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- Criminologist and former investigator Jillian Peterson answers the internet's thrilling questions about true crime. Can you spot the differences between sociopaths and psychopaths? Will criminals learn to avoid detection thanks to true crime shows?
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That statistic about women being murdered by partners is absolutely wild.
It is until you realize that men are murdered by their female partners too. Not as often, but it's not insignificant either. About 1700 women were murdered by their parnter in 2021 in the US, according to official statistics (Bureau of Justice Statistics), while the number of men murdered by their parnter was about 1100.
I've heard it before and it never fails to shock me. Call your legislators about supporting red flag laws-won't stop all the murders but every little helps.
It's just ridiculous to me, my future husband is also my most likely murderer. That really tells me to choose wisely, choose someone who I trust, but I bet the women who chose their partners trusted them too so it's just...
It makes sense though
@@vignotum132 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Her reading these silly names and answering professionally is so funny to me
Honestly I think it’s definitely an inside joke with the Wired staff 😂
Big Ballz
Flying Nipple😂😂😂
why the Zodiac Killer writing is exactly the same as the GSK (Joseph DeAngelo)? I comment here because I really hope someone read this, I need an answer! u_u
Jillian was one of my criminal justice professors in college. She is amazing and I’m so happy they got her on here
Where did she teach
She's incredible! You're very lucky.
She's really quite "meh" though. She couldn't even explain the difference between sociopathy and psychopathy. Pretty bad if she's a professional working in the field, but if she was teaching it too... yikes!
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@@eschelarthere isn’t a widely agreed on definition that separates the two. Current literature about it varies widely depending on who is giving the answer but common consensus is that both have similar attributes.
I’m glad you included the part about “…without really feeling them” in regards to psychopaths mimicking of others’s emotions they don’t understand. As someone on the autism spectrum, the challenges in understanding other people’s emotional states is very real, but that does not mean we LACK empathy or aren’t sensitive to emotions generally. The trouble is that we often shut down due to how overwhelming the intensity of feeling them truly is.
And/or being taught our reaction is “wrong”…
@@ars6187
Not even just 'wrong', but even inhuman.
I can't imagine they're much better at understanding others' emotions than us if they just react like this...
I cringed at that point too for the same reason. Thanks for speaking up! I connect a little easier by way of analogy. I find something we can discuss that is similar and relatable. But I've learned not to press too hard if the analogy falls flat. If that means they think I'm odd, well, they're right.
Some people do lack empathy and aren't bad people. It's about what you do, not what you feel.
Yep they’re basically human robots not good or bad they just are and can’t care about others. And even less go to prison or commit violent crimes
Jillian is amazing at presenting information. It's a crime she hasn't been on before.
50% chance this crime is never solved.
@@logosimian98% chance a male was responsible
She does present well. I will say she presented that chart at 5:10 she framed it as overall homicide when the caption at the bottom says “gun homicide per 100,000 residents.” Homicides and gun homicides are two completely different things
She is not right about some the stuff she is saying but yeah she speaks well enough. For instance a decreased police presence.
Ahhhhhhhh *ba dum tss* I see what you did there.
I love how they follow up a video about Pickpocketing with an interview with a literal Criminologist
LOL
the man be sweating
yeah amazing storytelling
Followed by a video of a mortician 😂
On my dating profile it says my idea of a perfect first date would be hiking...I'm going to change it to a well attended/crowded...anything
Oh my good boy😂.
But then you could just ask them to go to a second location. Or they, you.
LMAO 🤣 NO forests
Hiking on a first date sounds scary as f
lmao hiking could be for the third or fourth date
Great presenter, love her straightforward, non biased answers
it weirds me out how she's laughing or smiling and talks so non chalantly
Two on the road tried and failed to kill me around Covid!
Except her answers were very bias and questionable at times. She was throwing out things that were wrong or unrelated at times. For example, "is America the best at murder" and in response, she pulls out a gun homicide sheet. Gun homicides and homicides overall aren't the same thing. Yet she used the gun homicide chart as if to say that it encapsulates all homicides
Yeah. . . She’s pretty clearly a left bias. Which is fine- everyone has their interpretations and beliefs. That said, America is not the homicide winner. Quite a few standouts above us. We just have more guns- people tend to use the most effective weapon available.
@@anonymousperson3023i think america is the most developed country with the highest murder rate, the majority of these countries with high murder rates have little to no growth
WIRED has got to be one of the best channels on youtube, this content is so good
The magazine is great too.
Okay WIRED Intern... joke😂
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Domestic abuse is such a big issue with small coverage... It's tragic
I can recommend the podcast "Crime Analyst" if youre interested in victim focused crime podcasts, done by an actual professional.
Edited to add that I really didn’t think people would be so upset over the government provided statistics of England and Wales, and the NCADV’s equally valid statistics of the US, each pertaining to the gender breakdown of reported IPV. No wonder males report these crimes less than females.
Original comment:
Something I’ve also noticed is how people think it’s so female weighted? It’s closer to about a 1:2 ratio of male to female victims (so about 1/3 vs 2/3). Very fascinating to see just how media coverage and spins of what an abuser or victim looks like can affect public perceptions, even to the extent where people are actually _overlooking_ the concrete statistics I have provided.
