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2024-04-02 -Lurid Crime Tales-

I'm a forensic psychiatrist and I work with killers - here are 5 myths people believe about murderers

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-04-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [296 views ] Top

#1 3. According to the expert, myth number three is that murderers will kill again.

Check how many incarcerated inmates have tear drop tats on their face.

Some data info not included. How many did he count as killing in self defense? How many did he count as killing in line of duty?

It's like deaths by guns including suicides but not specifically identifying that fact in the overall numbers.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-04-02 07:18|| 2024-04-02 07:18|| Front Page Top

#2 The psychiatric definition is somebody that has to have like a recognised mental disorder like depression, like bipolar, like schizophrenia...

He left out sociopaths. Maybe he doesn't consider reptiles to be insane.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2024-04-02 11:11|| 2024-04-02 11:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Seems like murder is a broad topic that can include murder for hire, murder of a significant other, drive by’s, honor killing, jihad, war crimes, etc.. there would also be variation by country. The datasets would need to be huge. The quality of data coming out of places like Haiti or North Korea might not be very good.
That said, I’m glad Dr Das was able to do a lot of debunking. Hopefully, he is not a sociologist. Otherwise, his study is probably not worth much.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-04-02 11:24|| 2024-04-02 11:24|| Front Page Top

#4 his study is probably not worth much.

Poss why this is posted as opinion.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-04-02 12:19|| 2024-04-02 12:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Ok, I'll bite:
(1) Not all killers are crazy. Some people need killing.
(2) Most killers kill someone they think needs killing.
(3) Killing's a lot of work. So's staying out of jail.
(4) Successful serial killers are smart. They also know when to stop.
(5) See (1): Some people need killing.
Your mileage may vary.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-04-02 14:26|| 2024-04-02 14:26|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ Great summary!

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-04-02 14:41|| 2024-04-02 14:41|| Front Page Top

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