Tyrannical Offenders Analysis

The typology of tyrannical offenders can be identified in an individual who uses violence, aggression, intimidation, and physical and mental abuse as a justification when trying to manipulate and control their partner. In chapter 8, we observed how Sam consciously used violence and intimidation towards Beth towards the middle of the night, because he knew that Beth worked during the nights. Beth explains “Towards the middle of the night, Sam would wake me up beating my breast and forcing sexual intercourse.” In addition, when Beth tried to excuse his violence by stating that Beth was the one who provoked him by saying “I can’t get off you unless I hurt you.” Moreover, Sam inflicted humiliation every time Beth was trying to be independent in order to control her, for example, Beth stated “You look …show more content…
In addition, he also abused the kids and the pets. For this reason, I think that drinking alcohol can lead to sociopathic and antisocial behavior. Another important point to mention is the was Sam manipulated and make believe others that he was a good person and that Beth was the one who lied about the abuse. Throughout the book I could count even more than sixty violence acts against Beth, the children and the pets. Sam was a high risk offender who occupied all the component of the Power and Control Wheel. In my opinion, he was so good at manipulation and lying that even the military officers, health, welfare, neighbors, and his family believed that he was not inflicting violence against Beth. We observed that Beth and the children were under extreme danger, but none of the agencies reported the violence. In my opinion, not only the military but all the systems and society I general should be more educated about the components of domestic violence in order to detect what person might be in danger and try to assist the individual in every possible