@Alex-ug9wx Here's that guy.
@@Alex-ug9wx "According to the National Institute of Justice, about 9.5% of domestic abuse victims are male. This means that for every 100 victims of domestic abuse, about 10 are men. It is important to note that this number is likely underreported, as men are less likely to report domestic abuse than women."
@@mpGreen03 in England and Wales (my jurisdiction), around 1.7 million women and 700k men reported IPV. Not even bearing in mind the fact males are statistically less likely to report these offences, the ratio is already 247:600 (Male : Female reports respectively).
Now, in the US, where I’m assuming you found that statistic, the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence states that it isn’t 1/9 victims that are male, but rather, 1/9 males that will be victims of severe and ongoing IPV. This is compared to 1/4 women, again, bringing the ratio of male to female victims (respectively) to about 1:2, proving that, regardless of what gender is more likely to report it, IPV rates transcend borders and are roughly proportionate.
I’m really not sure what people are struggling with here.
“Was Victorian England stabby” 😂😂😂
They weren't actually evil, just somewhat stabby lads.
Still are
they still are, one lad went on a stabby spree with a literal sword 🏃♀️
@@lapislazulii141It's a British tradition 😂😂😂
Seems kinda obvious to me why murders would increase when families are suddenly forced to hang with each other and no one else 24/7.
And some people are being “fiery, but mostly peaceful” in the streets and asking for the police to be defunded…
Good point. Then blames it on gun control as if that was the difference, i think the pandemic had allot more impact
Man, y’all got some awful families huh.
I'm sure lots of other crimes were committed in homes, but a dead body is harder to explain or hide, then a broken rib. So there probably was an increase in many crimes, but only an increase in homicide reporting.
@av_oid defending the police doesn't mean "depolicing." It means that we must stop incentivizing frivolous arrests and start financially penalizing cops when they screw up. Taking their money will certainly make them act better.
fun fact: sociopathy or psychopathy are not listed in the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders used by mental health professionals. Instead they refer to what's known as antagonistic personality disorders, most notably anti-social personality disorder which is most commonly associated with serial killers.
Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) and Psychopathy are distinct things. ASPD refers to behavioral patterns and is a mental disorder. Psychopathy is a set of personality traits that are divided into two categories: Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 typically refers to things such as superficial charm, fearless dominance, pathological lying, etc. Type 2 (Which is usually confused with ASPD) typically refers to things such as aggression, parasitic lifestyle, lack of impulse control, etc
Psychopathy is commonly defined as a combination of 2 or more personality disorders. Antisocial personality disorder is one of them. The other 3 are narcissistic, emotionally instable and histrionic personality disorder. Just having one of those doesn't make you a psychopath.
hmm no that's actually not accurate. First of all "emotionally instable" isn't a personality disorder, it's a symptom of a mood or personality disorder. Secondly, a sociopath and psychopath might share the same singular disorder (such as ASPD or NPD), but the way in which they present the disorder is what distinguishes them. For example, psychopaths are classically methodical, charming, and strategic (CEO's etc), while sociopaths tend to be more impulsive and aggressive (your everyday convicted felon). I would check out Dr. Ramani's videos for some more of these nuances, especially when it comes to NPD.@@blarfroer8066
@@blarfroer8066 Facts. Although I rarely have empathy I still do just very rarely.
And you know what? Honestly I don't give a crap that I am a sociopath. I get it. I am different and all but that's fine. Im not out for blood
@@necroavirusthats one thing ive always wanted to learn more on. How many psycho/sociopaths are there that dont ever end up killing/hurting anyone? I imagine theres gotta be more than one would expect. Cause I always wondered like, if I had a kid and they turned out to have psychopathy or sociopathy would that mena that they would inevitably hurt someone or could they be taught to be just another productive member of society? Id love to hear how/if life differs for you than others
We need her back for sure. So informative and interesting.
1:05 but the question was if the 1% of the COLD cases was solved... she answers about EVERY murder case (recent) 🤔🤔🤔 no body noticed, or I understood wrong?
That chart she pulls out at comparing the US with other countries is only for gun homicides, not all homicides as she says. It literally says it right on the chart (timestamp 05:21).
True, would be nice of her to mention that..
Seems like they have given her the wrong chart but the information she gives is still mostly true. The US is at ~6.3 murders per 100,000 while countries like Germany (0.83) Australia (0.86) still significantly under 1.0 and other "western" countries only slightly above (GB 1.00 Sweden 1.08 etc.)
