Department of Psychology Forensic

Chapter 127 Memory Backtracking
Zhou Zheng was silent.

He kept his eyes on the windshield and the license plate number of the vehicle in front of him, but his mind was not here.

He was thinking about Professor Fan's words.

Gangs, Backbone, Behavior Patterns...

He has never used this portrait method before, and it is a brand new challenge for him.

Of course, he doesn't have much experience himself, and he has a lot of theoretical knowledge in his mind, but it only stays at the theoretical level.

"Besides..." Professor Fan's voice sounded again, his tone was indifferent. On the surface, it didn't look like he was discussing any serious matter at all. His voice was not overwhelmed by the soothing background music, and he continued : "You have to find out the purpose of this gang from the existing evidence as much as possible."

"The purpose of the gang?" Zhou Zheng was taken aback for a moment. He had indeed learned a lot about criminal psychology from Professor Fan in school, but the criminal psychology portraits that belonged to gangs was still a topic he had never touched before.

"That's right, the purpose of the gang. Criminals can form a gang. They must have a common goal, which is the goal they want to achieve together. Otherwise, they have no reason to form together." Professor Fan stopped suddenly as he spoke. After a few seconds of silence, he said: "This is like a basketball game. The members of a team have different divisions of labor. Some players are the main players, and some players are substitutes, but their goals are the same. , that’s victory, and when we’re profiling gang criminals, their purpose is very important.”

"I understand." Zhou Zheng nodded. Professor Fan's words were already very easy to understand. The fact that these criminals can act together shows that they have a common goal. There is convenience to a certain extent, but it will also form certain constraints.

"In addition to the common purpose, each criminal in the gang has a different small goal, which we can infer from the criminal's personal behavior during the crime." Professor Fan paused again, Continued: "Taking the same example of a basketball game, on the basis that every player wants to win, some players may prefer to be applauded by the audience, some players are willing to hear the coach's praise and recognition, and some Players want a big contract in exchange for a good life. These small personal goals are based on the big goals of the group, but they definitely exist, and we cannot ignore them."

"Understood, I understand." Zhou Zheng suddenly understood. Before that, he felt that the case was full of fog, and many things were not clear at all. In particular, the two murderers may have some kind of relationship, which made the case extremely complicated. But after Professor Fan finished speaking, it seemed that everything became clear, at least there were traces to follow, and there appeared a logical pattern that could be followed.

This feeling is very familiar, I have experienced it before.

It's similar to when the teachers came up with a particularly difficult exam question in class, and the students didn't have any ideas. After racking their brains, they all felt that this question was not something that humans could do at all.

When the teacher was lecturing on the topic, he cleverly changed the formula through the solution, and instantly the topic became familiar. The scene was extremely clear and gave people a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

This is how Zhou Zheng feels now.

As for the criminal psychological portrait of the gang, just mentioning it this way gave him a particularly profound and difficult feeling, but if it can be broken down into parts, and the whole group can be split into individual individuals, in this way, in each criminal At least two characteristics will appear on the body.

First, the common goal of criminals.

Second, the criminal's personal goals.

By interlacing the two goals together, he can dismantle the original complex criminal psychological problems, so that he can specifically analyze the inner psychological activities of each murderer through the behavior patterns presented from the crime scene and the traces of the corpse, and then provide a better solution for the case. The detection provides ideas.

As expected of Professor Fan!

Zhou Zheng sighed silently in his heart. Ever since he took Professor Fan's subject, he has often seen Professor Fan in contact with various people in uniform.

At first, he thought that Professor Fan had gotten into some kind of trouble, but after a long time, he realized that the city bureau had encountered some difficult cases and asked Professor Fan to help solve them.

When Zhou Zheng entered the City Bureau as an intern at the beginning, when it came to the first case, he felt that every piece of evidence in front of him was like doing a problem, and he could quickly analyze the case with the knowledge he learned in criminal psychology. detect.

