Training the Trainers
There will be three scenarios covered in this training material. Information will be provided concerning stalking, domestic violence (today known as intimate violence) and stranger violence. Stalking is many times a prelude to violence that this paper will also discuss.
Scenario one:
After a brief relationship Margo and Harley break up. Soon Margo begins to feel she is being watched and sees that Harley seems to be around every corner she goes around. When she comes out of the grocery store there are notes and cards on her windshield from Harley. In the beginning Margo is not afraid, but then Harley begins to threaten her and send nasty texts to her phone. Finally, he leaves a message that says if he cannot have her …show more content…
Margo has the right to not live in fear because she is being stalked. There are laws that Harley is breaking and he will go to jail if he violates the no contact order.
What kind of treatment options are there for Margo and victims of stalking? There are different counseling options and places to go for Margo to receive help. Group sessions may help her redefine trust issues and teach her how to not be a victim in the future. Margo needs to learn the warning signs of an abuser and what makes an individual become violent.
Scenario two:
Jack and Jill appeared to have an ideal marriage but, life was different behind closed doors. Jack beats Jill but only in areas that clothing could cover up. Jill was afraid to be with Jack, but felt she had no choice because she didn’t have any money and Jack said he would kill her if she left. Jack was the sole breadwinner in the family and Jill was a housewife with no job experience or money, and Jack isolated Jill from her family and friends who would have helped her had they known.
Questions:
When did the violence begin? A month after Jack and Jill were married Jack hit Jill in anger, but immediately apologize and said he would never do that again, which it …show more content…
One cannot be without the other. Both are significant in their roles and are used to study the criminal, the crime and the victim of the crime. It is important to understand both approaches, especially when profiling the victim and the criminal. When learning about the victim, investigators learn about the criminal also. By gaining information from all aspects of a crime (participants, location and characteristics of the players) it is possible to develop an outline of who committed the crime and possibly the motive (Argosy,
There will be three scenarios covered in this training material. Information will be provided concerning stalking, domestic violence (today known as intimate violence) and stranger violence. Stalking is many times a prelude to violence that this paper will also discuss.
Scenario one:
After a brief relationship Margo and Harley break up. Soon Margo begins to feel she is being watched and sees that Harley seems to be around every corner she goes around. When she comes out of the grocery store there are notes and cards on her windshield from Harley. In the beginning Margo is not afraid, but then Harley begins to threaten her and send nasty texts to her phone. Finally, he leaves a message that says if he cannot have her …show more content…
Margo has the right to not live in fear because she is being stalked. There are laws that Harley is breaking and he will go to jail if he violates the no contact order.
What kind of treatment options are there for Margo and victims of stalking? There are different counseling options and places to go for Margo to receive help. Group sessions may help her redefine trust issues and teach her how to not be a victim in the future. Margo needs to learn the warning signs of an abuser and what makes an individual become violent.
Scenario two:
Jack and Jill appeared to have an ideal marriage but, life was different behind closed doors. Jack beats Jill but only in areas that clothing could cover up. Jill was afraid to be with Jack, but felt she had no choice because she didn’t have any money and Jack said he would kill her if she left. Jack was the sole breadwinner in the family and Jill was a housewife with no job experience or money, and Jack isolated Jill from her family and friends who would have helped her had they known.
Questions:
When did the violence begin? A month after Jack and Jill were married Jack hit Jill in anger, but immediately apologize and said he would never do that again, which it …show more content…
One cannot be without the other. Both are significant in their roles and are used to study the criminal, the crime and the victim of the crime. It is important to understand both approaches, especially when profiling the victim and the criminal. When learning about the victim, investigators learn about the criminal also. By gaining information from all aspects of a crime (participants, location and characteristics of the players) it is possible to develop an outline of who committed the crime and possibly the motive (Argosy,