First, let me thank Bryan of Deviant Crimes for supporting this
effort. Thank you Bryan! I know there were some people who wanted to
contribute but were unable to at this time. Sorry about the rush, but we
felt a need to post the results as soon as possible. I recall one evening in
particular when Bryan, Micaela, and I posted our ratings on the final 25 or
30 items! Now, I am rushing to get these preliminary results to Bryan. I am
going to include the basic procedure and instructions we used and other
information that may be of interest to those not familiar with the process. Please, post your comments, ratings, etc. on the message board.
Name of Person Rated: BTK Strangler Rated By: Deviant Crimes Message Board Dates Rated: May 1, 2004 through May 10, 2004 Graphics and Analysis Aides generated by: Russell L. Smith BRACE Character Profile™ Analysis by: Russell L. Smith Date of Report: May 14, 2004
PROCEDURE: Each of the 75 items on the BRACE Character Profile™ was
posted separately on the message board at deviantcrimes.com under the topic:
BRACE BTK Item x of 75. This BRACE Character Profile™ of BTK is based on the
input ratings posted on the deviantcrimes.com message board from 05/01/04 to
05/10/04. Each of the 75 posts included the same standard instructions.
STANDARD INSTRUCTIONS POSTED WITH EACH ITEM RATED:
The 75 Items of the BRACE Character Profile™ are being applied to BTK.
The input ratings will require good critical thinking skills and
considerable deductive and inductive reasoning. "Informed speculation" is
encouraged. However, simple guessing is not. Comments about the basis of
your ratings will be helpful. When the 75 items are completed, I will
generate the related graphics and correlations and complete a BRACE
Character Profile analysis and indirect personality assessment of BTK.
INSTRUCTIONS: Rate each item 0,1,2,3, 4, or X.
Attempt to rate each item, even if there is some doubt.
If you clearly have no knowledge about an item, rate the item X.
When in doubt between two ratings, be conservative and select the lower
rating.
0 = Rarely, Slightly, or Not Characteristic at All
1 = Somewhat, Sometimes, Mildly Characteristic
2 = Often or Frequently or Strongly Characteristic
3 = Very Often or Very Strongly Characteristic
4 = Consistently, Extremely, Core Characteristic
X = No knowledge.
READ EACH ITEM CAREFULLY, CONSIDERING THE FULL CONTENT OF THE ITEM
NOTE: Pay very close attention to the wording (particularly: if, may, and,
both, etc.).
If an item is 100% true, it is a 4.
If there are some parts that are not true but overall the item is at least
75% true, it is a 3.
If half is 100% true but half is not true at all or only partially true, it
is at least a 2.
If one or more parts is true, it is at least a 1.
If almost all of the item is false most of the time, it is a 0.
COMPILING THE FINAL RATINGS:
Consensus ratings on each of the 75 items was the goal. Although the
rationales for many of the ratings were posted, many were not and I take
full responsibility for determining the final rating for each item. There
was basic agreement on 28% of the items; at least one input rating higher
than the final rating for 36% of the items; at least one input rating lower
than the final rating for 9% of the items; and, at least one rating higher
and one rating lower than the final rating for 11% of the items. The various
input ratings were weighted based on the rationales provided, the degree of
speculation, the degree of certainty expressed, the estimated knowledge base
and experience of the rater, the degree to which the item was interpreted
correctly, and the degree to which the rating guidelines were followed. The
resulting profile is considered to be conservative and valid for its
intended purpose --- i.e., profiling BTK.
The 75 final ratings for BTK were entered into a software program which
generates various graphics and correlation charts based on the underlying
structure of the BRACE Character Profile™. These charts and graphics are
then used as “analysis aides” to complete the profile analysis.
GENERAL INFORMATION: The underlying structure of the BRACE Character
Profile™ is based on three prototypical character types (Type A, Type B, and
Type C), which are each rated on eight Cognitive variables, eight Behavior
variables, and eight Existential or Motivation variables. The scores and
graphics generated by a BRACE Character Profile™ represent the degree to
which an individual’s manner of thought, behavior, and motivation are
similar to or different from each of the three prototypical character types.