As time went by, it became more and more difficult to find evidence, and he also realized the difficulty of solving the case.

Every case is almost unique.

Extremely similar cases are rarely encountered.

Of course, those very simple cases are not counted here, and there is no room for him to play in such cases, and the criminal police team easily cracked them.

These cases are like different and novel topics, constantly appearing in front of him, waiting for his challenge.

It has to be said that Professor Fan has been helping the Municipal Bureau solve cases for so many years and has accumulated a lot of experience. When encountering some complicated cases, he will handle them more calmly.

"The city bureau didn't come to me for this case." Professor Fan stopped at the red light and said calmly, "I probably won't come to me either, so if you encounter any problems, you can come to consult me ​​at any time. However, I I can only give you such a general suggestion, after all, you cannot tell the details of the case."

"Teacher, thank you." Zhou Zheng thanked him from the bottom of his heart.

"You're still so polite to me." Professor Fan said so, and from the subtle changes in the curvature of his face, it seemed to be quite useful, and then said: "I haven't been home much during this time."

"Yes." Zhou Zheng nodded and said, "Before I entered the city bureau, I never thought there would be so many murders."

"It's so normal." Professor Fan said: "There are many unknown corners in this world. When people can't reach them, they have no idea about them. For example, few people know that there is a queue at the crematorium. After entering the emergency room after 120, I found that the beds in the emergency room were full."

"Yes, the population base is too large, like our Jianghai City, with a population of more than 1000 million, and the probability of accidents every day also increases." Zhou Zheng nodded.

"Zhou Zheng, haven't you been home since your internship?" Professor Fan asked this question again.

"Well... I went back once, and my father came to pick me up at the gate of the Municipal Bureau." Zhou Zheng didn't talk about his adoptive father. He rarely mentioned family matters to others. This was his heart disease, not about his adoptive father. It's not good for him, but every time he thinks about the death of his biological parents, he will feel that it's not that simple here.

"When you have nothing to do, you have to go home and have a look." Professor Fan said meaningfully: "The probability of psychological problems among front-line criminal investigators is still quite high. When I was a psychologist, I had contact with many, because every You will see murders every few days, which will continue to erode your heart, not to mention that you will still have access to the forensic doctor of the victim's body, and you must pay attention to psychological problems, and family members are the best medicine for psychological healing."

"Teacher, have you ever been a psychiatrist?" Zhou Zheng was stunned suddenly, and he keenly captured the key information from Professor Fan's words.

"Old calendar." Professor Fan sighed: "A few years ago, I was a professor of psychological counseling in Jianghai Mental Hospital, the nominal one, but I still have to visit the clinic several times a month as required, and I have received some patients, but I I felt that the atmosphere was too depressing, so I resigned later.”

"Jianghai Mental Hospital?" The hospital came to Zhou Zheng's mind. He had been there when he was investigating Gao Sheng's case.

and many more!

Zhou Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly, hiding the shock that burst out of his eyes.

A few years ago?
That was a few years ago?
Professor Fan was a professor at Jianghai Psychiatric Hospital.

Gao Sheng was only released from Jianghai Mental Hospital half a year ago.

in this case……

Maybe Gao Sheng and Professor Fan really know each other!
Immediately, Zhou Zheng slowly closed his eyes, his brain was running fast, and the pictures that had happened before appeared in his consciousness like this.

The screen appears.

That was the office of Director Ma Yan of the Municipal Bureau.

The door of the office opened, and Professor Fan walked in, followed by the director of the Municipal Bureau, Ma Yan, and the deputy director, Qin Wangde.

"I'm assisting Lao Ma to solve the case."

Professor Fan's faint voice echoed in Director Ma's office, followed by the explanatory words, "When you have time, come to my office, we will have a good communication, and now we will be busy with the case."

Zhou Zheng's memory fragments are very clear, and he can almost remember the pores on Professor Fan's face clearly. After all, this is something he experienced personally, and it happened when his heart was highly concentrated.

