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Take Home Take Home MessageMessage• Aggression is met with aggression

• Emotions override rational thinking

• Our behavior aligns with our deepest beliefs

• We are on the side of right and will not give up

• We are on the side of wrong and there is no turning back

• To feel ‘safe’ we try to achieve control of our situation

• Aggression is met with aggression

• Emotions override rational thinking

• Our behavior aligns with our deepest beliefs

• We are on the side of right and will not give up

• We are on the side of wrong and there is no turning back

• To feel ‘safe’ we try to achieve control of our situation

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Stories

People sometimes imagine that

soldiers alone are both victims and perpetrators.

- Jonathan Shay

People sometimes imagine that

soldiers alone are both victims and perpetrators.

- Jonathan Shay

THE UNNATURAL ACT OF THE UNNATURAL ACT OF KILLING ANOTHERKILLING ANOTHER

Lt Col Dave Lt Col Dave GrossmanGrossman

The aim of military training is not just to prepare men

for battle, but to make them long for it.  ~Louis Simpson

The aim of military training is not just to prepare men

for battle, but to make them long for it.  ~Louis Simpson

OffenseOffense

If you find yourself in a fair If you find yourself in a fair fight... your tactics are lousy.fight... your tactics are lousy.

defensedefense

NeverNeverNeverNeverNeverNever QuitQuitNeverNeverNeverNeverNeverNever QuitQuit

Military Culture•Ends justify the means

•Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6

•Better to be carried by 6 than to surrender.

•Never back down

•Hit hard, hit fast... Double Tap

•360 SECURITY

•Weapons are an extension of our will

Paul Kivel

passiveaggressive

Three Reactions to Stressful Event

Fight Flight Freeze

Three Reactions to Stressful EventMove To Move Away

Move Nowhere

The Amygdala exerts more up than the Cortex exerts down

A CAggravatin

g Event

Emotional Consequenc

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What makes you

angry?

A CAggravatin

g Event

Emotional Consequenc

e

BBeliefs

about Event

Stupid People

Doing Stupid Things

bomb

angernight

crying

uniform

stress level

B E

Body and Emotion Influence Each Other

Amy Cuddy TED Talk

Emotional numbing

Reduced awareness of surroundings

Derealization

Depersonalization

Reduced ability to recall details of event

Dissociative Symptoms

Good Soldier Qualities

Emotional numbing

Reduced awareness of surroundings

Derealization

Depersonalization

Reduced ability to recall details of event

Trouble falling or staying asleep

Increased irritability and anger outbursts

Difficulty concentrating

Hyper-vigilance

Exaggerated startle response

Increased ArousalGood Soldier Qualities

Trouble falling or staying asleep

Increased irritability and anger outbursts

Difficulty concentrating

Hyper-vigilance

Exaggerated startle response

B Buddies VS Withdrawal

A Accountability VS Controlling

T Targeted VSInappropriate Aggression

T Tactical Awareness VS Hyper-vigilance

L Lethally Armed VS Locked and Loaded

E Emotional Control VS Detachment

M Mission Operational Security

VS Secretiveness

I Individual Responsibility VS Guilt

N Non-defensive Driving (combat)

VS Aggressive Driving

D Discipline and Ordering VS Conflict

AMBIGUOUSAMBIGUOUS

BATTLEMIND

PTSD

How do you act if you

feel

powerless?

How do you act if you

feel

powerless?

Behavior is often misinterpreted

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A typical case

Rate Your Anger• Ears are hot• Skin is red• Gritting your teeth• Staring down the other person• Balled-up fists• Cursing

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Two Populations

Beliefs about men and women. Patterns of control and abuse.

Trained in automatic aggressive response to any perceived threat.

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At least One Act Reported Among Couples-Seeking-Therapy in Past Year

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no screening for psychopathology

122,407

Interpersonal Violence and the Military

Help-Seeking Vietnam Veterans

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VETERANS MADE UP NEARLY 20 VETERANS MADE UP NEARLY 20 PERCENT OF (OREGON’S) PRISON PERCENT OF (OREGON’S) PRISON POPULATION IN 2012, COMPARED TO POPULATION IN 2012, COMPARED TO ABOUT 10 PERCENT (EIGHT) YEARS ABOUT 10 PERCENT (EIGHT) YEARS BEFORE.”BEFORE.”

Melody Finnemore Melody Finnemore Basic Training: Military & Basic Training: Military & Veterans Law Section Seeks Better Education, Veterans Law Section Seeks Better Education, Training & Engagement for Attorneys as Veterans’ Training & Engagement for Attorneys as Veterans’ Demand for Legal Services GrowsDemand for Legal Services Grows

VETERANS WERE 8.4 PERCENT OF VETERANS WERE 8.4 PERCENT OF OREGON’S GENERAL POPULATION. OREGON’S GENERAL POPULATION. VETERANS’ 18.9 PERCENT SHARE OF VETERANS’ 18.9 PERCENT SHARE OF THE STATE’S 2012 PRISON THE STATE’S 2012 PRISON POPULATION MEANS THEY WERE POPULATION MEANS THEY WERE OVERREPRESENTED IN THE ODOC BY OVERREPRESENTED IN THE ODOC BY A FACTOR OF 125 PERCENT.A FACTOR OF 125 PERCENT.

IN 2012, OREGON HAD 328,138 IN 2012, OREGON HAD 328,138 VETERANS, 2,682 OF WHOM WERE VETERANS, 2,682 OF WHOM WERE LIVING IN PRISON. THIS GAVE LIVING IN PRISON. THIS GAVE OREGONOREGON THE THE HIGHESTHIGHEST KNOWN KNOWN VETERAN-VETERAN-IMPRISONMENT RATIO IMPRISONMENT RATIO IN THE NATIONIN THE NATION, OF 817-TO-, OF 817-TO-100,000.100,000.

OREGON CRIMINAL DEFENSE OREGON CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS ASSOCIATION’S LIBRARY OF LAWYERS ASSOCIATION’S LIBRARY OF DEFENSE PROVIDES BASIC DEFENSE PROVIDES BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT DEFENSE AND INFORMATION ABOUT DEFENSE AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES IN VETERAN-MITIGATION STRATEGIES IN VETERAN-DEFENDANT CASES.DEFENDANT CASES.

VET

VET

VET

✦ How long were you in the military? Are you still in?

✦ What was your military occupational specialty?

✦ How long have you been back? What is it like to be back?

✦ Are you in contact with fellow veterans?

FBI Law Enforcement BulletinFBI Law Enforcement Bulletin““Police Negotiations with War Veterans: Police Negotiations with War Veterans:

Seeing Through the Residual Fog of Seeing Through the Residual Fog of War”War”

by Douglas Etter, Liane B. McCarthy, and Michael J. Asken, Ph.D.by Douglas Etter, Liane B. McCarthy, and Michael J. Asken, Ph.D.

✦ Were you ever deployed? How long?

✦ How many times were you deployed?

✦ Where were you deployed?

✦ What was it like for you?

✦ Do you miss it?

•Use the tools you already have

•identify WITH, not against

•‘you’re right, I don’t understand. Help me understand’

•Use your rank

•Don’t ‘box them in’

•Perimeter is secure, you are safe.

•“Radio Someone”

•3x3 tool

•Identify the veteran’s mission and work with it

Take Home Message• Aggression is met with aggression

• Emotions override rational thinking• Our behavior aligns with our deepest

beliefs• We are on the side of right and will

not give up• We are on the side of wrong and

there is no turning back• To feel ‘safe’ we try to achieve

control of our situation