https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ExplorationsOfTheDarkside/I'm gonna use this blog to answer and explore questions about the darker side of human nature. I dream of world peace - but think that to arrive there we first of all need to understand violence. The How's and the Why's. I've been fascinated by violence over the years - I have been subject to much - such as being kidnapped, raped at gunpoint, raped other times/other places, victim to incest, victim to violent and non-violent sexual and domestic abuse. I may appear flippant to some - but I wanted to understand such matters - like how can they occur ? So - I've been to support and growth groups, then worked in the prison system (I called it my Lion's Den) and studied sexual predators at post graduate level. hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ExplorationsOfTheDarkside/480251Over the years I have facilitated many anger management classes. One of the cornerstone techniques is 'time-out' when you're too hot to be rational. It is to be understood that time-out is not an escape. There needs to be an implicit agreement that issues will be aired within a cooler and more...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ExplorationsOfTheDarkside/473901It was very funny as he told it; He was sitting behind a truck on one of our major arterial roads recently. He said the truck was going like a bat out of hell. There was a box on the back of the truck that looked like it might fall - so he was signalling the driver and trying various other...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ExplorationsOfTheDarkside/470696I noticed I hadn't posted in here for a while so went rifling thru my docs looking for something appropriate. Here's some food for thought:-) RESTORATIVE JUSTICE Paradigms of Justice Old and New Old Paradigm New Paradigm Retributive Justice Restorative Justice Crime Defined as a violation of the...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ExplorationsOfTheDarkside/465965The prison environment sure can be a weird and/interesting place at times. It's a particular type of culture - and here I'm talking about staff as well as inmates. One of my bestest girlfriends I met in prison. Tho at the time she was being sacked for getting caught, on video, in a very...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ExplorationsOfTheDarkside/463332IF YOU LOVE EACH OTHER CHANCES ARE YOU’LL FIGHT. FIGHTING CAN MAKE OR BREAK YOUR RELATIONSHIP. HERE ARE SOME GOOD CLUES THAT SHOULD BE RULES THAT WILL MAKE SURE YOU FIGHT A “GOOD FIGHT”. 1 Fight only about ONE SUBJECT at a time – AND STICK TO THAT SUBJECT. 2 Tell them how YOU FEEL – using an “I...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ExplorationsOfTheDarkside/451006I haven't had much time to blog lately so I went looking thru my files for something to post. In case you need to know - or get into a discussion about DV I've posted here one of the worksheets I used when faciitating DV Groups; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – Myths and Realities. MYTH: Battering is a...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ExplorationsOfTheDarkside/449813What do you really own? I always tell people the only thing we really own is our opinion. I'm outa here for a few days - so be good - and be controversial;-)https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ExplorationsOfTheDarkside/449727THE 5 ELEMENTS OF INCARCERATION; Fri March 16 th 0920hrs John Douglas says that there are 5 elements of incarceration - that interweave and change dependent upon the predominant political flavors, these being rehabilitation, isolation, punishment, justice and redemption. I shall touch on these...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ExplorationsOfTheDarkside/449498Last night I was watching one of those Jerry Bruckheimer shows, Cold Case. The cases portrayed in these shows invariably involve 'closure'. I've seen a few episodes where someone committed a 'crime of passion' 25 years ago or so and who, towards the end of the show is shown happily signing their...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ExplorationsOfTheDarkside/448684March 12th 207. 0049hrs. Thought it time I should post something else into here. This blog doesn't have many readers - but I feel I have somehow done a good turn if only one person reads it. I wrote this article several years ago for a local newspaper. I've edited it slightly: PROFILE OF A RAPIST...