He has the ability of photographic memory, but this ability is not carried out all the time.

He's not a humanoid vlogger.

After that accident, he discovered that he had a memory, which he tested many times.

The result of the test is that the more focused he is, the clearer his memory will be, on the contrary, the weaker and more blurred his memory will be.

The clarity and blur here are relative terms!
To some extent, Zhou Zheng's vague memory is also clearer than the deep memory of ordinary people.

For this reason, he also specifically consulted many books. Those books summarized the results of brain memory research. The human brain stores more feelings than pictures.

The memory storage of the brain is time-sensitive, sometimes the storage time is longer, sometimes shorter, depending on the different stimuli for these memory stimuli, many times people can't remember the memory clearly at that time, but they still remember that time a feeling of.

The simplest example is that some people were beaten by their parents when they were young. When they grow up, they may not have a clear memory of being beaten, but they will remember the feeling of being beaten.

The special feature of Zhou Zheng's memory is the picture. He can record a certain memory like a video playback, and he can also store some memories in his mind like a photo. The difference is the details of the specific picture. In layman's terms It's the picture quality.

Every page and line of the books he had read before seemed to be printed in his mind, and he could read them whenever he wanted.

Now he is flipping through the memories of that time.

The picture of the memory changes with his gaze. If it is someone else, the most profound memory at this time is not the picture, but the shock and surprise at that time. Often the more intense the emotion, the thinner the picture.

This is why people often have very vague memories when they encounter major events in life. For example, after a wedding, they will remember the feeling of the day more, or joy or exhaustion or small emotions, but they can’t remember many things at that time. screen.

When Zhou Zheng's memory was fixed on Gao Sheng, he saw Gao Sheng with an evil smile on his face. One second before, he was domineering because of his status as a mental patient. The next second, his face changed drastically. The speed visible to the naked eye turned pale, and there was an unconcealable shock on his expression, his wide eyes fixed on Professor Fan's face.

"Fan...Professor Fan..."

The picture in Zhou Zheng's memory was frozen here. When the incident happened suddenly, his thoughts were in a mess. Now that he is reviewing the memory with a calm heart, he can be sure that Gao Sheng and Professor Fan knew each other.

Moreover, it is not only as simple as knowing.

The emotions expressed by Gao Sheng are more like a student who was caught by the head teacher for not doing his homework.

That kind of astonishment and shock, that kind of worry and helplessness, all of which gave Zhou Zheng a very strange sense of déjà vu, which was a special feeling. It seemed that even Gao Sheng would not show so many emotions when he was caught. , but it is possible to be caught in front of Professor Fan.

Or... caught by Professor Fan!
"Zhou Zheng, are you sleepy?"

At this moment, Professor Fan's voice sounded, calling Zhou Zheng back from his memories.

"Well, it's really a little bit. I've been too tired for a while and haven't had a good rest." Zhou Zheng blinked hard, put on a sleepy posture, and found such an excuse for himself following Professor Fan's words.

Now his mood is very complicated and strange, it is an indescribable feeling.

Suspect Professor Fan?

No!

Zhou Zheng didn't think that Professor Fan had anything to do with the case, but he just had an instinctive feeling that the relationship between Professor Fan and Gao Sheng seemed not that simple.

Professor Fan seems to be hiding something!
But he couldn't tell where he was hiding it at all, and he didn't have any evidence at all.

"This is how to solve a case. When you focus on checking, the brain will continue to consume energy, and the body will feel tired. You must learn to sneak in and take a good rest when it is time to rest. Health is the most important thing." Professor Fan exhorted. .

"En." Zhou Zheng nodded. He blinked his eyelids and opened his eyes. Looking at the smooth expressway ahead, he realized that he had left the most congested road in the city, and asked, "Where are we?"

"Eastern Passage." Professor Fan replied flatly, "In about 10 minutes, we will arrive at the Eastern Prison."

(End of this chapter)