"Seventeen years on, a greying Bamber is back in the dock to deny killing his family."

... "Seventeen years on, a greying Bamber is back in the dock to deny killing his family." The article that I will be investigating was published in the Daily Mail on Friday 18th October 2002. The article is about Jeremy Bamber who allegedly murdered his entire adoptive family. The three issues that I can draw from the article are maternal deprivation, just world hypothesis and physical attractiveness. A quote that relates to my first issue of maternal deprivation is, "This appellant was convicted of the murder of the entirety of his adopted family." In Bowlby's (1946) study of 44 thieves, he said that if a child does not know their mother, they become stunted unaffectionate psychopaths. He compared juvenile delinquents with other emotionally disturbed adolescents who had not committed any crimes. This links to my quote as Bowlby is highlighting the long-term affects of maternal deprivation, which is relevant as Bamber

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