While I am working on my Blogs for this week I have the TV turned to an episode of "Criminal Minds". This is a TV show about a FBI team of Profilers. They are out of Quantico, VA and called to different cases based on the severity of the case. What there job is to analyze the information collected and create a profile for what the suspect looks and acts like. This usually happens when there is trouble coming us with a suspect.
The episode tonight was about kidnapping that had been going on for eight years. This couple would cry wolf that they were looking for their child and while the parents helped the wife the husband would take the child. What I found interesting about this case is that they got all of the parents together from the children that had been kidnapped in the eight years and they were there to help. In the end they found the kidnappers, but not all of the children were returned to the parents. Some of the children were killed while being held captive. This drew my interested because of the negative psychological impact this can have on the parents. They were brought in after many had already accepted the fact that their child was gone and given false hope. Then they had to watch as other parents were reunited with their children. I know this is a TV show, but I wonder how many times something like this happens in the real world and what the government does to help these families cope if it does.
Here is a link to the page where you can watch episodes of "Criminal Minds"
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/criminal_minds/
The ever so popular
TV show, The First 48 on AE.TV is one that you can count on for truth and
facts. The first 48 is a show about homicide detectives that respond to a crime
and try and solve it within the first 48 hours. These are real cases with the
real people...no actors or replaying of a scene. What you see is what you get!
This show focuses mostly on people that go from suspicion to suspect, eye
witnesses, and the interrogation, or interviewing. This really helps you see
what a detective does from the moment they get that call.
You can also get a sense of how they figure out what happened and who was
involved. They start with the facts that they have off hand and work their way
down from there. The one thing that I have started to notice sense we have
talked about it in class is the interrogations done by the detectives. In class
we learned that a detective will tell you anything you want to hear. They will
exhaust you mentally and physically, they will lie to you. Basically they will
do anything to get you to confess or turn on anyone. If you notices, in most
shows, the detective will either try and play friend, or yell and scream and
lie to get them to crack. I find it interesting to watch, now that you really
know what is going on.
I have posted the link to the First 48 TV shows. The one on the link I am
posting is about a homeless man who is murdered, and a 911 call that has gun
shots firing in the background. I urge you to watch the whole show and really
pay close attention to the detail that goes into being a detective, especially
the ones that do the interviews.
If you are interested after watching this show, you can watch many other episodes
with different stories. They get very interesting!
http://www.aetv.com/the_first_48/video/index.jsp?paidlink=1&vid=AETV_SEM_Search&keywords=first%2B48&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=first%2540&utm_term=first%2048
Recently, I just started watching the show "Dexter" on TV. It made me think of all the "greatest" serial killers of the world. Did you notice that they were all people that just lived next door that you would have never imagined in that role? Well watching the show has really made me interested in the topic. Below is the "Dexter" website. You should really check out the show if you haven't already.
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