She also didn’t answer the cold case question. She answered about the clearance of ALL murders.
yes i was wondering about that, i would’ve thought she brought it with her too
She’s clearly got an agenda
Just wanted to say that someone not being able to figure out someone's emotions and mimicking them back is also common in autistic people, who are no more or less violent or empathetic than neurotypical people. Autistic people often have hyper-empathy, we just might not be able to recognize that someone is communicating that emotion to us, and thus come across as cold and uncaring when really we never want to burt someone's feelings and make them feel ignored/dismissed/ what have you. It's about not being able to quickly recognize the visual and tonal ques of someone's emotion, but that doesn't mean we can't relate and feel empathy for it once we realise whats going on. Autistic people can have problems verbalizing and outwardly expressing emotions as well as recognizing others doing so, but that doesn't mean we don't have plenty of empathy to go around, just needs to be a bit more on the nose for some of us. Can't tell you how many neurotypical friends have thought I didn't care about their problems, but I thought they were being very blazé about them and reciprocating the "vibe" because you don't want to like something is a bigger or smaller issue than the person living through it themselves in most situations. I've literally cried because I made some feel bad by not picking up on their feelings and responding accordingly, so obviously not that I lack empathy, i know it hurts to feel minimized and unheard, I just couldn't tell thats what was going on until it comes up later.
Please don't go around assuming people with this trait lack empathy, because its often not the case. Autism is currently diagnosed at 1 in 36 kids (autism, despite being a life-long, unchangeable thing, is almost always measured in children for some reason) and psychopathy is only about 1 in 100 people, so chances are someone doing this "tell" still isn't a psychopath.
What you say about hyper-empathy is fascinating. Makes me think of a sweet autistic adult who attended a church congregation I was part of for about 10 years. One Sunday, my allergies were especially getting to me; I would sniff and my eyes would water. He looked at me a number of times during the service and then at one point reached over to pat my hand and said repeatedly, "Everything's going to be okay." I found it quite touching that in seeing indications he had learned to associate with people feeling upset, his instinct was to be comforting. 🥰
I went to the comments immediately when I heard that. It’s such a common thing with so many neurodiversities, not being able to “correctly” reciprocate emotions. Particularly with gifted people for one, or even people with bpd. We just experience emotions differently than others, or might not even know how to handle and show emotions because society has taught us we’re wrong for being the way we are. It’s horribly tragic.
I feel you so much when you say you’ve cried because you weren’t able to tell your friends’ needs. We don’t want to upset anyone (unless you’re a moron, but that got nothing to do with either topic), and yet we always do somehow. Why do we get called psychopaths because we weren’t able to guess what’s on your mind??? It’s so frustrating sometimes
I was honestly about to comment something similar because the second I heard her say that I was my though now everyone watching this is going to miss judge people with autism as psychopqths because most of us do that too.
Yeah, I realize she only had a minute per question, but I think there needed to be a bit of a disclaimer there.
Thank you for adding this.
this is one of the best of this series by far. would’ve loved to hear her thoughts about poverty/low income vs crime rate
Nothing to say there, even the Greeks knew poverty was linked to crime.
what are you refering to exactly?
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@@watchthedopethrone Yep!
Nothing much to say tbh, thats been researched alot.
just wondering how the search more about that, it's the first time I'm reading about this @@krissygreenidge
I assumed homicide spiked during the covid pandemic because of domestic abuse. Husbands murdering their wives due to lack of escape, and tensions building.
Definitely a factor.
yeah definitely
Weird that you assume it’s husbands murdering their wives…
@@Alex-ug9wx its the statistics alex
@@Alex-ug9wx why is it weird? I know it can go both ways, but statistically there's more of men murdering their women partners than the other way around.
People aren't hitchhiking in the same way. There's Uber & Lyft now, so it's actually more common for people to get in a car with a random stranger. Though with that, there is phone tracking & ridesharing location info. So still possible, they just might get caught sooner.
It's clearly not the same
I thought this too!
Uber/Lyft aren't new. Taxis existed back in the day. They're a vetted service just like hotels or motels. Everyone is technically in a room with strangers all the time in a hotel but it's not about being with strangers, it's about being with strangers who have a good way to kill you and get away with it.
This wasn't easy for taxis back then and it's even less easy for Uber/Lyft drivers since there would be an electronic record of them picking you up.
There are a couple motivations for serial killers she forgot to mention which are thrill and comfort(profit). Thrill is adreline rush related comfort is killing for money(Inheritance and bigger share of a business). Serial killers can also kill for multple motivations. Many nurse killers are allowed to continue there activities because hospital leadership is worried about bad press for the hospital.
I think nurse killings are also very hard to identify because hospital deaths do happen and mistakes do get made sometimes. It's hard to differentiate between them sometimes especially when a person in some sort of power (nurses) have explanations etc in their charting.
This was great. Lots of good insight and an excellent delivery.
I think she misread the comment at 0:44 tho. I think it was about how of all cold cases, 1% of them get picked up again some time later and get solved. So that would only contribute to ~0.5% of all homicide cases.
Came to say this. Thank you!🤝🏼
I was looking to see of anyone said this, or I just misunderstood the phrasing or something.
I could listen to Jillian all day, there's something so fascinating about true crime and the way she talks about it
“End up accusing people who are truly innocent” the justice system does this all the time.
if the police do it, it's fine
if civilians do it, it's bad
apparently
Exactly. 6% of prisoners are statistically innocent.
I propose we determine who goes to jail through Twitter polls then...
If the justice system is that bad at it, imagine how awful normal, ordinary people must be.
