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听One Hours Sessions. All Live on Zoom
Return from lunch a bit smarter!
Conversations with Dr. Ann Burgess to discuss the
forensics of recent fatal tragedies.
Join the conversation to learn insights from Boston College criminal psychology professor, Dr. Ann Burgess, as investigations continue to reveal more information about the highlighted acts of violence.听听Nurses, clinicians and families benefit from understanding what experts have learned about individuals, who plan and carry out violence acts, leaving trauma in the aftermath. Identify behavioral patterns, personality traits and circumstances that contribute to these unimaginable acts and prepare to help survivors cope with the trauma.听 听听
Bombings: New Orleans and听Las Vegas听
Tuesday,听April 8, 12:00-1:00 pm ET
Live on Zoom
Contact Hours:听1.0
Registration Fee: $34
On New Year's day 2025, 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Texas, intentionally drove a pickup truck into a packed crowd of people celebrating on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing at least 14 and injuring dozens of others. After exiting the vehicle, gunfire was exchanged with local law enforcement, killing the driver and injuring two law enforcement officers.听听Weapons and two improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, were located in the vehicle and听two functional IEDs were found in coolers in the Bourbon Street area.听
听On the same day. a decorated soldier was accused of planning and carrying out the Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.听听U.S. Army Special Forces Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger听used the artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT to plan the event, including quantity of explosives, where to buy fireworks and how to buy a phone without providing identifying information.听Livelsberger did not have a criminal history but may have been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, in addition to family issues and personal grievances that may have contributed to his actions.
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FACULTY
Ann Wolbert Burgess,听D.N.Sc., APRN, FAAN, is an internationally recognized pioneer in the assessment and treatment of victims of trauma and abuse, and author of听A Killer by Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind. She has received numerous honors including the Sigma Theta Tau International Audrey Hepburn Award, the American Nurses鈥� Association Hildegard Peplau Award, and the Sigma Theta Tau International Episteme Laureate Award. Her courtroom testimony has been described as 鈥済roundbreaking,鈥� and she has been called a 鈥渘ursing pathfinder.鈥�
Her research with victims began when she co-founded, with Boston College sociologist Lynda Lytle Holmstrom, one of the first hospital-based crisis counseling programs at Boston City Hospital. She then worked with FBI Academy special agents to study serial offenders, and the links between child abuse, juvenile delinquency, and subsequent perpetration. Her work with Boston College nursing colleague Carol Hartman led to the study of very young victims and the impact of trauma on their growth and development, their families and communities. Her work continues in the study of elder abuse in nursing homes, cyberstalking, and Internet sex crimes. She teaches courses in Victimology, Forensic Science, Forensic Mental Health, Case Studies in Forensics and Forensic Science Lab.
Danielle Walker, Ph.D., APRN, PMHNP, is an Assistant Professor of the Practice at the Connell School of Nursing. Dr. Walker completed both her Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner training and doctoral studies at Boston College. Her dissertation explored the experiences of Black emerging adults with psychotic disorders who have been exposed to community violence, reflecting her deep commitment to understanding and serving vulnerable populations.