The Making of Lee Boyd Malvo (eBook)

The D.C. Sniper

Carmeta Albarus, Jonathan Mack (Autoren)

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2020
Columbia University Press (Verlag)
978-0-231-51268-8 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;The best explanation I have yet read for the madness that was the Beltway sniper spree can be found in the pages of [this] fascinating new book."e;-The AtlanticIn October of 2002, a series of sniper attacks paralyzed the Washington Beltway, turning normally placid gas stations, parking lots, restaurants, and school grounds into chaotic killing fields. After the spree, ten people were dead and several others wounded. The perpetrators were forty-one-year-old John Allen Muhammad, a veteran of the first Gulf War, and his seventeen-year-old protege, Lee Boyd Malvo. In this intimate and carefully documented account, social worker Carmeta Albarus, who served on Malvo's defense team and researched his background, details the nature of Malvo's tragic attachment to his perceived "e;hero father,"e; his indoctrination, and his subsequent dissociation. She recounts her role in helping to extricate Malvo from the psychological clutches of Muhammad, which led to a dramatic courtroom confrontation with the man who manipulated and exploited him. Psychologist Jonathan H. Mack identifies and analyzes the underlying clinical psychological and behavioral processes that led to Malvo's dissociation and turn toward serial violence. With this tragic tale, the authors emphasize the importance of parental attachment and the need for positive and loving relationships during the critical years of early childhood development. By closely examining the impact of Lee Boyd Malvo's childhood on his later development, they reach out to parents, social workers, and the community for greater awareness and prevention. "e;The book can be illuminating, especially when Albarus describes what it was like to pierce Malvo's shield and help wrest his psyche from Muhammad."e; The Newark Star-Ledger"e;Fascinating."e; Publishers Weekly

Autor

Carmeta Albarus, MSW, LCSW, is a forensic social worker of national prominence with more than twenty years of experience as a mitigation specialist. Qualified as an expert in psychosocial investigations and assessments in both state and federal courts, she has participated in more than five hundred criminal cases and is president and founder of CVA Consulting Services Inc., a forensic social work agency based in Harlem, New York.Jonathan H. Mack, Psy.D., is a forensic and clinical neuropsychologist and psychologist with a national reputation as a specialist in the forensic neuropsychological and psychological assessment of homicide cases. He has testified in approximately two hundred cases as an expert witness in his fields and is director of Forensic Psychology and Neuropsychology Services, PC, and Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Associates, which trains postdoctoral fellows working under Mack's supervision in clinical neuropsychology.

Inhalt

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A Nation in Fear—the Crime1. A Father Lost: The Genesis of Reactive Attachment Disorder in Lee Boyd Malvo2. A False Father Found: Malvo Meets John Muhammad3. A False Father Rejected: Separating Malvo from Muhammad4. A Forensic Mental Health Analysis of Lee Boyd Malvo by Jonathan Mack, Psy.D.EpilogueReferencesIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.7.2020
• Zusatzinfo: <B>B&W Photos: </B>18,
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
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• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Besonderes Strafrecht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-231-51268-6 / 0231512686
• ISBN-13: 978-0-231-51268-8 / 9780231512688