Parent of Murdered Child and Its Aftermath (Part Two)
When Professor Bill Jenkins’s teenage son was murdered at work in 1997, resources to help homicide survivors after receiving the death notification were sorely missing. In this segment of Bill Jenkins’s two-part interview, we hear how he negotiated those first tough weeks and took the scattered notes and print outs to create the backbone of a unique book that eventually won awards “What To Do When The Police Leave.” He also provides a compassionate and useful explanation of how trauma impacts homicide survivors biologically and the implications for reconstructing one’s life.
cPTSD, crime, crime effects, depression, family loss, First responders, homicide, loss of life, mental health, mental illness, Murder, post traumatic growth, PTSD, serial murder, social issue, social issues, suicide