The input ratings for the BRACE Character Profile™ can be completed by
anyone with basic reading skills and the ability to rate statements about an
individual in an objective manner. The BRACE Character Profile™ provides a
wealth of information, but the individual rated must be well known or
clearly imagined. Clinicians are able to consider the degree to which an
individual is similar to or different from each of the DSM-IV-TR™
personality disorders and any other diagnostic category (e.g., Asperger’s
Disorder), prototypical type (e.g., 40-point HARE PCL-R), or individual that
has been rated using the BRACE Character Profile™.
Consensus ratings by two or more individuals increases the knowledge base
and minimizes rating biases. However, one objective rater with good
knowledge of the character being rated is sufficient. An analysis of the
BRACE Character Profile™ graphics requires basic knowledge of the three
prototypical character types, which is available on the internet in the
Frequently Asked Section of BRACEanalysis.com.
Although relatively new, the BRACE Character Profile™ has proved to be
exceptionally accurate and useful for clinicians, victims, law enforcement,
couples, writers, etc. ... in prevention, intervention, treatment, and
understanding a characters’ cognitive-behavioral-existential functioning. It
provides a wealth of practical and clinical information. Potential forensic
applications include research, assessment tool for expert witness, risk
assessments, interrogation strategies, employment and promotion screening,
witness profiling, criminal profiling (e.g., serial killers, serial rapists,
serial arsonists, batterers, traitors), jury profiling, terrorist profiling,
world leaders, etc.
In the final analysis, the BRACE Character Profile™ merely puts the image in
the rater’s mind into an objective and meaningful format which can be shared
and considered from many different angles, much like a hologram or a virtual
reality tour of a house. The bits and pieces of information included in the
input ratings are transformed into a virtual persona of the person in the
mind of the rater. This process is certainly affected by the knowledge base
for input ratings, the objectivity and critical thinking skills of the
rater, and the strict adherence of the rater with the BRACE Character
Profile™ rating procedures.
BASIC BRACE Character Profile™ GRAPHIC:
Below is BTK’s basic BRACE Character Profile™ graphic.
Keep in mind that this graphic represents the conceptions of this individual
by the raters and the selection process for determining the final ratings
for each item.
An analysis of a basic BRACE Character Profile™ graphic will take into
consideration not only the nine points reflected in the basic graphic, but
the average scores for each DOMAIN (Cognitive, Behavior, and Existential),
and the average scores for each CHARACTER TYPE (A, B, and C). More advanced
analysis takes into consideration the relationships of the three Types
within and between the three Domains, as well as a more detailed analysis of
the underlying variables. Let us begin ...
The initial visual impression of BTK’s basic BRACE
Character Profile™ graphic is that he is an intelligent, violent,
self-centered individual who is dominated cognitively, behaviorally, and
existentially (motivationally) by matters of power and control (high Type
B).
BTK’s significant cognitive pathology (Type B and Type C in the Cognitive
Domain) is not due to a lack of intelligence. In fact, the low Type A
characteristics in the Cognitive Domain reflects BTK’s intact cognitive
functioning and relatively high intelligence.
BTK is logical, has good anticipatory skills, learns from past mistakes, has
good organization and planning skills, is able to process complex
information, and has a good capacity for systematic problem solving and
pattern analysis.
BTK is generally cognitively well disciplined and he is not likely
psychotic.
BTK’s IQ is estimated to range from 115 to 125, but his raw intelligence
would be significantly higher if it were not for his controlling and
oppositional manner of thought.
The low Type A characteristics in the Behavior Domain indicate good impulse
control and a general presentation that is more sophisticated than the
“typical” criminal or serial killer.
The low Type A characteristics in combination with high Type B and high Type
C characteristics generally indicates a more sophisticated, disciplined, and
dangerous individual.
DSM-IV-TR™ COMPARISON GRAPHIC:
The basic BRACE Character Profile™ graphic is used for a general analysis
and quick visual comparisons with other graphics, such as DSM-IV-TR™
Personality Disorders, to generally “rule out” and “rule in” possible
disorders, or any type of cluster of characteristics.
The following graphic is used for quick visual comparisons with standardized
DSM-IV-TR™ Personality Disorders.
The “comparison graphic” is useful to rule-out and rule-in possible
disorders. Even though this visual comparison is considered to be a “gross”
level of analysis, it does shed some light on the basic BRACE Character
Profile™ graphic.
