Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 D 20
Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 D 20
A
STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES
SECOND
EDITION
For Bernadette Protti,
adolescent life was not so pleasant. She was embarrassed by the modest living
imposed by her father’s income as a retired public utilities supervisor. This
discomfort was accentuated daily as she went to school, surrounded with the
sons and daughters of executives like Costa’s father. Spring 1984 had not done
much to boost her faltering ego. She was cut from the cheerleading squad,
rejected from membership in an exclusive club similar to the Bobbies, and denied
a place on the yearbook staff. These setbacks probably would have been nothing
more than passing disappointments to the typical teenager, but to Protti, they
confirmed her sense of failure and lack of self-worth. One friend described Protti
as never believing she was accepted by her peers, even though she apparently
was. She depicted Protti as having an obsession with being liked.
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