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Criminal Behaviorology

Timothy Joseph

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Frequency: 1 episode/48d. Total Eps: 60

Criminal Behaviorology is the synthesis of criminology and behavior analysis. This podcast reviews areas of importance to both fields and explores new possibilities. Criminal Behaviorology is a podcast for all those interested in crime, psychology, history, and improving the world we live in. Contact: criminalbehaviorology@gmail.com Cover art photo provided by David von Diemar on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@emotionspicture

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The Sylvia Lkens Case in Hoosier Killers: Indiana's Darkest History by Ed Wenck

Season 6 · Episode 58

Saturday, November 30, 2024 • Duration 27:11

This is a brief reading of a book chapter focusing on the case. The author is Ed Wenck and the book is from 2012, Hoosier Killers: Indiana's Darkest History.

Halloween Candy Poisoned? Reality and Urban Legend in Halloween Fears

Season 5 · Episode 57

Thursday, October 31, 2024 • Duration 33:38

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A reading of two articles on the alleged poisoning of candy. The reality our favorite holiday ritual and fear in the community. Another on a dramatic case of poisoning as extortion out of Japan. Finally, a third article reviews the motivations for urban legends.

Show Highlights:

Fears of poisoned candy
The Tylenol poisonings
The ‘Mystery Man with 21 Faces’ case out of Japan
Motivations for urban tales

- https://www.history.com/news/how-americans-became-convinced-their-halloween-candy-was-poisoned

- https://www.history.com/news/extra-strength-tylenol-poisonings-1982

- https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-1980s-crime-ring-that-poisoned-japans-candy-and-never-got-caught

- Donavan, Todd & Mowen, John & Chakraborty, Goutam. (2001). Urban legends: Diffusion processes and the exchange of resources. Journal of Consumer Marketing. 18. 521-533. 10.1108/07363760110404468.

Previous Halloween Specials on Criminal Behaviorology:

- Night of the Shaping Dead, October 2019:

https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/qupNR9T4pub

- Trick or Treat! Behavior Theory and Crime, Dog Training and Beggars’ Night Becomes Halloween, October 2020:

https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/0P8qJ7X4pub

- Eating at Us: Cannibalism in History, Legend and in the Animal World, October 2021:

https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/YXBeX734pub

- More Horror Movies Equals Less Crime: An Analysis of Movies on Crime Reduction, October 2022:

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/criminalbehaviorology/episodes/More-Horror-Movies-Equals-Less-Crime-An-Analysis-of-Movies-on-Crime-Reduction-e1pt5k4/a-a8p0ki8

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On YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKSVoZOBwCG28xMnuPq_Gtw

On Rumble:

https://rumble.com/c/c-1826027

On Locals Social Media:

https://criminalbehaviorology.locals.com/?showPosts=1

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On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/CrimBehav

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https://www.patreon.com/user?u=81930699

Amazon:

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Familicide: Jerrod Brown Discusses Family Mass Murders

Season 4 · Episode 5

Tuesday, August 30, 2022 • Duration 01:02:07

The video of this entire interview can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/Lf6YDjEaaYw Jerrod Brown, Ph.D., is a professor, trainer, consultant, and researcher, and the founder and CEO of the American Institute for the Advancement of Forensic Studies (AIAFS). His previous episode on this podcast is about Mysopedia, the sadistic child serial killer. In this broadcast, he discussed the phenomenon of familicide. Known sometimes as Family Annihilators, this is the murder of a family, committed usually by the father. Jarrod and I talk shop right from the get-go, so podcast listeners here this recording from the start.

Show Highlights:

- Listing of family annihilators in case history.

- Jerrod discusses some of the important variables in these kinds of crimes.

- The distinction between cases of familicide, family annihilators, family mass murderers, filicide, and other terms.