@@leithcrowther6086 nah normal people are sometimes better at it
The psychopath thing is really better left to professional though, because you’ll have autistic people who also learned by mimicking others emotions, but still feel great empathy.
Yeah? Which is exactly why she specified that psychopaths don't feel empathy. She made the distinction.
@@semoremo9548 lots of people, including some "experts", falsely claim that autistics "don't feel empathy", which leads people to believe they're the same as psychopaths.
@@FayeVert Yeah but that's not what this woman in the video said at all
Woah crazy that Puppet Combo got their question answered! They're an indie game developer who do horror games including those involving serial killers/etc, super cool to see this in the video :D
Was looking for someone else who noticed!
I was legit stunned, yet super satisfied. 😁
(Also ironically wearing a shirt of theirs while watching 😂)
I’m glad someone else saw them, I love watching certain CZcamsrs play their games , great games
Bro. I saw that name, and I was like “hold up!” Puppet Combo asking that question is insane. Probably plotting for their next game.
Puppet combo omg- Their games are so iconic
2:57 i agree that citizens are more likely to point fingers and try to play the moral high ground… but also… doesn’t law enforcement ALSO accuse innocent people and subsequently ruin their lives…?
Actions by police officers, including witness tampering, violent interrogations and falsifying evidence, account for the majority of the misconduct that lead to wrongful convictions, according to a study by the National Registry of Exonerations published in 2020.
Yes but laymen do so by mistake and they don't discriminate between income classes.
So? Does that mean it's okay to ruin an innocent person's life, because law enforcement isn't infallible? Especially in this day and age, where the public will jump on the bandwagon of accusation without hesitation, regardless of proof?
@@onkelpappkov2666Ah, so law enforcement makes mistake but does discriminate based on socioeconomic status, that makes sense
Not as commonly as the public does. The police have a failure rate of 5-20% perhaps but the public is about 50%. How many times does the public say "that person should go to jail" with zero evidence? A lot and they're usually wrong.
There is a lot to be said for having training and professional qualifications in a job - it helps!
A criminologist would probably have better knowledge than I do but I saw something the other day about writers on a crime show bringing in a former offender to help them with writing cases, making sure it's believable etc. After some time, the ex-offender said the writers didn't need him anymore because they were so good. It's all information and skills which can be learnt and adapted. So yeah, crime shows can make people better at committing crimes and hiding them.
one independent case doesn't represent an overall trend.
The fact that being a police officer is one of the most common careers for psychopaths and serial killers is very telling….
Not serial killers, just psychopaths. Psychopaths make up a very small percentage of the population, about 1%, so its a very small number of people we are talking about, and having just a few psychopaths puts you in the top of the list. None of the top 10 jobs for psychopaths actually have that many psychopaths in them. Its all relative. That said, i dont think its surprising at all that psychopaths might be steered towards a job like a police officer, where it is often expected and necessary to suppress emotions, and be more resistant to stressful situations. Thats the common theme of all the other "psychopath jobs", like a surgeon for example, you dont want a surgeon to be stressed or emotional while he is operating you on the table.
@@FOKI5895 She literally also mentioned police officers as a relatively common job amongst serial killers.
@@FOKI5895 It is definitely possible, normal even, to have empathy and be able to act rationally within the bounds of a profession.
Psychopathy doesn't make people into robots! They still get stressed and emotional, but they're not good at reading others' emotions or knowing what the appropriate emotional response to something is.
If psychopaths could suppress emotions and be more resistant to stressful situations, none of them would ever turn to murder, because murder is a hugely emotional act.
"Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible." - Frank Herbert
@@moonlitspud She also said it's a very small pool of data and you cannot make many conclusions. She also said mechanics are among the top jobs. I guess you'd conclude wrenches make you crazy
It was Demetri Martin who said those who commit murder-suicide probably don't think much about the afterlife. "Bam you're dead. Bam I'm dead. ..... Oh, hi there. Well, this will be awkward forever won't it?"
pretty sure most people who believe in an afterlife don’t think everyone goes to the same place…
@@KufLMAOdepends on the religion
@@ryboi1337 Don't know of any religion that believes in an afterlife (where consciousness is relevant) where good and bad people go to the same place.
@@MrBrock314 spiritism and universalist christianity off the top of my head. they might be the only ones lol
@@MrBrock314 In Buddhism very morally good people get liberated, whilst every else (including good people e.g. kind parents) takes repeated rebirths as ghost & animals & humans, until eventually, after millions of years, they become very morally good & get liberated. Ultimately everyone ends up in heaven.
120 deaths by shooting in America every DAY? In the Netherlands we have like 30-50 every year
She didn’t separate the suicides out, first of all- it’s not all murder. Also, we have a larger population.
There are a lot fewer people in the Netherlands.
@@greywolf7577 look up the numbers per capita then 😂
in the netherlands, there are 0.42 firearm related deaths per 100,000 people per year. in the US, there are 12.21 firearm related deaths per 100,000 people per year.
