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Forensic Psychology

Forensic Psychology

By: Circle Of Insight Productions
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Dr. Carlos is an adjunct Professor in Forensic Psychology and Criminal psychopathology. He discusses concepts in the world of forensic psychology. He discusses legal issues pertaining to forensic psychology, psychology disorders, the criminal justice system and moreCopyright Circle Of Insight Productions Hygiene & Healthy Living Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Science
Episodes
  • The Psychology of Playing Under Cartel Terror: What Colombia's 1994 World Cup Reveals About Fear, Identity, and Coercive Control

    The Psychology of Playing Under Cartel Terror: What Colombia's 1994 World Cup Reveals About Fear, Identity, and Coercive Control
    Jun 9 2026
    Colombia's 1994 World Cup squad carried into every match not only the weight of national expectation but the invisible psychological burden of operating inside a cartel-controlled threat environment where performance had life-or-death consequences they could not openly acknowledge or escape. This episode examines the forensic psychology of chronic coercive threat, how Pablo Escobar and rival narco organizations used the World Cup's global stage to amplify their soft power while players navigated terror, compliance, and the psychological splitting required to compete at the highest level under those conditions. The assassination of Andrés Escobar following Colombia's World Cup elimination is analyzed as a clinical case study in how criminal systems manufacture silence through ambient fear and what it costs individuals who become symbolic casualties inside an institution they never fully controlled.
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    13 mins
  • 51-Year Secret: Forensic Genealogy, Elder Homicide, and the Mind of a Killer

    51-Year Secret: Forensic Genealogy, Elder Homicide, and the Mind of a Killer
    Jun 8 2026
    In 1975, the partial remains of 73-year-old William Reginald Sipfle were discovered in a Tucson landfill, a case that went cold for over five decades before forensic genealogy and DNA technology brought it back to life. The alleged perpetrator, Sipfle's own stepdaughter Carol Ann Beall, is now 79 and accused of not only killing him but collecting nearly six hundred thousand dollars from his pension across the years that followed. This episode examines the forensic science that cracked the case, the psychological profile of long-term concealment, and what elder homicide cases reveal about family violence, financial exploitation, and the criminal mind's capacity for sustained deception.
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    6 mins
  • Engineering the Killer: The Psychological Grooming of Narco Youth

    Engineering the Killer: The Psychological Grooming of Narco Youth
    Jun 2 2026
    How do criminal syndicates successfully condition ordinary teenagers to desensitize themselves to extreme violence, torture, and murder? This episode analyzes the psychological mechanisms of narcocultura, exploring how cartels exploit developmental vulnerabilities, identity crises, and socioeconomic trauma to rewrite a juvenile's moral compass. We break down the cognitive dissonance required to worship a predator, the psychology of trauma-bonding within gangs, and how a fabricated subculture can completely override basic human empathy.
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    5 mins
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