This week we talk about how learned helplessness can cause inactivity. And what happens when that finally breaks. Featuring Eastenders, multiple body parts and a suspicious family member, this episode dives right in.

Definition:

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325355#:~:text=In%20psychology%2C%20learned%20helplessness%20is,opportunities%20for%20change%20are%20available.

In academia:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4920136/#:~:text=Learned%20helplessness%2C%20the%20failure%20to,learning%20undermined%20trying%20to%20escape.

https://www.simplypsychology.org/learned-helplessness.html

Learned helplessness in a criminal case:

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Judgments/tony-mccluskie-sentencing-remarks-30012013.pdf

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/life-in-jail-for-brother-of-eastenders-actress-who-he-murdered-chopped-up-and-dumped-in-canal-8472964.html

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jan/30/brother-eastenders-gemma-mccluskie-murder

https://horridhackney.com/f/body-of-murdered-eastenders-actress-found-in-regents-canal-2012

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

https://www.itv.com/watch/evidence-of-evil/10a3266/10a3266a0009

https://www.bustle.com/p/where-is-tony-mccluskie-now-gemma-mccluskies-murder-is-the-subject-of-this-c5-doc-18145092

Episode two talks about racism, but in a slightly different way than you think! Can the FBI help solve this one, or is it the 'lowly' local police officer who knows better about this town?

Definition:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15582860/#:~:text=This article reviews research examining,phenotypic characteristics of the face.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.785283/full

In academia:

https://libkey.io/libraries/810/articles/5222464/full-text-file

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9138180/

In a criminal case:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6947630/bio/

https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/lee-derrick-todd.htm

https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Derrick_Todd_Lee

https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=90604&page=1#:~:text=Lee is black, but when,gone from white to black.

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

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7269294/carrie_lynn-yoder

Pictures:

https://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/21/us/louisiana-serial-killer-dies/index.html

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/hear-from-families-of-derrick-todd-lees-victims-we-couldnt-be-happier-any-sense-of/article_f6c7971b-3241-5206-8f8a-14f9ab04a212.amp.html

Welcome back to another season of Case By Concept! Tiggy and James are back with their usual commentary. To kick things off this week we are looking at Victimology, and the case of Levi Bellfield.

https://www.alliant.edu/blog/what-is-victimology#:~:text=Characterized as the scientific study,restorative justice as a whole.

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/397186

https://www.unafei.or.jp/publications/pdf/RS_No70/No70_12VE_Dussich.pdf

https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/ccj230/chapter/1-14-victims-in-the-cj-system/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35539761

https://www.itv.com/news/2016-01-27/milly-dowler-a-timeline-of-the-investigation

https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/special-features/milly-dowler---the-timeline-4814942

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jul/04/milly-dowler-voicemail-hacked-news-of-world

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Bellfield#Kate_Sheedy

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46787240

https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/incoming/gallery/levi-bellfield-spend-rest-life-4733693

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/