I don’t think that’s a fair comparison just due to the difference in gun ownership. It’s like comparing two people that are in completely different leagues of each other
I think it's dangerous to describe a surefire sign of psychopathy being unable to read others emotions and mimicking them back. That's also just many on the autism spectrum who already face enough challenges in life without others assuming that they are psychopaths
She’s also wrong. Psychopaths can read other people’s emotions just fine. Where there is a similarity with autistic people is in the imitation of other people’s emotions. But the motivations behind doing so are completely different. Psychopaths are imitating and mirroring other people’s emotions for gain, and they do so quite naturally. Autistic people learn how to do this to survive/cope in social contexts that don’t come naturally or make natural sense to them.
Psychopathy is a huge umbrella term. It is not automatically detrimental or transforming you into killers. Most CEO and military squad leaders would tick all the common "markers" media talk about, yet they are totally fine people. Just have a particular mindset
@@emkstrright? isn’t this lady a detective/law enforcement? why is she answering questions about psychiatry?
Ya i kinda question her sources. No doubt she knows stuff, but just how much she said that wad is kinda questionable as to the validity of her statements
@@sabineedmonds4206 Because cops are all things, are perfect experts at all times, and never ever get it wrong.
Or, at least, that's what she would like you to believe.
That was an absolutely fantastic Q&A. Incredibly well done by Jillian, thanks to all involved!
Psychopaths don’t struggle in reading other people’s emotions. They are adept at it - but for their own purposes, not out of any empathetic drive.
I saw a documentary where a psychologist was studying the mind of psychopaths (I think).
He showed them pictures of people making facial expressions that clearly communicate things like: surprise, happiness, sadness, fear, etc... any normal person could say in a second what kind of emotion was reflected in the picture.
Psychopaths couldn't say what the expression on the picture represented. They really had no clue.
At some point, one of them looking at a picture that clearly showed somebody expressing fear said: "I don't know what this emotion is, but that is the face people did just before I killed them."
@@justmeagain7Probably fake, or it was just really hard to find a cooperating psychologist. Psychology and sociology do not have a definition for “psychopath” or “sociopath,” and those are not possible diagnoses. That’s because those are strictly legal and colloquial terms, not psychological terms.
That’s actually wrong. The majority of psychopaths struggle to navigate society and social interactions due to their lack of empathy. Only a small group of them become proficient at the art. They’re the ones who make the news.
Thats like saying a paralympic runner doesnt struggle with running.
Just because some get good at masking the flaw, does not mean the flaw went away.
My wife's best friend was a victim of a family annihilation. In this case, her father was on anti depressants. The morning of the killing his doctor adjusted his meds and they think the new combo of meds created a psychotic break that night...
That's terrifying that changing meds can cause that in a human. I myself use anti depressants and whenever I forget to use them I feel mostly the same. I'm sorry your friend experienced that. Is her father in prison now?
antidepressants often take about 4-6 weeks to start working. So scientifically speaking, no, a few hours, cannot turn someone into a murderer. or at least it hasn't happened before. The adjustment of meds was likely a coincidence. Sometimes when people grieve they look for a scapegoat or seek explanations, which is easier then accepting someone you loved had homicidal intent or was independently mentally disturbed.
they usually don’t happen that quickly.
people will say anything in court.
talk to a doctor.
11:46 i did NOT expect the actual puppet combo omg lmfaooo 😭😭
Love this series- they definitely pick smart, articulate, easy to understand experts
1% of cold cases is not saying the same thing as 1% of all cases.
locals in my area suspect that there are two active serial killers. one being a strangler targeting younger women along the I-95 corridor in several New England states, but these killings are only like, one every other year. the other the police deny exist, but there have been a series of drunk young men drowning in the river after leaving the bar.
I'm curious what the odds are that these two trends are *actually * serial killers, and not just random murder/accidental deaths that happen to line up.
Keep in mind serial killers are rare - like lottery winning rare. Fatal accidents are far more common (like 1000x) than murder.
This is so interesting to watch. I love watching crime stories and most of the time, the suspects are the people closest to the victim, whether by distance or relationship.
Nice vid. The part about ten to twenty family annihilations a year gave me chills 😵
Just keep in mind that's about 0.00001% and being hit by lightning is about 0.0003% so you're more likely to get hit by lightning about 10 times. Also, family annihilations can be avoided by picking the right spouse generally. That doesn't mean they won't occur but they won't occur to you in that scenario at least.
@@MrBrock314lol what d**b advice. i’m sure none of these people thought their s.o.’s would kill them. 😂 “right person” lordt. 😂👀
Jillian needs to do more of this. Excellent speaker!
I'm surprised she talked about stress during covid and pulling back of policing, but not the gross social and financial inequalities that worsened since then.
This is a heavily edited video
Maybe the data showed that to not be a factor. Not entirely sure though
This!! When poverty rates rise so does Crime. It’s not greed it’s desperation 😢
Also, think about being in locked down and domestic violence
I understood that her explanation included that aspect, she just didn't go into detail. These are brief answers after all
"citizen sleuths some times go down rabbit holes and accuse the wrong person"😂 right cause the police have never done that
LMAO
Cops getting angry over citizens accusing innocent people? Oh the irony. Actions by police officers, including witness tampering, violent interrogations and falsifying evidence, account for the majority of the misconduct that lead to wrongful convictions, according to a study by the National Registry of Exonerations published in 2020.