However, with this and other graphic comparisons, one must keep in mind that
similar Type and similar Domain scores may be generated by different
underlying structures.
A visual comparison of the basic graphic for BTK with the graphics for the
10 DSM-IV-TR™ Personality Disorders allows for some to be “ruled out” as
possibilities and others to be further considered. It also allows an
experienced clinician to consider BTK’s overall functioning when matched
against these known “prototypical types.” For example, BTK’s Type B
characteristics “look like” those of a Paranoid Personality Disorder, but
they also “look like” an Antisocial Personality Disorder, and perhaps even a
Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Based only on visual comparison, the Type
C characteristics could be Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic,
or Narcissistic. Type A appears to be closest to Narcissistic and
Obsessive-Compulsive. Visual comparisons can be made within each Domain
separately or any combination of comparisons. Sometimes visual comparisons
are all that is necessary. Sometimes they help a lot, sometimes a little.
Overall, it is easy to visually rule out Schizoid Personality Disorder,
Avoidant Personality Disorder, and Dependent Personality Disorder.
From these findings alone, it is evident that BTK is assertive and
interpersonally engaging, likely having good social skills and low
interpersonal anxiety. Combined with his relatively high intelligence and
willingness to use force and violence, these factors indicate BTK is not
only very dangerous but willing to take risks and is able to operate
effectively under pressure.
This Comparison Graphic is quite useful when “studying” a particular case.
At times the visual profile will suggest a pattern that might be overlooked
in charts of numbers.
However, the visual display does not reveal the underlying nature of the
numbers that make up the various parts of the graphic. Any one of the nine
points in the graphic display might be made up of various combinations of
ratings. For example, in the Behavior Domain, BTK has a Type C average
rating of 2.00. This average rating may have been reached by having several
ratings of 2. But, it may also have been reached by ratings of half 0 and
half 4.
BRACE Character Profile™ CORRELATION SUMMARY ANALYSIS AIDES:
When a more sophisticated analysis is required, the ratings that make up
each component part of the graphics can be correlated for direct comparison
with any prototypical type or any other individual in the database. It is a
quantum leap into the nature of the person rated.
NOTE: A clinician using the BRACE Character Profile™ graphics and
correlations for the DSM-IV-TR™ diagnostic categories will need to keep in
mind that the DSM-IV-TR™ Personality Disorders are not equal in terms of the
types of information used as a “diagnostic criteria” --- nor are they equal
in terms of the number of available criteria that must be met in order for a
diagnosis to be made --- nor are they equal in terms of the number and types
of other qualifiers which must be taken into consideration in order to make
a diagnosis. DSM-IV-TR™ is a categorical classification, but all members of
a diagnostic class are not homogeneous, class boundaries are not clear, and
there is significant overlap between “classifications.”
The BRACE Character Profile™ is a dimensional classification system which
provides numerical and graphic information, which may be subthreashold,
based on a quantification of core characteristics common to human nature. In
fact, negative correlations provide as much clinical information as positive
correlations. Bottom line is that a visual comparison of BRACE Character
Profile™ graphics correlation charts help inform clinical opinion or the
opinion of anyone familiar with the BRACE Character Profile™. Some
alternatives can be ruled-out and others more seriously considered through a
more detailed analysis of underlying variables and correlations.
The color coding used in the BRACE Character Profile™ correlation charts is
somewhat like a traffic light:
• GREEN
is a GO for high positive correlation (.05 or higher).
• YELLOW
is a CAUTION for a positive correlation which deserves consideration (.1 to
.06).
• RED
is a STOP, which indicates a negative correlation of .1 or higher.
Actually, the negative correlations provide as much useful clinical and
practical information as the positive correlations. It is the combination of
high correlations, both positive and negative, that yields the analysis. If
one knows how a person thinks, what a person thinks about, what a person
does, and what a person wants, then the person is 100% profiled. On the flip
side, if one knows how a person does NOT think, what a person does NOT think
about, what a person does NOT do, and what a person does NOT want, then the
person is also 100% profiled.
Consider the 10 DSM-IV-TR™ personality disorders. When there are several
significant positive correlations and several significant negative
correlations that consistently complement each other in terms of the
functional characteristics, the individual profiled is well formulated and
has a high level of definition provided by the stark contrasts.
