983. His real name is José Miguel Cabrera Torres. Miguel was raised by his parents, Miguel Sr. and Gregoria. As a young child Miguel first started playing baseball with his neighbors. Baseball is one of the most popular sports in his home country of Venezuela. Miguel came from a very poor part of Venezuela. One thing that kept his family going, was baseball. His father played baseball as a child on up to his twenties. His mother was on the Venezuelan national softball team for fourteen years. Miguel’s uncle, Davis Torres played Class-AA for the St. Louis Cardinals minor league team, before being released. Baseball ran through Miguel’s family, and it was something that they could all play together. When Miguel wasn’t playing baseball with his local team in Maracay. Miguel’s father, Miguel Sr., was a stud baseball prospect growing up, but was not able to complete his ultimate goal of becoming a pro baseball player. After playing baseball, Miguel’s father became a mechanic. If baseball did not work out for his son, he wanted Miguel to have the proper education to still be able to get a job. Miguel’s father stayed hard on his about his grades, and made sure that he graduated with his high school diploma.
A serial killer is traditionally defined as the separate killings of three or more people by an individual over a certain period of time, usually with breaks between the murders. (Angela Pilson, p. 2, 2011) This definition has been accepted by both the police and academics and therefore provides a useful frame of reference (Kevin Haggerty, p.1, 2009). The paper will seek to provide the readers with an explanation of how serial killers came to be and how they are portrayed in the media. Several serial killers have a definitive and common personality profile.
I am writing on behalf of Joey Ochoa regarding his candidacy for graduation. Joey and I have met to discuss his goals and other plans for his future and based on our meetings, Joey has shown to be an individual who is very focused on completing his goals. At this point, he is really centered in receiving his high school diploma to allow him to seek new opportunities in life.
Bartol, C. R. (2002). Criminal behavior: A psychosocial approach. (6 ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
The three types of multicide are serial killers, mass murderers, and spree killers. Serial killers are defined by the F.B.I. as at least three murders in at least three different locations with an emotional cooling-off period between kills. Some other sources disagree and claim that as many as 5 victims are needed for a killer to qualify as a serial killer. Mass murderers are defined by the F.B.I. as any murder who kills four or more victims at one place and time. Other sources claim this number to be any more than three. While spree murderers are defined by the FBI as a single event with two or more locations and no cooling off period, however
Finding a definition of child physical abuse is controversial, but the signs of a child being abused is straightforward if you know how to read them. For example, Hitting, punching, kicking them, or using objects to injure to abuse them. All those examples are seen in the case of 8- year- old, Gabriel Fernandez after he was brutally abused for eight months.
The term “serial killer” was created in the mid-1970s by a man named Robert Ressler, a former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program. “He chose "serial" because the police in England called these types of murders "crimes in a series" and because of the serial films that he grew up watching.”(Freeman). Before this term was created these murders were known as mass murders crimes. Serial killers can be act-focused, who kill quickly or process-focused, who kill slowly and torture their victims.
A serial killer means, the person has killed at least three people or above in a short period. There are many different types of serial killers. Gary Ridgway was “The Organized Killer”; it