The police just don't want to look incompetent, which they are, mostly an egocentric thing
Just because police have accused innocent people before doesn't mean that it's okay for random people with absolutely no training in the matter whatsoever to also accuse innocent people.
Everybody thinks this is such a "gotcha" type comment, but social media has already proven how dumb the average person is. You're not going to want to be tried in the court of public opinion vs the system we currently have.
I suspect the solve rate for murder went down not because increased crime (which shouldn't affect the rate) but because its gotten a little harder to convict people without evidence.
So refreshing to hear the correct vernacular when talking about a sensitive topic.
I dont know about anyone else but im tired of the you tube fear of words.
Great host of the video too!
Amazing presentation of info, love this one in particular! Thank you, Jillian Peterson!
I think something she should’ve mentioned but didn’t is that every single one of these studies she’s referencing is going to be heavily subjected to selection bias. If 50% of murders are unsolved like she said at the beginning, then there’s no way to know if for instance murderers or serial killers are more likely to be drawn to certain careers or start at a certain age in general, or if the killers who get caught are more likely to do these things. Is it that murders are impulsive and poorly thought through, or is it that solved murders tend to be impulsive and poorly thought through? There could be a CSI effect among criminals. If that CSI effect made them less likely to get caught, that would introduce selection bias and confounding bias to your sample, and it would be impossible to identify in a study like she’s saying. It’s impossible to get a random sample of criminals, you can only get a sample of criminals who got caught, so any statistical test that assumes random sampling is automatically useless for generalizing the results to all criminals of that type.
The murder solve rates in other countries are much higher than the US, around 75% vs 50%. So that would eliminate most of the selection bias in those studies
Wish I had this woman as a teacher, she’s amazing at explaining things 😊
I love channels like this one, ALWAYS Educating
The terms "psychopath" and "sociopath" are often used interchangeably, but there are some distinctions:
1. **Origin of Traits:** Psychopathy is often considered more genetic or innate, while sociopathy is thought to develop due to environmental factors and upbringing.
2. **Emotional Connection:** Psychopaths tend to have a diminished emotional capacity and may be more manipulative, while sociopaths may form some attachments and have more erratic behavior.
3. **Social Integration:** Sociopaths often lead more disorganized lives and can be prone to impulsive actions, while psychopaths might appear more put-together and have better social integration.
4. **Violence:** Both can engage in harmful behavior, but sociopaths are often more likely to act impulsively and violently, while psychopaths may be more calculated in their actions.
It's important to note that these distinctions aren't universally agreed upon, and the terms are often used interchangeably in both clinical and popular contexts. Additionally, both psychopathy and sociopathy fall under the broader category of Antisocial Personality Disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).
the point of this series is that she's a professional in the field, i don't think it's right to doubt her on that. personally, i think the tell for a psychopath being unable to read emotions or show emotions on their face also sounds like autism, but she's a criminologist and not a psychologist.
Can someone be both a sociopath and a psychopath?
@@Evitaschannel Psychopaths are born Sociopaths are made. Psychopaths naturally have lower emotion/lower empathy, sociopaths can have it and lose do to abuse or trauma
My husband has a PhD in psychology. He said sociopaths don't exist. They are all psychopaths.
@@WouldntULikeToKnow. It's also technically called ASPD but ASPD and psychopathy/sociopathy similar but not the same.
Just want to point out that chart was specifically gun homicide, so it likely was not representative of other types of homicide.
The US significantly leads in all forms of homicide. Guns are just our weapon of choice.
This was just fantastic! And I love that she did a lot of questions! A lot of times, the people answering end up giving such long answers almost like they were giving a lecture so in the time she answered a lot of questions, someone else might only get 6 questions answered in the same time frame!
Whilst it's true that serial killers would be easier to catch than in previous years due to DNA and increased surveillance, there are still unknown persons who are remaining undetected, the sheer number of missing women in Canada for instance has convinced me that is a case of one or more people commiting those crimes that could be serial killers that remain undetected.
Especially native women.
Or the amount of bodies washing up in Austin Tx
It could be argued that in the cases of missing or murdered indigenous women, it’s a lack of proper investigation in many cases.
@@88kayleigh it could also be argued that the culprits are police officers. The RCMP has a long history of violence against First Nations.
Incredible expert, very nice data presentation, very nice to listen to
Would love to see her again!
Hi. Londoner here 🙋
England is still very stabby.
get rid of that stupid mayor you have
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This is the fifth Tech Support I've watched and by far the most engaging and entertaining. Love the professor!
This was so informative and interesting!! Not to mention this presenter was… really good at presenting! 😂 i really hope they bring her back for a round 2 because murder is always so interesting
In reference to the question about Alex Murdaugh at 9:12, I can say that she's spot on. I grew up in Hampton, SC, and went to school with the Murdaugh brothers, and their family absolutely had a hand in any sort of police investigation that they wanted to. They owned everything and could ruin the lives of anyone that crossed them. Most people were afraid of them. It was the kind of thing where everyone knew about them, but no one could do anything about it. Alex was used to acting with impunity all the time, and they got away with everything for decades. Finally getting a SLED investigation that could be conducted outside of their sphere of influence was the key to finally getting him behind bars, because he ran out of strings to pull to get his way.
in undergrad for my criminology degree loved this!!