- “Toxic masculinity,” “righteous slaughter,” and other concepts related to familicide. American Institute for the Advancement of Forensic Studies (AIAFS):

https://www.aiafs.com https://www.aiafs.com/staff-member.asp?xd=60

Jerrod Brown talks familicide on The Criminologist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74yswC9ROSI&t=1663s

Seductions of Crime by Jack Katz:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/seductions-of-crime-jack-katz/1111985566?ean=9780465076161

The John List case:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-list

William Bradford Bishop, Jr.:

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/murders/william-bradford-bishop-jr

Ronald Eugene Simmons:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Gene_Simmons

Robert Fisher:

The McMartin Sexual Abuse Trial: Operant Seeing and the Dangers of Expert Opinion

Season 4 · Episode 4

Friday, July 22, 2022 • Duration 01:00:43

The video of this entire interview can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/xA3ZDZ8COBM Joseph Wyatt, Ph.D., is a retired forensic psychologist, and previous guest on Criminal Behaviorology. In 2002 he took an interest in the infamous McMartin Preschool trial, which took place in California. If you have not heard of this case, take some time to look up the story. It is simply the most shocking case of false accusation I have encountered. Joe takes a critical, and behavior analytic, viewpoint regarding the expert opinion of an archeologist who claimed to have discovered evidence of sinister tunnels built under the preschool buildings. These tunnels would seem to confirm the allegations of secret sexual abuse and ritualistic torture. But is there an alternative conclusion - one with a behavior analytic explanation? (Podcast listeners - skip to 10:12 unless you enjoy Joe and I conversing on audio quality) Show Highlights: - A respected preschool center is accused of crimes so shocking it made news the world over. - The use of anatomically detailed dolls to facilitate interviews with children. The misapplication of these methods, and the belief that children could not make up such explicit stories, led to the unjust prosecution in the McMartin case. - How children could be influenced by the interviewing techniques used in the case. - The parents of children involved in the case, in a very emotional state, asked for an archeological analysis to provide evidence of secret tunnels allegedly put in place to commit unspeakable crimes beneath the building. Ground penetrating radar, and a detailed report followed that supported the existence of underground tunnels. - Skinner’s concept of “Operant Seeing.” Is this an explanation for why an expert archeologist’s flawed conclusions when the totality of the evidence clearly indicates an innocent explanation? Confirmatory bias - the pursuing of conclusions before the facts. - The legacy of the McMartin trial. How could so many be so wrong about such a serious criminal case? The real victims of McMartin case. McMartin Sexual Abuse Trial and the 2002 article by Joseph Wyatt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMartin_preschool_trial https://mds.marshall.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=psychology_faculty The film Indictment (starring James Woods): https://youtu.be/uMijKJg-7rk https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113421/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Joseph Wyatt on Criminal Behaviorology - Interview with the Forensic Psychologist (2019): https://anchor.fm/criminalbehaviorology/episodes/Interview-with-the-Forensic-Psychologist--Dr--W--Joseph-Wyatt-discusses-his-long-career-as-it-is-detailed-in-his-book---The-Breaking-Point-Killing-And-Other-True-Cases-of-Murder-and-Malice-e3aq6g Look up CrimBehav on Facebook: facebook.com/CrimBehav. Criminal Behaviorology on Blogger. CB Podcast Sites: https://criminalbehaviorology.podomatic.com https://anchor.fm/criminalbehaviorology https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/criminal-behaviorology/id1441879795?mt=2&uo=4  https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83MzY4OWFjL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz https://open.spotify.com/show/5VM7Sjv762u7nb91YWGczZ  https://www.breaker.audio/criminal-behaviorology  https://overcast.fm/itunes1441879795/criminal-behaviorology  https://pca.st/Q38w  https://radiopublic.com/criminal-behaviorology-GEv2AZ  https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/anchor-podcasts/criminal-behaviorology https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKSVoZOBwCG28xMnuPq_Gtw On Locals Social Media: https://criminalbehaviorology.locals.com/?showPosts=1 https://criminalbehaviorology.locals.com Please write a review on any of our podcast sites listed above. Questions, comments, and requests for transcripts to:   criminalbehaviorology@gmail.com Thank you for listening.

