The British police have imported personality profiling from the FBI. The likes of John Douglas and his book ' Mind hunter' and his British counterparts like Professor David Canter with his book ' criminal shadows'. Also Paul Britton and his book ' Jigsaw man'
These men are clinical psychologists, not like doctors who have taken the Hippocratic oath to do no harm, then went on to study and become psychiatrists who spend their lives trying to help the mentally ill. Psychologists are another school who get degrees, then use their knowledge without scruples. It was nice of some of them to write books about their craft, and in doing so reveal the extent of their own egos and their failings. In fact Paul Britton says in his book he cannot afford to make mistakes as it could destroy some ones life. But he then went on to profile Colin Stagg who was accused of the Wimbledon common murder of Rachel Nickel based only on Britton's profile with no evidence. He devised a plan called the honey trap in which he tried to get Stagg to admit the murder to an undercover female police officer .He also showed his willingness to publish lurid details of the murder of Jamie Bulger who was killed by two ten year old boys. These details that I do not think were ever published in the newspapers because they are too horrible, are in his book plain to see for his poor mother to read. I hope to God she has not read it.
In the case of Colin Stagg, in spite of the fact he was psychologically manipulated and tormented one might say he was one of the lucky ones. Because in his case the murder he was suspected of was such a high profile case it was in all the papers and Stagg was eventually able to read about it, and the attempt to make him confess by Paul Britton.
In most cases the personality profiler remains anonymous, and is nothing but a shadowy figure protected from the consequences of his actions. In fact in most cases the subject of such manipulation would not even know a profiler had investigated them. Even if they suspected it they would have no evidence, and if they told anyone they thought someone was psychologically manipulating them they would most likely be regarded as delusional.
This uncertainty in itself is enough to permanently damage a persons mind, if it does not in fact drive them completely mad.
Professor David Canter said in a TV interview "the police are lumping everyone together under the one label of psychopath" He also said " the police may assume their own psychological sophistication and entrap innocent people"
Then there are the facial recognition cameras springing up everywhere that are reminiscent of George Orwell's big brother from his book 1984.
I think the question is not so much do the thought police exist, as how far so they go.
These men are clinical psychologists, not like doctors who have taken the Hippocratic oath to do no harm, then went on to study and become psychiatrists who spend their lives trying to help the mentally ill. Psychologists are another school who get degrees, then use their knowledge without scruples. It was nice of some of them to write books about their craft, and in doing so reveal the extent of their own egos and their failings. In fact Paul Britton says in his book he cannot afford to make mistakes as it could destroy some ones life. But he then went on to profile Colin Stagg who was accused of the Wimbledon common murder of Rachel Nickel based only on Britton's profile with no evidence. He devised a plan called the honey trap in which he tried to get Stagg to admit the murder to an undercover female police officer .He also showed his willingness to publish lurid details of the murder of Jamie Bulger who was killed by two ten year old boys. These details that I do not think were ever published in the newspapers because they are too horrible, are in his book plain to see for his poor mother to read. I hope to God she has not read it.
In the case of Colin Stagg, in spite of the fact he was psychologically manipulated and tormented one might say he was one of the lucky ones. Because in his case the murder he was suspected of was such a high profile case it was in all the papers and Stagg was eventually able to read about it, and the attempt to make him confess by Paul Britton.
In most cases the personality profiler remains anonymous, and is nothing but a shadowy figure protected from the consequences of his actions. In fact in most cases the subject of such manipulation would not even know a profiler had investigated them. Even if they suspected it they would have no evidence, and if they told anyone they thought someone was psychologically manipulating them they would most likely be regarded as delusional.
This uncertainty in itself is enough to permanently damage a persons mind, if it does not in fact drive them completely mad.
Professor David Canter said in a TV interview "the police are lumping everyone together under the one label of psychopath" He also said " the police may assume their own psychological sophistication and entrap innocent people"
Then there are the facial recognition cameras springing up everywhere that are reminiscent of George Orwell's big brother from his book 1984.
I think the question is not so much do the thought police exist, as how far so they go.
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