Retrying Leopold and Loeb: A Neuropsychological Perspective

They called it the crime of the century; in 1924 in Chicago two brilliant, well-educated, and wealthy young men kidnapped and murdered a 14-year-old boy and killed him for the thrill of it . Expert testimony was presented by several well-known psychiatrists and psychologists, but even with all their clinical insights, none could reach a conclusion about the causal relation between their disturbed childhoods and a violent senseless crime. In fact, the well-known criminal defense attorney Clarence Darrow made little mention of the extensive psychiatric and psychological workups, and the judge did not deal with it in his sentencing. A review of the findings does suggest a delusional disorder for one of the defendants and psychopathy for the other; the interaction of these two disordered personalities led to a perfect storm a confluence of factors that only in combination could result in the brutal crime. Recent developments in neuropsychology allow us to see how these two disordered personalities interacted; the neuropsychological basis of delusional disorder and of psychopathy will be explored in this presentation along with a re-imagined closing argument by their attorney

Media activism on and off line by Italian adolescents and young adults

From several researchers it appears that Italian adolescents and young people are grown up with commercial television which is accused to contain too much violence, sex, reality shows, advertising, cartoons which are watched from 1 to 4 hours daily. Adolescents are also great users of mobile phones and spend a lot of time to use it. Their academic results are below the average of Ocse States. However the widespread use of communication technology and social networks display also another side of adolescents who engage in media activism and political movement such as Ammazzateci tutti!, Indymedia, Movimento 5 Stelle, Movimento No Tav. In which way does the world economic crisis -with the specific problems of Italy as the cutting founds for school, academic research and welfare, the corruption of political class, mafia and camorra organisation induce a reaction in our adolescents and young people? Several researches inform us about their use of internet in terms of spending time but, more important, how internet, and the web 2.0, could be an instrument for their reaction? What do they do online? How they do it? Which is the meaning of their presence online? And, has their online activity a continuity offline? The research aims are: 1. Trough a participant observation of Social Network profiles opened by 10 young active citizens, I would seek to understand which kind of social or political activities they engage in online as individuals and which is the meaning of their presence online. 2. To observe and understand if adolescents and young people have a continuity of their socio-political engagement online in offline activities and which kind of experiences it is. 3. Try to comprehend which was (or which were) the significant, learning experiences that convinced them about the potential of the web as tool for their activism.All’origine di questa ricerca ci sono due affermazioni, la prima di Al Gore, premio Nobel per la pace nel 2007, ha affermato che “La primavera araba ha avuto internet come strumento” La seconda è di Jacques Gonnet membro del gruppo di studio francese Clemì: “… [esiste un] legame fondamentale tra democrazia ed educazione ai media: (…). La scuola, luogo d’iniziazione ai valori di una società, si inscrive e si rivela, grazie ai media, in una visione politica del mondo. L’educazione ai media diventa un’iniziazione alle pratiche democratiche, (…)” La dichiarazione di Gore mi ha indotta a riflettere sull’attivismo dei giovani italiani, a fenomeni quali “Ammazzateci tutti!”, “Indymedia”, “Movimento 5 Stelle” “Libera” il Movimento “No Tav” ecc. Quella di J. Gonnet su quali possono essere le esperienze formative relative ai media per i giovani italiani. La scuola? La famiglia? I pari? Tutte queste? Altre? Le domande che guidano questo mio lavoro di ricerca sono state: in quale maniera la crisi del nostro paese induce una reazione nei nostri adolescenti e giovani? La rete quanto è utilizzata per dare forma a queste reazioni? Molte ricerche ci forniscono dati sull’uso che i ragazzi fanno di internet in termini di tempo dedicato e attività svolte ma, come internet può essere uno strumento per il loro impegno? Cosa fanno i ragazzi online? Come? Come la loro attività online si traduce nella continuità offline? Avvalendomi di strumenti come l’osservazione di profili su Social Network, l’osservazione in presenza di eventi quali manifestazioni e dibattiti, l’intervista e il questionario, lo studio della letteratura esistente, tenta di dare una risposta a queste domande

The New Hampshire, Vol. 80, No. 05 (Sep. 29, 1989)

The student publication of the University of New Hampshire

Winona Daily News

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Childcare Information Seeking Behaviour of Parents

Parents’ ability to access good quality information is the lifeline to good family outcomes, just as access to good quality childcare offers a child the best start in life. Pioneering information seeking behaviour study in the field of childcare, this research identifies that family outcomes are determined by their information behaviour, demand on systems, social networks, information sources and other symptomatic influencing factors including trust, quality, cost, staff, time and values. The research builds on existing theoretical approaches by integrating a multi-theoretical approach to facilitate a comprehensive analysis of parents’ childcare information-seeking behaviour which reveals that the childcare information-seeking process is characterised by information behaviours such as sense making, information authentication, information berry-picking, and in some cases information avoidance based on parents’ experience, system complexity, or family values. Identifying patterns of childcare information-seeking behaviour, the research builds a model that reflects the four categories of information sources parents consult or engage with during the period. Recognising the major barriers to information seeking, the research accentuates the critical success factors required to improve parents’ experience when looking for childcare to inform future policies, practice and development

Southern Accent September 1977 - April 1978

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