Bloodline

Last night I watched an episode of Criminal Minds, and I was so in awe of their jobs and 'criticality.' Yes, yes, I know how much overrated these kind of series are in depicting what real Forensic Psychology is, but still they give you the basic frameworks what forensic psychologists could be working on with their knowledge.

And no, it's not only about psychological autopsy, it's about analyzing the criminal's behaviors and mind in relation to their own crimes. Try to watch Season 4, Episode 13, titled "Bloodline." As experienced behavioral analysts with critical thinking, not only the criminal's mind were they looking at, they looked wholly at some other aspects.

1) Cultural aspect: The criminals are Romanian, and their behaviors reflected of what the extremist Romanian people do with their ritual obsessions.

2) Sociological aspect: The analysts not just deciphered the behaviors individually, but the criminals as a collective unit (since the criminals were a family, a basic unit of society). This reflects the importance of sociological social psychology.

3) Attention to small details: A critical analyst would not abandon any single detail he or she could acquire in investigation process. The knowledge of the kid's asthma condition helped them obtain more information on further moves the criminals might make.

4) Holistic approach of investigation: Not only one technique of investigation was used, but a holistic approach was utilized. This can be seen when in the interrogation room, there is a "bad cop" and a "good cop" where coercive and gentle kind of interrogation were used to enhance results acquisition. Try to watch this, how good cop and bad cop looked like, well, kind of.

5) Cognitive interviewing: More and more research have been supporting this technique's effectiveness, why do we not make it a part in our Malaysian investigative system?

Yes, I am still in awe. One of my dreams is to work at an organization like this. Building up my critical thinking, and be more creative in solving a behavioral problem. Pray for me guys....