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DARK

GERMANY TV SHOW “Everything is connected” Season: 1-2 (season 3 planned on 2020) Year: 2017-2020 Rating in IMDB: 8.7 (rank #82 on last 2019) Genre: Mystery, Science-Fiction, Thriller Creators: Baran Bo Odar and Jantje Friese Main Casts: Louis Hofmann (Jonas), Lisa Vicari ( Martha), Maja Sch öne (Hannah), Karoline Eichorn (Charlotte), Jördis Triebel (Katharina), Oliver Masucci (Ulrich), Daan Lennard Liebrenz (Mikkel), Mark Waschke (Noah), etc.                 When Dark was released in 2017, I still remembered that everyone connected its story to the Stranger Things. On the surface, we know that the synopsis has a similarity story with Stranger Things, but Dark has teenager as main casts. There are two children gone and Winden city got fussed because of it. It likely has the same plot, but I didn’t predict that it directed into the other theme story; time traveling.   ...

HAPPY VALLEY

UK TV SHOW "Every person has a reason" Season: 2 (continued to season 3) Year: 2014-? Rating in IMDB: 8.5 (Top Rated TV #247 on last 2019) Genre: Crime, Mystery Creator: Sally Wainwright Main Casts: Sarah Lancashire (Catherine Cawood), Siobhan Finneran (Clare Cartwright), Rhys Connah (Ryan Cawood), Shane Zaza (Shafiq), Karl Davies (Daniel Cawood), Charlie Murphy (Ann Gallagher), James Norton (Tommy Lee Royce).                When you see the title, Happy Valley, what do you think? Is this series really about the happy and heart-warming neighborhood? Nah, don’t think so. This title does not tell the story itself.                Happy Valley was filming in Calder Valley, Yorkshire, England. It is a gorgeous place, with beautiful green mountain scenery surrounding the small town. Then we are going to see the tragic life of the...

DERRY GIRLS

UK TV SHOWS “We are Derry Girls!” Title: Derry Girls Season: 1-2 (Season 3 planned in 2020) Year : 2018-? Genre: Comedy Rating IMDB: 8.3 Directed by: Lisa McGee Main Cast: Saoirse-Monica Jackson (Erin), Louisa Harland (Orla), Nicola Coughlan (Clare), Jamie-Lee O’Donnell (Michelle), Dylan Llewellyn (James)                                 Derry town in Northern Ireland, UK somewhat is a special town. The story focused on five teenagers in the all-girls school and their daily life. This series somehow a comedy and light story, but it always fresh and deliver new stories.                Erin is more likely the main character between the other four friends. In the first episode in the first season, we will know the melancholic Erin, who likes writi...

EYEWITNESSES IDENTIFICATION

Several Techniques for Eyewitnesses Identification When the crime events happened, there are always the eyewitnesses who could be the victim or the other people who were in the crime scene. Interrogator found the clue of crime event from the eyewitness too. The eyewitnesses could know the criminal, so their opinions are worthy. Besides that, several eyewitnesses could not remember the detail of the event clearly. It happened because humans usually just used her/his short term memory and the event might be happened on small amount of time. Besides, if the event is traumatic for the eyewitnesses, they usually could not remember clearly, indeed they had the wrong representation of the event. Several eyewitnesses took out their defense mechanism when they had to remember the traumatic crime event. Simultaneous Strategy (The Usual Suspect movie) The interrogators apply several techniques for an eyewitness to acknowledge the suspect. The first technique titled simultaneous , in...

FALSE CONFESSION, CAUSES, AND THE TRUE CASE “WHEN THEY SEE US” NETFLIX

Why did innocent people confess to the police even though they aren't the ones who did the criminal act? The false innocent is happened because of several reasons. There are some false confessions occurred because the suspects are coerced by the interrogator. The suspects want to finish their interrogation process because they might be felt intimidated by the police. Otherwise, the suspects want to finish their interrogation quickly because they could be persuaded by the interrogator that they are guilty. This could happen because they do not believe in their memory themselves.   On the other hand, the innocent suspect could confess voluntarily. The reasons could be two; first , the innocent suspect wants to protect someone else that important for them or; two , the innocent suspect is mentally ill, so he/she couldn't separate which are the real or not. When They See Us-Netflix One of the phenomenal cases about the innocent who plead guilty is the Central Park Jogge...

INTERROGATION, ONE OF THE MAIN WAYS TO CATCH CRIMINAL

SEVERAL TECHNIQUES OF INTERROGATION Interrogation is used by police to gather evidence and find criminals. In the modern interrogation, the police usually use psychological techniques such as bad and goop cop. The bad cop stimulates the criminals with her/him intimidating treatment, and the good ones show his/her understanding behavior.  This is the differences between the police officer who play the bad and the goop cops: www.freepik.com @The bad cop: the police will show that he/she is angry with the suspect. The police attempt that the suspects lying and they will get the most severe punishment. @The good cop: the police shows his/her sympathy to the suspect. He/she seems to understand the suspect's behavior to lie, even the police officer will express the disappointment if the suspect continues to lie. *This psychological technique will work if the suspect confesses to the good cop after the bad cop leaving the room. There are some strategies usually use...

FORENSIC AND LAW PSYCHOLOGY

What is Forensic Psychology? After I've read a book titled "Forensic and Legal Psychology" by Mark A. Custanzo and Daniel A. Krauss, I learned many new things related to Forensic Psychology. So, what is Forensic Psychology studied? Psychology Forensic covered both Psychology and Law. It studied how human behavior in a Law setting. We know that law is covered in many areas, such as police, court, etc. Therefore, Forensic Psychology studied psychology applying in a Law setting. amazon.com For instance, psychology could review and advise better interrogation mechanisms to the defendant in a police setting. Psychology also has influenced suspect and eyewitness confession. Then, psychology has roles in court, for example helping the competency of suspects to stand in the trial, selecting jurors, becoming professional witnesses for convicted in a trial, profiling suspects, etc. Psychology in Forensic and Law setting could be from clinical or research psychologist. Even...