case study worksheet

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Psychology

Asked: Apr 27th, 2018

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Attached are the documents you will use for this assignment. One of the documents included is a case study created a few weeks ago. Please refer to this case study to answer the questions on the worksheet which is also attached. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me ASAP. Please follow all directions on worksheet, including word count.

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Case Study Revisited Worksheet CPSS/417 Version 2 University of Phoenix Material Case Study Revisited Worksheet Review the case study you created in the Week 1 individual assignment. Imagine you are able to turn back time and intervene at various life stages to prevent this individual’s later crime sprees. What intervention and prevention programs might you implement? Answer each question listed below in a 75- to 150-word response. Include a minimum of 2 properly formatted APA in-text citations in your responses, as well as an APA reference for each source at the end of the worksheet. 1. What early interventions and prevention programs would you suggest during early childhood? Include one suggested program in your response, explain the program and its objectives, and indicate why you chose it for your case. 2. What community-based intervention programs would you suggest during the child’s adolescent years after the initiation of delinquent acts? Include one suggested program in your response, explain the program and its objectives, and indicate why you chose it for your case. 3. Assuming the individual was placed in a juvenile correctional facility for some period of time, what programs within the juvenile correctional system would you suggest? Include one suggested program in your response, explain the program and its objectives, and indicate why you chose it for your case. References Copyright © 2016 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. 1 qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmqwertyuiop asdfghjklzxcvbnmqwertyuiopasdfghjklzxc vbnmqwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmqwert yuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmqwertyuiopasdfgh Tahtiana White jklzxcvbnmqwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmq wertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmqwertyuiopa sdfghjklzxcvbnmqwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcv bnmqwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmqwerty uiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmqwertyuiopasdfghj klzxcvbnmqwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmq wertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmqwertyuiopa sdfghjklzxcvbnmqwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcv bnmqwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmrtyuiop asdfghjklzxcvbnmqwertyuiopasdfghjklzxc vbnmqwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmqwert yuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmqwertyuiopasdfgh Ted Bundy – A Psychological Analysis of a Serial Killer CPSS/417 04/02/2018 2 Ted Bundy – A Psychological Analysis of a Serial Killer Theodore “Ted” Bundy was a serial killer, a rapist and a person suffering from necrophilia during the 1970s. In his own account, he killed 36 women across several states. However, it was revealed later by his lawyer that he killed around a hundred women or even more. What was common about all the victims was that they were all women who were white, thin and had long hair characterized with a parting in the middle. Ted Bundy started his life as his mother’s secret “shame”. On November 24, 1946 in Vermont, Ted was brought to life. His mother, Eleanor Cowell, was unmarried when she gave birth to Ted which resulted to the humiliation of her religious parents. To hide this fact, Ted was raised as if he was the son of his grandparents (Eleanor’s parents) and acted as Eleanor’s brother. This remained hidden to Ted until his teenage years. By the year 1951 when Ted was 15 years old, Eleanor married a man named Johnnie Bundy. Eleanor and Johnnie had several children which were technically Ted’s siblings. It has been recorded that at a very young age, Ted was already exposed to hardcore pornography. At a very young age, it has also been recorded that Ted’s grandfather constantly beat animals like their family dog and neighborhood cats. This could have shown Ted that it is just normal to treat animals and humans like that. It has also been reported that at a young age of three, Ted has become very fascinated with knives. His grandmother recounts that she woke up sometimes being surrounded with knives and seeing the three-year old Ted already smiling at her. When he was still a teenager, his addiction to pornography and books that were filled with dead bodies led him to a habit that was not considered normal – stalking the neighborhood in search for a bare window where he can see naked women. 3 Taking into consideration the childhood history of Ted, an ACE Test (ACE stands for Adverse Childhood Experience) was conducted and the score is just 1 out of 10. This is a relatively low score in terms of ACE which also implies a lower risk of developing emotional problems during adulthood. Based on the ACE, the risks that could have contributed to the development of the behavior of Ted include the betrayal of his mother to him when he found out that she was not his sister but his mother. This is based on the items found in the ACE checklist. However, there are other experiences that Ted experienced in his younger years that could have led to the behavior that he exhibited when he became an adult. An example of this is his exposure to pornography at an early age. This had a huge impact on Ted since this exposure developed his sexual fantasies over time. According to Allely et al. (2014), many forensic studies have considered these fantasies as the precursor to rape-murder cases. For the case of Ted, the fantasies that gradually developed in his mind were not just simple sexual activities but included an inclination to dead bodies. According to Ioana (2013), serial killers can be characterized (in terms of their psychic life) as those that derive pleasure out of murder. This pleasure could not have been developed without the growth of the fantasies. The case of Ted suggests that it was his fantasies coupled with the lack of emotional support from his parents (especially that of a father figure) caused the gradual formation of seemingly odd habits as he was growing up. This was then aggravated with his experience during his early adulthood with his break up with his first girlfriend (which is said to have features like those he killed). The experiences of Ted were not adverse when measured in terms of the ACE but it was nevertheless a gradual but effective cause of his behavior when he became an adult. Those experiences which were little by little piled up, caused the behavior that he exhibited. This is supported by the study of Ioana (2013) which suggests that these external or environmental 4 factors or experiences are the causes of the development of the anti-social attitudes of murderers. This means that if only those experiences could have been avoided during childhood, then it is most likely that such behavior like the case of Ted could not have been developed. For instance, the most critical and the very first negative experience of Ted which was the showing of rejection and denial of his biological mother to him should not have been done. This act simply caused a separation between Ted and his mother that can no longer be filled. This simply placed a borderline in terms of his relationship with his mother and his stepfather. This prohibited him to learn (through example) the basic human nature of empathy since no one really was able to show him that as he was growing up. Another critical incident that should have been avoided was his exposure not just to violent pornography but pornography in general at an early age. His exposure and lack of guidance about the matter clearly shows how unguided he was as a child. This could have prevented the formation of his strangest and wildest fantasies as he was growing up. This just shows how critical the stage when a young person is still learning and developing the personalities that he or she will bring up until his adulthood. For the case of Ted, it was these two critical factors that could have made a huge difference for him and could have saved the lives of his victims. 5 References Allely, C., Minnis, H., Thompson, L., Wilson, & P., Gillberg, C. (2014). Neurodevelopmental and psychosocial risk factors in serial killers and mass murderers. Aggression and Violent Behavior 19 (2014) 288-301. Ioana, I. (2013). No One is Born a Serial Killer. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences 81 (2013) 324 – 328.