Mysopedia: The Sadistic Child Murderer

Season 4 · Episode 46

Monday, June 27, 2022 • Duration 52:23

The video of this interview can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/Xtz3yu70J2U Jerrod Brown, Ph.D., is a professor, trainer, consultant, and researcher, and the founder and CEO of the American Institute for the Advancement of Forensic Studies (AIAFS). He has focused some of his work on the topic sexually motivated homicides. Mysopeds are an extreme outlier of the sexually motivated child killer. Show Highlights: - The AIAFS organization and Jerrod Brown’s contributions. Colleague, and previous guest, Eric Hickey. - What is “mysopedia?” A little known, “sadistic pedophile,” murderer of children. How can it be distinguished from sexual sadists, pedophiles, and other conditions? - Motive for these crimes. The depersonalization and hatred of the victim. The role of fantasy and fantasy development. A cyclical process where the perpetrator returns to a “baseline” state, ultimately. - Trauma and attachment based lens. Rejection from family and friends. Brain development and the fracturing of attachment. - Mysopedia as an “unfolding event” over time. A lot of moving parts, with much mystery in dealing with a combination of factors. - Albert Fish - an infamous and prolific serial killer. Known for the most paraphiliac behavior. Pain and pleasure were equated. Reportedly, he had inserted so many metal pins in his body that he short-circuited the electric chair at his execution. - Wesley Allan Dodd - A disturbing case of a young man who seemed to have progressed over time from a loveless upbringing to acts of murder as an adult. How the Dodd case could teach us about what interventions could make a difference - we hope. - Jerrod’s interest in this area and his mission to aid in understanding the myriad causes of criminal actions. Jerrod Brown on Mysopedia: https://www.csp.edu/publication/mysopeds-a-need-for-increased-awareness-understanding-and-training/ https://www.aiafs.com Albert Fish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Fish Wesley Allen Dodd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westley_Allan_Dodd Criminal Behaviorology podcast with Eric Hickey (2.29.2020): https://anchor.fm/criminalbehaviorology/episodes/Criminal-Profiling--Serial-Killers--Necrophilia--and-Other-Things-eb5mpu Look up CrimBehav on Facebook: facebook.com/CrimBehav. Criminal Behaviorology on Blogger. CB Podcast Sites: https://criminalbehaviorology.podomatic.com https://anchor.fm/criminalbehaviorology https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/criminal-behaviorology/id1441879795?mt=2&uo=4  https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83MzY4OWFjL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz https://open.spotify.com/show/5VM7Sjv762u7nb91YWGczZ  https://www.breaker.audio/criminal-behaviorology  https://overcast.fm/itunes1441879795/criminal-behaviorology  https://pca.st/Q38w  https://radiopublic.com/criminal-behaviorology-GEv2AZ  https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/anchor-podcasts/criminal-behaviorology https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKSVoZOBwCG28xMnuPq_Gtw On Locals Social Media: https://criminalbehaviorology.locals.com/?showPosts=1 https://criminalbehaviorology.locals.com Please write a review on any of our podcast sites listed above. Questions, comments, and requests for transcripts to:  criminalbehaviorology@gmail.com Thank you for listening.

Indiana’s Mayhem & Murder: Historical True Crime in the Hoosier State

Season 4 · Episode 2

Sunday, March 27, 2022 • Duration 50:49

Author Keven McQueen has written books for decades now, and has taken an interest in what he calls “historical true crime.” In this interview we discuss his book on crimes in the Hoosier state before 1940. In addition, some of Keven’s musings on history, society, and the particular sources he has found most helpful in finding these unique stories.

Show Highlights:

- Keven’s journey in becoming a non-fiction author.

- His moral and ethical concerns writing about criminal cases. The reason for his cutoff of 1940 as the last year he will draw stories from.

- Thoughts on the popularity of true crime. An explanation of “historical” true crime.

- Hazel Triumphant! A young mother is accused of the murder of her infant twins. She was the sole caretaker of the two children, until it was discovered they were not real.

