Why Do Young People Join Gangs? Members Explain the Appeal of Risk Taking
The repetitive dullness of routine existence and limited opportunity can for some young people make risk-taking behaviour highly alluring and exciting.
Tag: Psychology
The Psychology of Psychics Who Claim to be Crime Solvers
A recent Gallup survey suggests that about one in four Americans believe some humans can manifest supernatural psychic powers.
Joker Makes For Uncomfortable Viewing – It Shows How Society Creates Extremists
Films like Joker invite us to question the line between reality and fiction. Do such films reflect social conditions or do they, in the end, help create them?
Study Psychology Online: Resources To Get Started
Studying psychology online is an attractive option. No campus to attend, no travelling is needed and study can be fitted in around existing work and family commitments.
The Latest Terrorist Threat: Online Conspiracy Theorists
According to the FBI, online conspiracy theorist groups are contributing to the recent rise of domestic terrorism and violence.
She’s So Cold: Murder, Accusations and the System That Devastated a Family
🛈 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Stephanie Crowe was just 12-years-old when she was brutally murdered inside her own bedroom at her family home in Escondido, ...
The Question of Why: Did Ted Bundy have Dissociative Identity Disorder?
Some professionals have questioned whether this was the driving force behind the murderous behaviors of Ted Bundy.
Out of the Fire and Into the Pan: Sequel to The Blood on my Hands
Author Shannon O'Leary continues her personal story from an abusive childhood and a father who committed serial murder, through her adolescence and into an uncertain adulthood.
The Anatomy of Denials
A good denial is direct, simple and succinct. A poor denial helps keep the allegation alive. Learn how to tell the difference from forensic linguist expert Joe Koenig.
Family Annihilation: The Crimes and Psychology of Familicide
An in-depth look at familicide and family annihilators through the use of case studies, exploring the psychology, characteristics, possible trigger factors and profiles of individuals who decide to take the ...
What Should We Do With Teenage Psychopaths?
Adolescence is a time of dramatic psychosocial change and relative to adults, adolescent psychopathy scores are not as stable.
True Crime Documentaries From Morbid Minds Productions
In conjunction with the publication of an updated and fresh feature article on familicide here on Crime Traveller, Morbid Minds will soon be releasing a documentary taking an in-depth look ...
