
Their own trauma stops them from connecting securely to their child, which limits the child bonding or attaching securely.This can mean they are unable to meet their child’s emotional needs, but often these parents have good intentions. Trauma because a child’s parent or caregiver is affected by their own trauma.
Trauma from something that doesn’t happen, eg: emotional or physical neglect and:.Witnessing or experiencing violence in the community eg: civil unrest or war, refugee or asylum seeker trauma.Witnessing or experiencing violence in family or home.Trauma from something done to a child which can be: sexual/physical or emotional abuse at home or elsewhere.2Childhood trauma can occur when a child witnesses or experiences overwhelming negative experiences in childhood. In America, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) profiler Jim Clemente has said, “Genetics loads the gun, their personality and psychology aim it, and their experiences pull the trigger”.1 What is childhood traumaĪccording to the National Institute of Mental Health, childhood trauma is defined as- the experience of an event by a child that is emotionally painful or distressful, which often results in lasting mental and physical effects. In order for us to prevent serial killings we need to look further into the psychology of psychopaths to understand what drives them to kill other people, especially in the gruesome and disgusting ways that some of them do. This puts us all at risk of psychopathic behaviour.

Gun laws are in place to keep us safe but are we really? Australian gun laws have prevented many homicides – but Australia has had some of the worst cases of serial killings in history. Australia is one of the luckiest countries in the world, we feel it is a safe place.
