Case By Concept

Learned Helplessness and Gemma McCluskie


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This week we talk about how learned helplessness can cause inactivity. And what happens when that finally breaks. Featuring Eastenders, multiple body parts and a suspicious family member, this episode dives right in.

Definition:

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325355#:~:text=In%20psychology%2C%20learned%20helplessness%20is,opportunities%20for%20change%20are%20available.

In academia:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4920136/#:~:text=Learned%20helplessness%2C%20the%20failure%20to,learning%20undermined%20trying%20to%20escape.

https://www.simplypsychology.org/learned-helplessness.html

Learned helplessness in a criminal case:

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Judgments/tony-mccluskie-sentencing-remarks-30012013.pdf

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/life-in-jail-for-brother-of-eastenders-actress-who-he-murdered-chopped-up-and-dumped-in-canal-8472964.html

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jan/30/brother-eastenders-gemma-mccluskie-murder

https://horridhackney.com/f/body-of-murdered-eastenders-actress-found-in-regents-canal-2012

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemma_McCluskie

https://www.itv.com/watch/evidence-of-evil/10a3266/10a3266a0009

https://www.bustle.com/p/where-is-tony-mccluskie-now-gemma-mccluskies-murder-is-the-subject-of-this-c5-doc-18145092

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