King Leopold's Ghost is the haunting account of a megalomaniac of monstrous proportions, a man as cunning, charming, and cruel as any of the great Shakespearean villains. Ervin Staub explores the psychological, cultural, and societal roots of group aggression.

This book examines several current clinical approaches to trauma-focused treatment.

Despite Dupas’s history of offending, Judge Leo Lazarus sentenced him to only 6 1/2 years’ jail — again with a five-year minimum.

Tippet began in journalism in 1972, at the Sun News-Pictorial and joined The Sunday Age in 1993, moving to The Age when the two papers merged in 1998.

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His wife, who believed Dupas was “non-sexual’’ and timid around women, now knew him for what lurked within — a manipulative and predatory monster.

A DVD and Training Project launch event was held in Melbourne on March 27th. Ms Halvagis tried to escape, her hands up in defence.

In 2011 he was appointed to assist former Federal Court judge, Ray Finkelstein QC, in the Independent Media Inquiry which reported to the federal government in 2012.
By age twelve, Luis Rodriguez was a veteran of East Los Angeles gang warfare. This work is more than a memoir, it is also a remarkable study of Hiroshima survivors. Trauma Reporting provides vital information on developing a healthy, professional and respectful relationship with those who choose to tell their stories during times of trauma, distress or grief. A close-up portrait of hatred, a community rendered helpless, and the police blunders and cover-ups, it is a compelling and utterly human portrait of two killers-an unforgettable cautionary tale for our times.

“It makes you feel like you’re a prisoner in your own house, (the media) waiting for hours and keep knocking on your door and you tell them that you’re not prepared to give an interview and yet they keep pushing. “One was kind and gentle, the other was pure evil, but I never knew.’’.

When Lynne O’Donnell met Pauline and Margaret in Iraq she could never have guessed the wealth of stories she’d discover. While this book is intended for all clinical mental health professionals who work with trauma survivors it is also a phenomenal resource for those who seek to broaden their understanding of the way various approaches to understanding treatment of trauma.

In his extraordinarily gripping and thought-provoking new book, Jeremy Bowen charts his progress from keen young novice whose first reaction to the sound of gunfire was to run towards it to the more circumspect veteran he is today, The Observer's chief foreign correspondent Peter Beaumont, takes us into the guts of modern conflict.


Christine and Bill Halvagis embrace outside the Supreme Court as George and Dimitria Halvagis, far left and right respectively, also make their way from the court in Melbourne, August 27, 2007, after a Supreme Court judge sentenced Peter Dupas to a life sentence without parole for the November 1997 stabbing murder of Mersina Halvagis.

Christina Lamb's evocative reporting brings to life the stories that no one else had written about: the abandoned victims of almost a quarter century of war. Ms Downes was stabbed about 6.30am on December 31, almost two months after Ms Halvagis was murdered. ABC teams share the story behind the story and insights into the making of digital, TV and radio content. It’s very hard to deal with when you’re going through what’s a traumatic experience anyhow.”. Mike Walter loved chasing the big story, but on one September morning, the biggest story of his career chased him down: a jet rained from the sky, piercing the Pentagon and shattering his emotional well being. If you have inside knowledge of a topic in the news, contact the ABC. Gary Tippet is a freelance journalist and former senior writer for The Age in Melbourne, Australia.

With chilling literary power, Lifton describes the Nazi transmutation of values that allowed medical killing to be seen as a therapeutic healing of the body politic. En marzo del año 2004, fue nombrado en la lista FIFA 100, …

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In the time since, he has have covered some of Australia's biggest stories including the East Timor crisis of late 1999-2000, the Thredbo ski resort landslide, the Moura coalmine collapse in Queensland, and a number of major crime stories including the disappearance and murder of Jaidyn Leskie, the Port Arthur massacre and the Bega schoolgirls murder trial. Her PhD focused on Australian trauma reporting journalists, post-traumatic stress and post-traumatic growth. Her PhD focused on Australian trauma reporting journalists, post-traumatic stress and post-traumatic growth. Daring to Feel is a bold, brave book. Andrew Fraser reportedly went on to receive part of a $1 million reward for his role as a key witness who helped secure a guilty verdict. Dupas was serving the last few weeks of the Frankston rape sentence at the time, but it has since emerged he was on temporary leave when sunbather Helen McMahon was murdered.