Summary Of A Case Study: Filicide Or False Confession

The “Filicide or False Confession?” case discusses a parent who kills her two children, a daughter and a son by stabbing them multiple times while they are lying on their beds. The individual makes a phone call for an emergency response team. Police officers are dispatched to her home where they find the bodies of the two children. The police take the woman into custody since the persons found on a crime are usually the first suspects. Upon investigations, the police find out that the woman has been having problems with her relationships and has been abusing illegal substance. She has also been battling depression and mental disturbance and sexual abuse, which have affected her life and that of her children. Further probing of the individual indicates that her relationship with her children was not good and was getting out of hand with feelings of hate for them. As a result, the police officers investigating the incident have to use forensic assessment instruments to ascertain her culpability in the death of the two children.
Drayton (2009) explains that the MMPI-2 is a critical tool in creating a better understanding of the traditional and legal elements that impact the evaluation process of Kim’s case. The MMPI-2 also assists in the analysis of an individual’s mental problems as indicated in the Filicide or False Confession case. The MMPI-2 incorporates computer technologies to provide the required assessment and thus assist in the preparation of findings from the drafted reports and