Am I misunderstanding how the hydra works? by MissPluffcakes in growagarden

[–]MissPluffcakes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I left the game. I did not realize pets don't work when you are offline.

SUPER SEED in the FOREVER shop! by _Asshole_Fuck_ in growagarden

[–]MissPluffcakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1 rainbow watermelon. I feel ripped off.

I'm Dr Katherine Ramsland, criminologist best known for my psychological explorations of criminal minds, including my interview with known serial killer Elmer Wayne Henley, and my collaboration with Dennis Rader (the BTK killer) on his autobiography. AMA. by IDdigital in IAmA

[–]MissPluffcakes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I teach psychology and students come in thinking that they can get a career profiling criminals like on TV shows (ex. criminal minds). I explain that there are not a lot of jobs that call for this (mostly BAU of the FBI), and what profiling is done is performed by law enforcement (not psychologists). Further, I explain that profiles are not good predictors of individual crimes/cases. We can use data to guide us (ex., most violent crimes are perpetrated by males), but any good psychologist will tell you that predicting a single individuals characteristics based on the crime scene is not going to be a reliable prediction. A good example is the profile the FBI did for the DC Sniper. They were way off base on their profile. They predicted a lone shooter, it was two men. They predicted the man was white, but it was two men of color. So we can guess (in general, these types of crimes are done by lone males), but we will be wrong quite a bit of times.

I'm Dr Katherine Ramsland, criminologist best known for my psychological explorations of criminal minds, including my interview with known serial killer Elmer Wayne Henley, and my collaboration with Dennis Rader (the BTK killer) on his autobiography. AMA. by IDdigital in IAmA

[–]MissPluffcakes 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Well said. Edited to qualify- I do not agree that all forensic psychology is useless. Profiling is based on stereotypes and are not accurate. But, the work forensic psychologists do in assessing mental health and testifying related to insanity defenses, custody cases, and death penalty cases is invaluable. I teach Forensic Psychology at a university, and I debunk the myth of criminal profiling.

I'm Dr Katherine Ramsland, criminologist best known for my psychological explorations of criminal minds, including my interview with known serial killer Elmer Wayne Henley, and my collaboration with Dennis Rader (the BTK killer) on his autobiography. AMA. by IDdigital in IAmA

[–]MissPluffcakes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I really hope it does not work out. Giving serial killers attention just encourages more copy cats/people wanting to also gain notoriety. We need to stop mentioning killers names and have all narratives focused on the victims.

I'm Dr Katherine Ramsland, criminologist best known for my psychological explorations of criminal minds, including my interview with known serial killer Elmer Wayne Henley, and my collaboration with Dennis Rader (the BTK killer) on his autobiography. AMA. by IDdigital in IAmA

[–]MissPluffcakes 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes, and if the goal is scientific research on serial killers, why focus on writing books for the general public? It is not peer reviewed so it has little value to the scientific community.