- Hypothetical Questions in Abundance. An outspoken, pro-German, minister shares his views in the World War I period. Did this result in his murder? Or was there something more to the story, like espionage?

- The Boy Bandit. A young man goes on a crime spree. Was he influenced by “dime-store novels,” or was he just bad? Many twists and turns in this story.

- Three Ways to Escape Punishment. What appears to be a simple murder-for-hire scheme certainly has an elaborate defense strategy. First the wife didn’t have anything to do with it. Then it was she had to do it because her husband was insane. No, she had to do it because of her own insanity!

- Grave robbery as a common crime in Indiana. Behavioral economics and the reduced frequency of some crimes over time.

- The best ways to research crime stories. Why local papers, and ancestry.com, can be great resources. The conversations Keven has had with descendants of some of individuals in his books.

- Future books Keven is working on.

Murder & Mayhem in Indiana (2014):

Child Welfare: Behavior Analysis Metrics (BAM) on Abuse, Neglect, and Family Preservation

Season 4 · Episode 1

Friday, January 7, 2022 • Duration 01:21:39

Dr. Brandon F. Greene has worked for over forty years in dealing with child maltreatment, family preservation and a host of other areas of great interest to those working to improve society. A cogent, entertaining, and data-driven book is the end result of he and his colleagues’ work in some very challenging settings. Dr. Greene provides a range of techniques and instruments to assist the most vulnerable in our communities using behavior analysis as the guide. The video interview can be viewed on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/ubVQyNF97ik Show Highlights: - Dr. Greene’s career in the field of child welfare, family reunification, domestic violence prevention, etc. - Behavior Analysis Metrics & Applications (BAMA). - Critical Family Periods. A two-edged sword. - In cases where children are separated from their families, is the goal always to return home? The termination of parental rights. - The CLEAN instrument, and how it is used in child welfare cases. - The use of task analyses is discussed throughout the book. How these tools become important in regards to preservation and reunification processes. - Protecting children from "lures" as described in Dr. Greene’s book. - The CARE instrument used in domestic violence cases. - BAM used for visitation requirements. Data collection on visitations. Dr. Greene's role and findings. - The true litmus test of competency based training and why. - The concepts of "microlending" (coined by economist Muhammed Yunnus) and “microlabor” (coined by Dr. Greene). Behavior Analysis: Metrics & Applications for the Preservation & Reunification of Families (Volume 1: Behavior Analysis in Child Welfare) by Brandon F. Greene, Ph.D.: https://www.shenvalpress.com/product-page/behavioral-metrics-applications-for-preservation-reunification-of-families Look up CrimBehav on Facebook: facebook.com/CrimBehav. Criminal Behaviorology on Blogger. CB Podcast Sites: https://anchor.fm/criminalbehaviorology https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/criminal-behaviorology/id1441879795?mt=2&uo=4  h ttps://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83MzY4OWFjL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz https://open.spotify.com/show/5VM7Sjv762u7nb91YWGczZ   https://www.breaker.audio/criminal-behaviorology   https://overcast.fm/itunes1441879795/criminal-behaviorology  https://pca.st/Q38w  https://radiopublic.com/criminal-behaviorology-GEv2AZ   https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/anchor-podcasts/criminal-behaviorology https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKSVoZOBwCG28xMnuPq_Gtw On Locals Social Media: https://criminalbehaviorology.locals.com/?showPosts=1 https://criminalbehaviorology.locals.com Please write a review on any of our podcast sites listed above. Questions, comments, and requests for transcripts to:   criminalbehaviorology@gmail.com Thank you for listening.

Genes and Behavior - 4.25.18

Thursday, December 9, 2021 • Duration 16:14

An examination of one chapter from Jay Moore's book "From a Behavioral Point of View: A Psychological Primer" where he discusses the idea that genes do not "cause" behavior in the common use of the term. Implications for behaviorists, and especially criminal behaviorologists, are significant.

From a Behavioral Point of View: A Psychological Primer by Jay Moore:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34599965-from-a-behavioral-point-of-view

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