Open Sociology Lab

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

Although primarily for Criminology students, this Open Lab period is open to any students on campus who wish to speak to Grissom, or participate in his supplemental forensics seminars.

For Criminology Students, there will be a handout exploring the structure of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Additionally, today's demonstration will be on the basics of fingerprinting.

Feel free to play with the materials and take your own fingerprints. Might be a good idea to have a card around in a drawer somewhere at this school, in case you go missing.

Comments

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

*grabs a handout and does her fingerprints. afterwards she slowly approches Grissom*

Sir, I was wondering, is it possible to chemically alter a cell to induce violence and then alter it back to return the person to normal?? Generally speaking *looking around for prison rover* I dont want to get detention for inadvertantly creating a potential threat on the student body.

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

Chemically alter a single cell into violence? I don't believe I have ever seen it done, although there are various chemical reactions that can happen in the body, with an outside toxin or not, that can cause a person to react violently, although you can't control their behavior after the fact. Could you clarify for me?

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

like gene theory for instance, you can mutate a gene to give someone blue eyes etc.. is there a way to mutate cells to make someone into a killing machine? Like cause the part of their brain that is responsible for violent tendencies to sort of overload and then be able to restore them when you wanted to? With stem cells sort of thing.

I know you couldn't control them but could you condition them like Palovs dogs and bell?

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

My response may not really answer your question - but I can only respond with what I have seen and read.

I believe it is a scientific possibility. If we could isolate the specific chemical reactions in the brain that cause specific violent behaviors, and could administer to them in a way to cause that person to adapt to those behaviors and encorporate them into their lives from the various prompts provided, yes. But once you did, I don't know if restoring them would truly be a possibility. Even if you introduced normal chemical reactions, human nature is a tricky thing, you may not be ever able to recover the original personality.

As for gene modification, that's another thought. If you could find violent behaviors embedded on the genetic code and manipulate them, the possibilities are many, but mutation is a likely possibility with unpredictable results.

You could also introduce various viruses known to cause rage-outs, and if you studied that person's normal reactions at length, may be able to predict what would be a potential trigger - but that's a huge risk.

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

*nods* Thank you sir *Maia looks sad and walks slowly*