ipl-logo

Robert P. Hanssen Case

629 Words3 Pages

The Criminal Justice system has placed an emphasis on three factors that may influence their legal decisions. This includes, biological and social factors related to the offenders historical background and the context where the crime took place. More importantly, legal decisions are primarily based on the facts of the crime itself. However, issues of legal responsibility in cases involving chromosomal deficiencies and gene abnormalities have sparked the biological debate once again in courtrooms. Conditions such as psychopathy and pedophilia are commonly associated with biological factors and put into question the individual’s culpability of such crime. Through the case study of Robert P. Hanssen, we can highlight that psychopathy is still …show more content…

Hanssen. Hanssen was an FBI agent who is convicted with 15 counts of espionage. In turn he is sentenced to life and remains in a Supermax federal prison for selling secrets to Russia and the former Soviet Union for 22 years. Starting at an early age, Hanssen was regarded as a loner with a patterned history of abuse by his father. Not only did his father physically abuse hum but also there were many cases where he was emotionally abused. Although he barely interacted with his classmates at school, he had made one best friend who later died when Hanssen was in sixth grade. Despite his anti-social behavior, Hanssen was also considered a risk taker, as he was impulsive and unpredictable (Sanford & Arrigo, 2007). Unlike the stereotypical deviant, Hanssen was a higher than average student and attended college and university. Many of Hanssen’s actions were based on father whether it was to please him by achieving high grades in school or to outrank him in law enforcement. On the personal level, Hanssen was married and had children however he was unfaithful and deceitful towards his wife on many occasions. He worked for the Police department but he believed that his ambitions extended beyond the department, so he applied for the FBI. In order to appease his need to be recognized and praised, he turned to the former Soviet Union and Russia by selling FBI intelligence of confidential procedures and classified

Show More
Related
537 Words | 3 Pages

The film “Murder by Number” also includes medical issues, including brain damage, as contributing to the violence of many serial killers. Some criminologists and psychiatrists believe that serial killers kill because of issues with their families. These issues include failure to properly bond with

Read More
1324 Words | 6 Pages

Murder and Genetics The crime: A violent thunderstorm was releasing its fury on the night of July 16, 1996. At this time Captain Relish was hosting a dinner party for many of his acquaintances at his home. Captain Relish, a mysterious man, was just released for prison and now possessed a new name. He decided to have a celebration party and invited people he had been associated with prior to going to prison.

Read More
657 Words | 3 Pages

(…) I couldn’t. I couldn’t bring myself’” (Zusak 97). The use of Han’s morals allows the reader to view his decision as courageous due to his actions. If Hans were to write a reply to Liesel’s letters, Hans would be seen as a character who lacks integrity.

Read More
1768 Words | 8 Pages

Sara Whobrey Professor McCrady English 102 24 January, 2023 The Psychopathy Behind the Columbine Killer, Eric Harris Psychopaths are people who are born unable to feel a strong emotion of humans, empathy. Empathy is the ability to understand and feel for others and their feelings. Lack of empathy is only one trait of a psychopath. According to Crego and Widiger, the trait most attributed to psychopathy are antagonism, manipulativeness, dishonesty, and callousness. (Crego and Widiger 1.)

Read More
1459 Words | 6 Pages

He couldn’t join a party [the Nazi Party] that antagonized people in such a way” (Zusak 180). Hans had constant internal battles about who he should side with. Ultimately, Hans ends up living upto his own values and attempts to save a Jew from his imminent death. In The Giver, Jonas faces the same internal conflict.

Read More
2067 Words | 9 Pages

Throughout the centuries, many people have been diagnosed with the title “Psychopath.” A psychopath is someone who has a mental disorder that causes them to act violently towards people in society and is unable to show sympathy or remorse after what they have done. Canada has had many notorious psychopaths over the years, but there is always one that must outshine the rest; so to speak. Paul Bernardo was not only a psychopath, but he was also named “Canada’s notorious Serial Killer and Rapist” or better known as “The Scarborough Rapist.” This essay will examine Paul Bernardo’s case from beginning to end, and also prove why he is properly labeled as a psychopath.

