Civil defense

The idea of sanity, insanity, and madness have different meanings to different people. Many will argue what creates madness, how one can break free from madness, or if it is even possible. Nikos Kazantzakis once said “A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.” Kazantzakis is metaphorically stating that a person needs a little insanity in order to free themselves. This displays a relevance towards the novel Ordinary People, written by Judith Guest, the…

This paper will focus on the psychological problems of Mothers Who Kill. My research will also include some cases to show the high and low points of psychological illnesses. We will focus on three illnesses; Bipolar disorder, Postpartum psychosis, and Schizophrenia. There are more than just three illnesses that will cause a mother to murder her child, but we will only focus on three. Each of these illnesses has their own symptoms, and treatments, that will be discussed. We will also…

they want is justice but, will they get it? When the murderer is finally caught the family is elated with joy and anticipate justice will prevail. But, there’s a catch, as the suspect’s defense attorney is claiming he was insane at the time the crime was committed and intends to plead just that. The insanity defense has been around for centuries and has always been the center of debate. According to Zachary D. Torry and Stephen B. Billick (2007), a crime must have two key attributes evil intent…

Have you ever wondered where becoming insane can lead someone? The book, And Then There Were None and the short story, “Most Dangerous Game” show different possibilities that insanity can drive a person towards. They show that people can become insane over time and grow an obsession that can be destructive. Insanity has the capability to drive someone to their death. And Then There Were None and “Most Dangerous Game” are similar since they both show the results of insanity. The insanity is…

Compassionate criminal justice focuses on the offender more so than society. However this does not mean that the society’s or public’s needs are ignored. I think focusing more on the offender is a great way to stop the criminal from committing the crime again and possibly to give insight on how to prevent other offenders. Through process of rehabilitation we give offenders the possibility of another chance. Out of all four models; mechanical, authoritarian, compassionate, and participatory, I…

Seen throughout history, humans of all ages and sizes have been culprits of murder. Even children as young as the age of ten have been raised in neighborhoods that were so harrowing that homicide at that age was seen as a normality. In order to punish these young children that have sought to commit the acts of murder, new laws had to have been passed. One major law introduced was one passed by “…the Illinois Legislature...[who passed] a bill permitting 10-year-old children to be charged with…

Roald Dahl’s “Lamb to the Slaughter” INTRODUCTION My analysis of Roald Dahl’s short story “Lamb to the Slaughter” reveals the murder of police detective Patrick Maloney. The story depicts a tale of a loyal wife’s reaction to her husband’s betrayal. The story is an irregular day in Mary’s regular life. She makes the day turn around by murdering her husband and smartly covering it up, leaving the detectives with no possible way to excuse “innocent” Mary of murder. This short story, we are taught…

William Shakespeare is history’s most greatest, influential, and philosophical playwright. His most acclaimed work, Hamlet, is extensively studied and analyzed as it confronts and speaks openly about many moral, ethical, emotional truths and dilemmas. Hamlet is a revenge tragedy, in which the indecisive and contemplative protagonist is driven to avenge his father’s death, yet the act of his revenge is necessarily delayed in order to highlight Hamlet’s emotional and psychological complexity. The…

Mental Illness and Gun Violence: Debunking the Myth of Mental Illness’s Relation to Violence The myth that most mentally ill people are violent has been endlessly perpetuated by popular media so much so that the tendency to automatically associate mental illness with violence has become indoctrinated into popular belief. Today, with the widespread debate about gun violence and the search for something to blame, some sources, like the National Rifle Association (NRA), have turned to point the…

So; insanity as the topic for a paper, should be pretty interesting as everything in our lives is in a sense insane. Insanity is a word that defines the very core of some individuals; it either results in a damaging of our souls or a clouding of our judgement. “Insanity; doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” –Albert Einstein. By definition every human is insane in their own sense; every human is innately insane it is just how we show it that defines us. Some…