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Predicting Behavior: The Case of the Missing Militant

By Karen Franklin, Ph.D. on November 11, 2011 in Witness

There is an oft-repeated axiom in our field that the most reliable predictor of future behavior is what a person has done in the past.

But this axiom valid?

Let's take the example of Ronald Stanley Bridgeforth, featured on America's Most Wanted. Read More

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Submitted by Kelly Cash on November 12, 2011 - 5:59am.

"The viewpoint that past is prelude is fundamentally pessimistic, leaving little room to acknowledge that human beings are highly adaptive, and often capable of learning from mistakes and changing our lives."

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Karen Franklin, Ph.D., is a forensic psychologist in Northern California.

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