5:13 i immediately thought ''oh will estonia be there?'' first on the list. It's awesome to know that its THAT safe here
As someone who's studying Forensic Science, this video is really helpful and informative.
As someone learning forensic science why is any of this information new to you? It’s easy to find any of it on the internet, I imagine your studies should at least be presenting more information than that.
@@SunnyGoesIn1D I don't study real cases and I haven't gotten to half of what we're learning yet. We're only on unit 2. Some of this information is new and some of it is not.
When there is something wrong with society criminality is a response to it
I find it amazing when you really look at most crimes, past just the crime itself and even the individual that committed the crime you will find it tends to be rooted with a problem in society. A change in the economy and someone loses their job then does something bad. Sure the individual is still guilty, but why we don't try to ever fix the root cause and just focus on blaming that single individual. It's like the world is just obsessed with crime and would rather have fun pointing at bad people then reducing the chances of bad things happening.
I agree. Also, the crime rate has been trending down for decades. Yes, there was a small bump in homicide rate in 2020 and 2021 but that has more to do with the pandemic than anything else.
nail on the head, transformation and accountability are essential but prisons are not built for transforming people into better people, on top of the fact that the crime and this form of "accountability" the U.S. relies on occur too far apart to create any meaningful understanding. hiring more cops isn't going to solve more homicides cases nor alleviate the root cause of homicide, sorry lady lmao
If an individual wants to reduce crime, chances are they won't be capable of effecting change beyond convicting individuals, despite perhaps wanting to effect change more systematically
Welcome to capitalism AND patriarchy
@@MariaPaula-uw3ds hahahahaha
OMG. That was fascinating. This field is really interesting to me. It's what I originally wanted to do.
I recently learned that unsolved cases go up as gang violence goes up, likely because victims are less likely to give useful information, and witnesses are also less likely to be helpful.
When it comes to regular civil cases, people aren't as hesitant to give useful information
I love how the comment was trying to say that having guns doesn't increase gun violence and she said that literally the opposite was happening in the last 2-5 years
Having guns readily available is just the enabler. I believe the increase in gun violence is attributed in general to the increase in civil unrest in society lately. Everything is getting worse. Living costs have skyrocketed, political unrest in all stages, climate, social isolation amongst the younger to middle aged people for various reasons. Having more guns doesn't magically make people more violent. Society sucking more does. The increase in gun purchases was in due part to the Obama presidency where fearmongering went rampant and people believed they would lose their opportunity to buy a gun. Then the Trump presidency where both sides are just feeling the uneasy tension in society and want to protect themselves.
She is kind of wrong though, gun ownership has been growing steadily for the last 3 decades(aside of the huge bump after Trump was elected), but gun fatalities are nowhere near where they were in the 90's, even if they started going up again since the shitshow that was 2020.
PS: I think gun restrictions are a good thing though.
There is no correlation between gun possession and gun violence, there is only a correlation between how many blacks are in an area and how much gun-violence there is. Which is funny because those are the same areas that heavily restrict guns.
@@user-ye4bu6xh4c The presence of a gun will not spontaneously cause violence, but it increases the likelihood of physical violence turning deadly. So the question is, in a society where physical violence is inevitable, how easily do you want people to turn that violence lethal? While you think you may always be on the winning side of a fight where a weapon might be involved, do keep in mind that the research suggests that people living with handgun owners are more likely to be shot. Studies conducted in California even suggests that being a handgun owner makes you significantly more likely to get shot. So of course it's not "the guns themselves". It's the people who own them (people with personality traits that are prone to lower sociability and have a higher need for power) and people who shouldn't own them but have easy access to them (e.g. children, emotionally unstable persons, ...). A heavily patriarchal society where guns are readily available combined with a population of angry, disenfranchised, and increasingly anti-intellectual people is just a recipe for disaster. I don't understand how in the face of so much scientific evidence people still defend gun ownership.
It's a causation correlation error. Starting in the early 90s and continuing until recently, the murder rate has dropped drastically as both the population and firearm consumption has drastically increased. That means There is no meaningful correlation. Whereas she randomly states that they recent uptick has something to do with firearms when it hasn't before? All available evidence points to her being wrong and bias.@@MaxIronsThird
Most psychopaths are found in the entertainment industry, politics, law practice and law enforcement. Priceless.
To be fair all of those professions will call your mental health into question disproportionately more than other professions
i have been waiting for this video. thank you ❤
I love how Puppet Combo just casually shows up in this video 😂
This was literally the thought I had when I was 10, watching Discovery's Medical or Forensic Detectives. Every episode concluded with: "They would have gotten away with it, if only it wasn't for [insert random screw up]" Sigh...
I wonder if real serial killers ever watch detective shows to find out how to avoid getting caught.
Need Jillian to do these weekly. So good!