Note that “Diagnostic Considerations” means exactly that ... consider ...
apply clinical skills and keep the basic profile in mind while doing so. The
correlations are strong indicators, but analysis requires consideration of
known facts, other sources of information, and the analysis of each Type (A,
B, and C) and each Domain (Cognitive, Behavior, and Existential). The BRACE
Character Profile™ reflects patterns, characteristics of thought, behavior,
and motivation --- it does not presume to make clinical diagnoses. There are
many potential clinical paths to any cluster of
cognitive-behavioral-existential characteristics.
In this BRACE Character Profile™, BTK is very precisely defined, with stark
character contrasts, and very clear definition. What BTK IS defines him.
What BTK is NOT defines him equally well --- his flip side or shadow profile
--- the way he does not think, act, or feel. Combined, the high number of
the positive and negative “hits” indicates a well formulated character.
Again, it provides a wealth of information ... which can be applied in a
variety of ways. This is where the deductive and inductive reasoning of the
analyst and the experienced investigator is most exercised.
The following correlation charts ... analysis aides ... include the 10
DSM-IV-TR™ Personality Disorders, a prototypical 40-point HARE PCL-R, and
Asperger’s Disorder. Just glancing at the patterns in this data may reveal
information to a clinician or someone familiar with the BRACE Character
Profile™ that would remain hidden using more standard statistics-based
profiling techniques.
Since this chart may not show up too well, the columns are as follows:
1 = 301.0 Paranoid Personality Disorder
2 = 301.20 Schizoid Personality Disorder
3 = 301.22 Schizotypal Personality Disorder
4 = 301.7 Antisocial Personality Disorder
5 = 301.83 Borderline Personality Disorder
6 = 301.50 Histrionic Personality Disorder
7 = 301.81 Narcissistic Personality Disorder
8 = 301.82 Avoidant Personality Disorder
9 = 301.6 Dependent Personality Disorder
10 = 301.4 Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
11 = 40-Point Hare PCL-R
12 = 299.80 Asperger’s Disorder
Overall, BTK has significant positive correlations with
Paranoid Personality Disorder (301.0), Antisocial Personality Disorder
(301.7), Narcissistic Personality Disorder (301.81), and a prototypical
40-point Hare PCL-R. On the flip side, there are significant negative
correlations for Schizoid Personality Disorder (301.20), Schizotypal
Personality Disorder (301.22), Borderline Personality Disorder (301.83),
Histrionic Personality Disorder (301.50), Avoidant Personality Disorder
(301.82), Dependent Personality Disorder (301.6), and Asperger’s Disorder
(299.80).
Breaking the data down one more level and taking the analysis up one more
level, where did the overall significant correlations, positive and
negative, come from for BTK?
Cognitive Domain:
Significant positive correlations for 301.7 and 40-point Hare PCL-R.
Significant negative correlations for 301.20, 301.83, 301.82, and 301.6.
BTK thinks like a psychopath who is independent (aren’t
they all), is cognitively disciplined, has low interpersonal anxiety, no
fears of abandonment and likely no personal identity problems, and he
understands others pretty well. Interesting that Narcissistic does not show
up here ... nor does Paranoid. BTK has a psychopathic mind. And, it isn’t
Paranoid ... which, in combination with negative 301.20 and 301.6, pretty
much rules out all forms of Schizophrenia.
Behavior Domain:
Significant positive correlation for traits of 301.81.
Significant negative correlations for 301.20, 301.22, 301.82, 301.6, 301.4,
and 299.80.
BTK has some apparent traits of a Narcissistic Personality
Disorder, which are the self-serving characteristics of a psychopath. Note
that he is not cognitively narcissistic, which suggests that his
“self-esteem” may be some type of an issue for BTK. He manages himself very
well. Most of his pathology is concealed ... this guy shows his true
character just a little. The negative correlations strongly confirm that BTK
is not psychotic.
Existential Domain:
Significant positive correlations for 301.0, 301.7, 301.81, 301.4, and a
40-point Hare PCL-R.
Significant negative correlations for 301.20, 301.82, and 301.6.
