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Crypto-Criminology: The Gothic Nature of Crime
To this day, we have a multitude of so called schools of thoughts. All of which fall
short of satisfactory explanations. The result has been a misguidance of social

policy, public confusion and failed application within the criminal justice system.

Fact merges with fiction, and contemporary society flounders in the flawed chase of

illusion and fabrication.

As truth becomes entangled with untruth, metaphors assert their presence to stumble
at clear-cut rationalizations. The more we label, define and profile people the more
we find the difficulty in understanding the commissions of crime. So, the pursuit

of the inexplicable nature of humans follows the mystifying pathways of baffling
occurrences, bizarre incidents and sordid acts of debauchery. “Crypto” pursues the

macabre mind, especially in terms of primal existence, event selectivity and crimi-
nal causality. People make premeditated choices to commit crimes. Even the most
atrocious acts of violence are planned and carried out with a uniqueness of logic and

rationality. Yet, we stand in awe, shock and horror when such things occur. Maybe
its because we see a sense of ourselves in the violence, aggression and destruction.

In this sense, crypto-criminology is presented as a mental mechanism by which to
pursue a course of study in deviant behavior. And, as a consequence, that behavior
that causes injury, trauma and death. By inquiry into the strange, perplexing and

complex nature of criminology, we find the seductive connectivity to gothic notions
of fable, legend and allegory. Suffice it to say, the secretive, dark and shadowy men-

tal process of human behavior remain elusive to various fields of the “pseudo sci-
ences”.

In particular, the nature of evil eludes the precision of definitive understanding or

specificity of prediction. It remains dark and buried in the fantasy of myth, magic
and daydreams. So, in the realm of practical criminological issues, we look for al-

ternatives on multi-dimensional levels. Avenues of the chase bring the forefront
premeditated capers on fringes of the exotic, the supernatural and the gothic. Or,
preferably the ever-expanding realm of “crypto-criminology”. These cerebral pro-

cesses engage in the eternal warfare of balancing the struggle between good and
evil. Myth, magic and metaphor surface in watery illusions of psychic aberrations.

As we think, so do we act. To know, be and do is human nature. When we fantasize,
we also want to touch, feel and sense the manifestations of our creativity. Take it
from one dimension to another. Lift it out of the psyche into the real world.

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