The Psychological Perspectives Of Ariel Castro - 1092 Words

It would not be a surprise to Americans to see violence in the news. Shootings, kidnappings, and war have affected Americans, and now they are desensitized. However, it is not often that Americans hear that three women are found alive after they were missing for more than a decade. Ariel Castro, a school bus driver and musician, was found guilty of 937 counts of 27 different charges, and committed suicide while in prison. He kidnapped three women, two of them while they were teens, and raped, brutally beaten, and starved them, in the plain sight of his friends and family members. One woman even conceived a child, fathered by Ariel Castro. After eleven long years, one door closed and another opened. One day, when Ariel Castro left his home in Cincinnati, Ohio, he did not lock the front door, and Amanda Berry, one of the four victims, was able to get help and once in for all stop the forever torture she and the other three sufferers. Through the psychological perspectives, Ariel Castro ’s heinous crimes will be analyzed. Ariel Castro committed these monstrous atrocities because of his childhood abuse and recent events. Ariel Castro suffered through wicked torture at the hands of his mother and neighbor. According to two articles, Castro was sexually and physically abused as child. â€Å"I was a victim of sex acts when I was a child. This led me to viewing pornography for my whole life† (USA Today), â€Å"†¦Mother physically abused him by striking him with ‘belts, sticks and an openShow MoreRelatedRacism and Ethnic Discrimination44667 Words   |  179 PagesRACISM AND ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION IN NICARAGUA Myrna Cunningham Kain With the collaboration of: Ariel Jacobson, Sofà ­a Manzanares, Eileen Mairena, Eilen Gà ³mez, Jefferson Sinclair Bush November 2006 Centro para la Autonomà ­a y Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indà ­genas Center for Indigenous Peoples’ Autonomy and Development Racism and Ethnic Discrimination in Nicaragua November 2006 Contents 1. 2. Introduction Structure of the study 2.1 Scope and methodology 4 7 7 3. Racism