Here is BTK’s soul. He obsesses about power and control,
wants to be god-like ... But, apparently knows he isn’t. He does not want
willing adoration. He wants to mandate adoration. His desire is to control
through fear. The ultimate fear is of death. His desire is to control fear
through death. No options. Those killed are merely necessary means to an
end. The creation of fear is highly calculated, in those killed, and in the
public. The most desirable fear is in anticipation of death and the measure
of BTK’s worth is the fear he instills in the minds of others. It’s a game
of fear that requires some deaths. It also requires some media, or there is
no lasting fear. Fear dies. Like a fire going out. The media links him to
the public. Law enforcement links him to himself.
Type A:
Significant negative correlations: 301.20, and 301.22.
Very interesting. No positive correlations. Bright guy
given what he has done. And, he is socially alert, if not sophisticated.
These Type A characteristics suggest an absence of psychosis. I estimate his
IQ to be in the range of 115 to 125. This being the case, some of his
apparent errors in judgment were likely intentional ploys to lead law
enforcement and media speculators to build a false profile. For example,
allowing himself to be seen in public.
Type B:
Significant positive correlation for traits of 40-point Hare PCL-R.
Note that it is only traits ... and this is for a 40-point
Hare PCL-R. This at first appears a bit surprising, but keep in mind that
anyone who scores very high on a Hare PCL-R is not very disciplined or
sophisticated. In fact, a lower score on a Hare PCL-R may be far more
controlled and sophisticated, and thus, more subitel and more dangerous.
(Dr. Lecter would score less than 20). What is surprising is that Type B
characteristics are not positively correlated with Paranoid characteristics,
but BTK is not paranoid. He is the threat and does not have the fear base
that fuels paranoid characteristics. BTK does share overall power and
control issues with Paranoid Personality Disorder but there is an absence of
the related poor judgment, poor impulse control, and dysfunctional
interpersonal functioning.
Type C:
Significant positive correlations for traits of 301.0 and 301.22.
Significant negative correlations for 301.6.
Now here is BTK’s intersanctum. His greatest source of
pleasure and comfort is through power and control, and the Schizotypal
characteristics reflect his cognitive-perceptual distortions, and perhaps,
his preference for the pain and suffering of the “objects of his desire” and
his lack of desire for intimate contact. In addition to Sexual Sadism
(DSM-IV-TR™ 302.84), BTK may be a candidate for Frotteurism, DSM-IV-TR™
302.89, (touching and rubbing against a nonconsenting person); Fetishism,
DSM-IV-TR™ 302.81, (e.g., venetian blinds cord); and, autoerotic
asphyxiation.
There is an additional layer of data to investigate and analyze. I am
posting it now.
Cognitive Domain Type A: Significant negative correlation 301.22. Cognitive Domain Type B: Significant positive correlation for traits
of 301.7. Significant negative correlation for 301.82. Cognitive Domain Type C: Significant positive correlations for 301.22
and for traits of 301.0. Significant negative correlations for 301.83. Behavior Domain Type A: Significant negative correlation 301.22 and
301.83. Behavior Domain Type B: none Behavior Domain Type C: Significant negative correlations for 301.6
and 301.4. Existential Domain Type A: Significant positive correlations for
301.0 and 301.81. Existential Domain Type B: none Existential Domain Type C: Significant positive correlations for
traits of 301.0.
CONCLUDING SIDE BAR COMMENTS:
I believe BTK is very likely more than a casual admirer of the spy Robert
Philip Hanssen. BTK likely sees himself as Hanssen’s kindred spirit. In fact
(IMO), BTK has very likely read every thing he can about Hanssen ever since
Hanssen was exposed as the most enduring, “successful,” and destructive mole
in the FBI.
For the FBI, Hanssen was in a class by himself … BTK is a mole too. He knows
“it” from the inside out. He knows the techniques of “law enforcement” in
general, and the FBI in particular --- i.e., the reliance on statistics, the
nature of crime scene evidence, the nature of victimology, comfort zones and
related geographical plotting. He knows not only their methods, but the
minds of the investigators. Been there done that, one way or another.
Perhaps he is just a well studied inmate, but he seems to have specific
training. But, an inmate/convict/prisoner with nothing but time on his hands
has good opportunity to learn a whole lot about whatever attracts his
attention. And, “BTK” in Russian prisons is a tattoo which means the
prisoner has spent time in solitary confinement … isolation … which is the
ideal environment for the development of deviant fantasies.
