Radio Silences

Empathy and compassion are crucial components in Criminal Rehabilitation as participants learn to appreciate the circumstances of cause and effect and the consequences of their actions upon other, living and breathing human beings. Rehabilitation is shown to have an increased effect, upon those who are unwilling or resisting traditional methods of treatment, through our process. Virtual Offender Rehabilitation was designed with this purpose in mind.

The process is designed to focus visions of empathy into the minds of even the most unwilling participant. This project has been constructed in response to a widespread epidemic of violent acts across the state over the past ten years. The program was designed for maximizing achievable rehabilitative effects while minimizing the potential damage to the participant’s mind.

The design thesis began by selecting an appropriate plain or medium for transmission or implementation of such awareness into the participant’s subconscious mind. Since previous models for rehabilitation have been very traditional in form and process and have proven to be of concern, being entirely ineffective on stubborn subjects, a great effort was taken to optimize the process while limiting the time required for a complete and full rehabilitation. A prospective medium of transmittal of the program was selected.

The primary and ultimate goal of the project is to effectively and permanently superimpose the emotional and physical effects suffered by the victim of a crime through associated experience to unremorseful offenders in hope that it will deter them in future from committing these crimes again.

The more serious a trauma is, is dependent upon the coping mechanisms of the victim in question. The less exposed an individual is to trauma, generally the more serious the effects later in life. In the selected subject’s case, the effects of trauma caused by violent crime were overwhelming.

Prepared for scholastic, medical and psychological analysis, the following is a detailed report as to the deemed successful treatment of the participant named Arrant, Ordell. The effectiveness of the treatment upon its first candidate came at great sacrifice on part of the team working closely with him. The negative and the positive effects of his therapy are truly evident in his recent life course.

The following transcripts were prepared by industrious students of mine after observing the entire records of the scenario, which were lived by Mr. Arrant for the duration of his treatment, which lasted approximately five hours, forty-two minutes. In addition, please note that to Mr. Arrant, the virtual world in which he was living seemed as though his own being for those six hours. This process is not like a dream or involuntary vision. What Mr. Arrant most likely experienced was a world, which would have grown to become his own. The intensity of this treatment was powerful enough, as was reported by staff present at Mr. Arrant’s awakening from simulation, to cause him to grow extremely disoriented.

Moreover, upon his disconnection from the program, Mr. Arrant experienced, what was described as a grand mal seizure by the medical staff present. This consequence was highly unpredictable; however, I’m sure that the audience of these reports will interpret the benefits of treatment far outweighing the demerits.

Also included in the report, which follows at the end of these transcripts is a report written by the participant, Mr. Ordell Arrant, following treatment. The report in question was composed by him, with the aid of a court-appointed scribe, after ten years had elapsed to allow him sufficient time for recovery.

The events that precede the documented transcript of the program were compiled after extensive interview and research surrounding the crime, which served as the catalyst for Arrant’s selection.

The enclosed statement, following this report was documented ten years and seven months after Arrant’s therapy. This subsequent passage is only an excerpt as much of the piece the subject composed was simply circumlocution and nonsense that seemed to dwell around the fact that he had no clue what it was like. He states over and over that he is sorry and doubts that he will never again be able and willing to live a productive life in society. He emphasizes the fact that this fear stems not from a feeling of fear for his own life, but rather a fear of the actions he has committed in years past and their consequences upon other people. The issue of violence, in all of its forms, is one that has grown and plagued this human civilization from the very earliest of times. It is a cause that unites us all.

The objectives of the project were met with great success. The design, potential candidates for treatment and other important circumstances were fully researched, analyzed and discussed. Finally, the program was proven to meet system qualifications and a subject chosen.