I've been so saddened to read about the awful murder of Julia James.
She seemed like a wonderful woman who had so much to give the world.
Reading about her final moments has really shaken me and I find it utterly terrifying to think that you need to be on high alert even on a walk in the woods near your home.
The case has also made me think a lot about the men who commit these acts. (I know women can also commit terrible crimes - but I've not heard of stalking victims of the opposite sex in wooded/secluded areas as being a typical modus operandi.) From what I've read of the court case, the defendant seems to have some real issues that have been ongoing long before the attack.
Does anyone here with a background in psychology, know whether men who tend to commit these acts, show typical patterns of disturbance earlier in life?
What, if anything, can be done to identify them and put them on a different track? I've disabled voting given the subject matter.