Hanssen considered his horrific betrayals of his wife (taped their sex to be
viewed by friend), betrayals of his country, and betrayals of his god to be
a clever game. US agents, Soviet/Russian agents, same-same to Hanssen,
equally expendable to Hanssen … playing and winning the game was everything.
The US government, the FBI, and the American public were merely his stage.
In fact, the whole world was his stage. Hanssen did not care who would win
the “cold war” … he always played both ends against the middle. If there was
mutually shared destruction, Hanssen had plan C (Opus Dei).
Following the parallel between Hanssen and BTK, Hanssen was not interested
in the money; BTK is not interested in the sex. Hanssen was interested in
being the best, the most successful spy in the world; BTK is interested in
being the most fearsome and successful serial killer --- the one that got
away (perhaps to give it up at the last). Hanssen and BTK could only
accomplish their chosen life goals by concealing their identities, by not
being detected for who and what they were ... and, not having anyone to
directly share their “successes” with. Hanssen “shared” his successes with
his Soviet/Russian handlers; BTK “shares” with the media. Both “stuck it” to
the FBI, to law enforcement … BTK is still doing it. The people BTK kills
are just a means to an end, necessary pawns to affect law enforcement and
the media ... and the minds of the public.
I hope this analysis helps explain some of BTK’s
cognitive-behavioral-existential functioning. I wanted to get the main
profile posted. I have an extensive database, with fictional characters and
other non-fictional characters that can be directly compared to BTK. I
expect I will be adding them later, but this has been a chore ... a good
chore.
BRACE Character Profile™ Report
Addendum
May 16, 2004
Name of Person Rated: BTK Strangler
Rated By: Deviant Crimes Message Board
Dates Rated: May 1, 2004 through May 10, 2004
Graphics and Analysis Aides generated by: Russell L. Smith
BRACE Character Profile™ Analysis by: Russell L. Smith
Date of Report: May 14, 2004 Addendum: May 16, 2004
This addendum contains correlations to compare and contrast BTK with 12 well
known individuals, some fictional and some non-fictional.
Anyone familiar with the individual characters included in this comparison
analysis may be able to provide insights about BTK that others do not have.
Understanding the basic structure of the BRACE Character Profile™ is
definitely a plus for any type of related analysis, but even with very
limited knowledge about the character types (Type A, Type B and Type C),
useful information may "jump out" for anyone who is extremely knowledgeable
about one of the comparison characters. Basic information about the BRACE
Character Profile™ "character types" is as follows (see BRACEanalysis.com
for detailed information):
1. There are three core aspects of human nature that must be actively
managed throughout life: TYPE A, TYPE B, and TYPE C.
2. Each person is more of less like Type A, more or less Type B, and more or
less Type C throughout each day and each phase of their life. In the absence
of developmental instruction and structure to the contrary and without
active efforts to learn and teach self-control (self-discipline +
self-restraint) and adaptive sensitivity to others, Type A and Type B and
Type C patterns of THOUGHT, BEHAVIOR, and MOTIVATION become progressively
characteristic of humans.
3. TYPE A: A pervasive pattern of seducibility and immaturity of
thought based on self-delusion, fanciful flights into unrealistic
expectations, and an absence of relevant and constructive focus; associated
with a cultivated habit of self-justification based on simplistic
generalizations and discriminations; marked by both cognitive and behavioral
avoidance of the normal stresses of life; and, an enduring tendency to take
the easy way to success ...
4. TYPE B: A pervasive pattern of active and competing opposition to
legitimate authority and noncompliance with essential structure, associated
with a preoccupation with matters of power and control, marked by
increasingly deviant and violent countercontrolling strategies and tactics
...
3. TYPE C: A pervasive and progressive pattern of unearned and
unwarranted self-reinforcement based on an unrestrained desire to experience
first hand the limits of one's physical, emotional and psychological being,
all under the guise of self-expression and self-discovery ...
The "prototypical types" and characters included in the correlation
charts below are:
For those in the FBI, two profiles of the spy Robert Philip Hanssen. One
based on information known about Mr. Hanssen when he was hired by the FBI
(HIRE) and one based on information known about Mr. Hanssen at the time of
his trial for espionage (TRIAL).