Read More
859 Words | 4 Pages

Donald Henry Gaskins Jr. is one of the most infamous American Serial Killers to ever be tried in the criminal justice system. He once stated in an interview that “I have the same path as God, by taking lives and making others afraid, I became my own master. Through my own power I come to my redemption” (Menschenleer). This one quote serves to demonstrate the psychotic tendencies which Gaskins developed and suffered from. Gaskins life began with victimization from family members and peers.

Read More
1184 Words | 5 Pages

Hans is a German man living in Nazi Germany who did not support Hitler. His son, Hans Junior, is a supporter of the Führer and they argue often about their beliefs. In the beginning of the novel, Hans and his

Read More
1068 Words | 5 Pages

By using statistics to reinforce his opinions, it persuades the audience to agree with Ronson’s perspective on psychopathy. The perspective that mental disorders such as psychopathy, are not always black and white. Often times, there are gray areas that cannot always be thoroughly defined and put into a neat little

Read More
2437 Words | 10 Pages

For a while they are in a relationship but don’t tell their parents. When Inga and Hans find out, they are very anger that Hans Otto has been lying to them. They know that he could never marry her because he isn’t in a high enough place in society; however, Hans is prideful and believes he is good enough to marry her. When Magdalena breaks up with him it symbolizes that he never was part of the upper class and never could be despite how much he wanted to be and worked for to try to fit in with the upper class. Similarly to Lady Magdalena, the academy itself is a symbol of Hans leaving behind his station in life.

Read More
1429 Words | 6 Pages

Manifested not by poor adaptability towards changes in the external environment, with the counterbalance with impaired self-control and increased reactions. The psychopathy is permanent and dynamic condition, but may change quantitatively, so the psychopath does not present any morbid symptom for a long or short time. But when prevailing adverse events in the external environment, or after the disturbances of the organization, the situation of psychopathic peaked too. Disorganize their behavior and manifests the so-called pathological reaction has the mental disorder character (Eyesenck, Green, Hyes, 1994). The aim of this essay is to critically analyze the case study of ‘Case study: Psychopathy in the sales industry’.

Read More
946 Words | 4 Pages

A considerable number of psychopaths die a violent death a relatively short time after discharge from forensic psychiatric treatment as a result of their own behavior. Psychopaths may feel that all life is worthless. Psychopathic individuals take the lives of their victims, at least figuratively, sometimes literally. The aftermath of victimization by a psychopathic individual often impacts every sphere of a person’s life. Victims are harmed psychologically, emotionally, physically, financially, and socially.

Read More
926 Words | 4 Pages

Introduction I. Look around this school and think about exactly how many students are here daily. How would you feel if I told you that one out of every twenty five people are sociopaths(Pratt 2006).The fact of the matter is that not everyone who is a sociopath is a serial killer but oddly enough it has been proven that all serial killers are sociopaths. II. I have chosen serial killers that I found intriguing and that I thought not many people would know a lot about.

Read More
1267 Words | 6 Pages

The verbal abuse from this mother and physical abuse from his father shaped Ed into the man he became. His education level could have played a factor as well, but the fact he could read made him educated criminal. Ed’s subservience to this mother also played apart in making him introverted. He was taught that women were dirty and evil, which made his mother a saint in his eyes. His mental state was damaged as a child and later released as an adult.

Read More
822 Words | 4 Pages

The biological approach founded by Cesare Lombroso is the best theory to support the argument being presented in this paper. The biological theory focuses on genetics and physiology of criminals, and chemical imbalances of the brain causing anti- social, and aggressive behavior along with depression and other disorders. The biological approach of criminology focuses on the mental illness, behaviors and substance abuse dependency personalities. The juvenile justice system is system made up of youth offenders of many different ages, and since the brain is not fully developed and everyone’s genetic makeup is different it is often a grey area of the justice system.

Read More

More about Robert P. Hanssen Case

Open Document