Lack of empathy is one trait of Psychopathy (generally)
To be fair to the police vs podcasters in terms of solving crimes, the police has to follow a lot of rules and might be working on several things at once. Podcasters or amateurs detectives sort of do whatever they want to get the answers they want...
A podcast host put enough pressure on the police to get Kristin Smart's killers charged and convicted. All he did was interview people the police initially ignored or refused to listen to.
She is very personable and intelligent. I'd love to see her on again!
i know crime tv isn't making criminals smarter because murderers are still typing in search engines "how to dispose of bodies" lmao
The clarity this woman has the way she speaks is commendable.
was absolutely stoked to see THE PuppetCombo in this video. Looking for information for their next game I see.
She's extremely informative and keeps it interesting. I also LOVED to see Puppet Combo get on here with their question!
haha that bit really threw me off. As soon as she puppet combo I was like, THE GAME DEV?? and it turns out it was them lol
@@BanAaron Same here! 😂😂😂 I had to go and find the Twitter account just to double check lol
That got me. Puppet Combo out here mining for game ideas! 😂
@@DrBeardfacePA Right?! I'm all here for it.
Curious about this correlation she sees between decrease in police and increase in crime, even though only around half of them are ever solved.
I am so amused that puppet combo is in this video, notorious for their horror games about serial killers. It's too perfect.
I was a teacher. The only reason other helping professions don’t kill is lack of opportunity. Trust me, there were many death threats in the staff room lol.
You don't have to lie! The vast majority of beat cops don't investigate murders and have nothing to do with solving murders. Less cops would only have a negative effect on solving murders if it was the number of investigative cops and detectives who were reduced. Fewer cops in general has no effect on this at all.
Why do you assume she’s lying? Uncharitable ngl
Where is the evidence that cities are spending less on policing though? We literally see the opposite…
lol true. you have to have some intelligence to solve murders. beat cops are just meathead enforcers who make arrests.
Right like none of the evidence suggests murders aren’t being solved just due to a lack of police officers. Doesn’t wanna seem to talk about where most police budgets and resources go because it ain’t investigating. Funny.
She lied a lot in this video
"It was a stabby place" 😂
Oh my gosh! This is my professor!! So cool to see her be able to do an interview like this. 🤩
5:19 The graph shows only gun homicides when the conversation was clearly about homicide in general.
Someone explained to me once the difference between psychopath and sociopath. They said that both of them are essentially the same in the way it's diagnosed since both of them were characterized by the same trait (lack of empathy and remorse, difficulty to feel and express emotion etc.). But the difference was that psychopath was an innate trait, like you were born with a brain that lack the capacity for empathy and emotions whereas sociopath was an acquired trait either you were trained or conditioned into, like in the military for example; they train people to be numb to the killing so they will be less likely to fall victim to PTSD or freeze in battle.
The thing is there is no official medical diagnosis called psychopathy or sociopathy. They're just words that are used socially, so your definition is as good as mine.
@@sabihasayeed1670Agree - iirc the official diagnosis is "Antisocial Personality Disorder", so sociopath / psychopath are pretty much laymen's terms
Great video. I love criminology.
That was so interesting!! This channel is so good
Puppet Combo doing their research for their next horror game lol. Love it!
Am I the only one who feels distress when the tweet summary of the response doesn't include the nuance of the expert's answer?
"-accusing people who are innocent, and that can usually end up destroying lives." US law enforcement agencies have that all sewn up, don't need any additional help.
Her devotion to prolong the last word of every sentence drives me insane.
That's how you avoid saying "ummm" constantly.
10:48 this might be bc the ones that do learn don't get caught.
Which famous criminologist was it that, walking over a cemetery, said: many of these where murders that never even were recognised as such...
I could watch her talk about this stuff for hours
She's not entirely correct on a few things but still interesting to hear HER point of view and experience nonetheless
It’s scary though when you realize she has power in determining criminology things- not cool to be incorrect with these things
what is she incorrect about?
@@elasnore1523what a lot of comments are talking about, the psychology stuff. She said psychopaths can’t read emotions but they can, and what she said contributes to stigma against neurodivergent people that are no more or less likely than the average person to be criminals
@@elasnore1523 She said murders are way up and there are less police, but that's provably untrue. A quick Google will tell you the truth.
She also said that there is no difference between a psychopath and a sociopath, but anyone who has ever taken intro to psych course at uni will tell you otherwise.
Awesome! De demand part 2
The fact that there is a high rate of psychopathy in law enforcement should be terrifying. Also stating that “de-policing” could have lead to increase in murder rates is disingenuous. Police do not prevent murder, she even states they don’t have a good track record of solving them.
I would like to hear her talk about shoddy forensic methods that are still relied upon in policing and in courts despite having no real basis in science, like bite mark identification, blood splatter identification, and hair comparison.
Don't forget fingerprints. Am I the only one who remembers the big Quantico scandal?
@@fakecubedgood one! not to mention the original suspect of the London bombings
11:48 👀well well well i sure do hope an indie horror game dev will use that info for one of their games. Call it a hunch
This was really good. I was riveted. Ms. Peterson is a great presenter for her field.
When the chart on about US stands out on murder statistically i died😂😭