For those with knowledge about serial killers, Joel Rifkin and Edmund
Kemper.
Also included is the movie version of Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Silence
of the Lambs, based on the novel by Thomas Harris, because so many
people are familiar with Dr. Lecter.
Finally, there are several characters who were rated by the authors who
created them. Anyone familiar with these characters may be able to draw
useful conclusions about BTK's cognitive, behavioral, and existential
functioning. These include:
Milo 1 and Milo 2 as presented in the novella by Jack
Osborne, title pending.
Jack Niemczyk, a character from the novel Dancing in the Dark by
Theresa D. McKinney.
BLH, a character created by LL007.
Soren Cabal, a character from the novel Killer Asylum by David R.
Williams.
In the final analysis, the BRACE Character Profile™ merely puts the image
in the rater's mind into an objective and meaningful format which can be
shared and considered from many different angles, much like a hologram or a
virtual reality tour of a house. The bits and pieces of information included
in the input ratings are transformed into a virtual persona of the person in
the mind of the rater. This process is certainly affected by the knowledge
base for input ratings, the objectivity and critical thinking skills of the
rater, and the strict adherence of the rater with the BRACE Character
Profile™ rating procedures.
NOTE: A clinician using the BRACE Character Profile™ graphics and
correlations for the DSM-IV-TR™ diagnostic categories will need to keep in
mind that the DSM-IV-TR™ diagnostic categories are not equal in terms of the
types of information used as a "diagnostic criteria" --- nor are they equal
in terms of the number of available criteria that must be met in order for a
diagnosis to be made --- nor are they equal in terms of the number and types
of other qualifiers which must be taken into consideration in order to make
a diagnosis. DSM-IV-TR™ is a categorical classification, but all members of
a diagnostic class are not homogeneous, class boundaries are not clear, and
there is significant overlap between "classifications."
Note that "Diagnostic Considerations" means exactly that ... consider ...
apply clinical skills and keep the basic profile in mind while doing so. The
correlations are strong indicators, but analysis requires consideration of
known facts, other sources of information, and the analysis of each Type (A,
B, and C) and each Domain (Cognitive, Behavior, and Existential). The BRACE
Character Profile™ reflects patterns, characteristics of thought, behavior,
and motivation --- it does not presume to make clinical diagnoses. There are
many potential clinical paths to any cluster of
cognitive-behavioral-existential characteristics.
The color coding used in the BRACE Character Profile™ correlation charts is
somewhat like a traffic light:
• GREEN
is a GO for high positive correlation (.05 or higher).
• YELLOW
is a CAUTION for a positive correlation which deserves consideration (.1 to
.06).
• RED
is a STOP, which indicates a negative correlation of .1 or higher.
Actually, the negative correlations provide as much useful clinical and
practical information as the positive correlations. It is the combination of
high correlations, both positive and negative, that yields the analysis. If
one knows how a person thinks, what a person thinks about, what a person
does, and what a person wants, then the person is 100% profiled. On the flip
side, if one knows how a person does NOT think, what a person does NOT think
about, what a person does NOT do, and what a person does NOT want, then the
person is also 100% profiled.
Column 1 = SADISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER (DSM-III-R™).
Column 2 = RPH HIRE = The spy Robert Philip Hanssen as known when hired by
the FBI.
Column 3 = RPH TRIAL = The spy Robert Philip Hanssen as known at the time to
his trial.
Column 4 = JOEL RIFKIN, serial killer.
Column 5 = EDMUND KEMPER, serial killer.
Column 6 = Dr. HANNIBAL LECTER, character from movie version of Silence of
the Lambs, based on novel by Thomas Harris.
Column 7 = ADHD = Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (DSM-IV-TR™).
Column 8 = MILO 1, character in novel by Jack Osborne, title pending.
Column 9 = MILO 2, character from novel by Jack Osborne, title pending.
Column 10 = JACL NIEMCZYK, character from novel, Dancing in the Dark by
Theresa D. McKinney.
Column 11 = BLH, character created by LL007.
Column 12 = SOREN Cabal, character from novel, Killer Asylum by David R.
Williams.
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