How can a psychological and theoretical concept turn to murder? Find out on the season finale of Case By Concept!

Definition:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eugenics

In academia:

https://www-sciencedirect-com.libezproxy.open.ac.uk/science/article/pii/S0140673623003306

https://www-cambridge-org.libezproxy.open.ac.uk/core/journals/history-of-education-quarterly/article/eugenics-sex-and-family-life-education-and-juvenile-delinquency-in-los-angeles-county-california/42B659EAD258BD002D2F589F33214482

https://aeon.co/essays/eugenics-today-where-eugenic-sterilisation-continues-now

In a criminal case:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Behring_Breivik

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-57920682

https://www.britannica.com/event/Oslo-and-Utoya-attacks-of-2011

https://creation.com/anders-breivik-mass-murder

Pictures:

https://www.npr.org/2011/07/22/138626825/police-norway-bombing-shootings-domestic-terror

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/norwegian-mass-killer-breivik-sues-state-again-aftenposten-2023-08-18/

Question:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8661660/Tracie-Andrews-unrepentant-as-she-is-freed-from-jail.html?ICID=continue_without_subscribing_reg_first

Can you say Machiavellianism? Tiggy struggles on this episode of Case By Concept.

Definition:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/machiavellianism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machiavellianism_(psychology)

https://psychcentral.com/lib/machiavellianism-cognition-and-emotion-understanding-how-the-machiavellian-thinks-feels-and-thrives#Void-of-empathy

In academia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_triad

https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.libezproxy.open.ac.uk/doi/epdf/10.1111/jopy.12251

https://fortune.com/well/2023/02/08/dark-personality-traits-narcissists-manipulators-in-the-workplace/#

Machiavellianism in a criminal case:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13018142/

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/from-the-archives-road-rage-killers-lies-131205

Pictures:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/watch-tv-press-conference-convinced-13020925.amp

Question:

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/mothers-undying-love-paved-road-1010858

https://crimebodge.co.uk/answers/can-the-police-lie-to-you/#:~:text=Under these rules, police officers,your account or catch inconsistencies.

https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/law-politics/research/impact/improving-protections-for-vulnerable-people-in-police-custody#:~:text=PACE Code C&text=It sets out the rights,injury or autism spectrum condition.

How does a false confession occur? What are the repercussions? Find out in this episode of Case By Concept.

Definition

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/psychology/false-confession

In academia:

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=25

https://library-search.open.ac.uk/permalink/44OPN_INST/j6vapu/cdi_crossref_primary_10_1002_bsl_826

https://library-search.open.ac.uk/permalink/44OPN_INST/j6vapu/cdi_webofscience_primary_000412826300001CitationCount

In criminal case:

https://www.barrybaines.co.uk/captivate-podcast/miscarriage-of-justice-stefan-kiszko/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Lesley_Molseed

Pictures:

https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/real-life/man-touched-miscarriage-justice-visits-27095204

Question:

https://milwaukee-criminal-lawyer.com/pros-and-cons-of-a-no-contest-plea/

This week's episode covers the concept of stereotype and the case of Aileen Wuornos.

Definition:

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/stereotype

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/stereotype

In academia:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9103609/

https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/features/lhb-lhb0000190.pdf

In a case

https://capitalpunishmentincontext.org/cases/wuornos

https://www.biography.com/crime/aileen-wuornos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileen_Wuornos

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1945465.stm

Pictures:

https://serialkillersinfo.com/serial-killers/aileen-wuornos-serial-killer/attachment/aileen-wuornos-victims/

Question:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Erica_Ruff#:~:text=Following Ruff's death, her ex,she married into the family./

Today's concept is identity and we look into Stevie Allman! Or.... maybe it isn't Stevie Allman? Listen to find out more!

Definition

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/identity

https://www.berkeleywellbeing.com/identity.html

https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/dissociative-disorders/#:~:text=There are many possible causes,even an invasive medical procedure.

In academia

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/0950017015620767

https://www.simplypsychology.org/social-identity-theory.html

The case

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/17/us/sister-charged-with-murder-and-identity-switch.html

https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/sarah-mitchell-killed-sister-to-steal-her-identity

https://www.itv.com/watch/the-truth-about-my-murder/10a3805/10a3805a0003

https://luminolpod.com/blog/f/the-murder-of-stevie-allman

Pictures:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129710756/stevie_viola-allman

https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/sarah-mitchell-killed-sister-to-steal-her-identity?amp

https://www.google.com/amp/s/fletchermarple.tumblr.com/post/125563896219/the-black-delilah-sarah-mitchell-47-had-been/amp

Question:

https://www.copfs.gov.uk/publications/deceased-suspects-policy/

Today we cover familicide and the case of Christopher Foster.

Definition:

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/familicide

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familicide#:~:text=Yardley, Wilson, and Lynes divide,them as surplus to requirements.

In academia:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1524838018821955

https://www.bcu.ac.uk/news-events/news/characteristics-of-family-killers-revealed-by-first-classification-study

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0058981

https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/report-reveals-scale-of-domestic-homicide-and-suicides-by-victims-of-domestic-abuse#:~:text=A total of 242 domestic,31 adult family homicides (AFH)

The case:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maesbrook#Osbaston_House_deaths

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3294002/

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/nov/22/christopher-foster-news-crime

https://weatherspark.com/h/m/45062/2008/8/Historical-Weather-in-August-2008-in-London-United-Kingdom

https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/weather/daily-graph?2008-08-26

Pictures:

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/my-brother-shot-killed-wife-27574577.amp

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3549392/amp/Aftermath-murder-spree-Pictures-remains-1-2million-home-gutted-fire-millionaire-businessman-shot-dead-wife-daughter-horses-dogs.html

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/memory/how-memory-works

Today we cover whether false memories can actually exist and how they impact on a criminal case. This episode features violence against children.

Definition:

https://dictionary.apa.org/false-memory

http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/False_memory

In academia:

https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_loftus_how_reliable_is_your_memory?subtitle=en

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/and-the-memory-wars-wage-on

The case:

https://www.spring.org.uk/2022/12/false-memory.php

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-07/crimes-of-the-times-the-george-franklin-repressed-memory-murder-case

https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/has-the-1969-murder-of-susan-nason-been-solved

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/showtime-buried-repressed-memory-george-franklin-susan-nason-cold-case/

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-9th-circuit/1262954.html

https://www.eonline.com/news/1306653/murder-memories-and-a-shattered-family-the-twisted-case-unearthed-in-showtimes-buried

Pictures:

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-07/crimes-of-the-times-the-george-franklin-repressed-memory-murder-case

Today's concept covers just how suggestibility can make or break an entire case. Listen to this wild story now! Check out our instagram @casebyconcept for the associated pictures.

Definition:

https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/suggestibility#

In academia:

Dudek, I. and Polczyk, R. (2024) ‘Memory distrust and suggestibility: A registered report’, Legal and criminological psychology, 29(1), pp. 100–123. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12249.

Miura, H. and Itoh, Y. (2016) ‘The effect of suggestibility on eyewitness identifications: A comparison between showups and lineups’, Shinrigaku kenkyū, 87(1), pp. 32–39. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4992/jjpsy.87.14073.

The case:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMartin_preschool_trial

https://famous-trials.com/mcmartin/902-home

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mcmartin/mcmartinchrono.html

https://famous-trials.com/mcmartin/916-macfarlanetestimony

Pictures:

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-07-17/crimes-of-the-times-mcmartin-preschool

Question

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/proven-reoffending-statistics-january-to-march-2022/proven-reoffending-statistics-january-to-march-2022#overall--offender-demographics