Mary Kay Letourneau Affair: And the Crisis Caused by the Case Book

1	Mary is going to prison for raping her young lover	1
a.	The court reaction is strange	1
b.	The media coverage is bizarre!	7
c.	What kind of pressure did the judge have?	17
d.	Judge Judy's and other opinions abide	22
e.	Purpose of the justice system	28
2	Looking at communication and thinking problems in the case	33
a.	Florence Littauer and Gary Smalley give some answers	33
b.	Susan Forward talks about emotional blackmail	40
c.	Dale Carnegie has some wise words	43
d.	Communication is emotional and not logical	45
e.	Differences between men and women in communication	46
3	Psychology is related to this case and to life	49
a.	There are many types of psychology	49
b.	Positive and negative thinking abound	54
c.	Goals are important to positive thinking	56
d.	Why haven't psychologists written about the Letourneau case and items listed in this study?	58
e.	Mary Kay Letourneau is skillful and smart, but is she in love?	61
4	Influence and scientific thought	69
a.	The scientific method and how to think	69
b.	Pragmatism is another way to think	72
c.	How influence is used in communication	74
d.	How the prosecution used persuasion in the Letourneau case	76
5	Using the scientific method to study the Letourneau case	81
a.	Premise-Mary abused Vili for her own sexual gratification	82
b.	The SSOSA program tried to rehabilitate Mary	84
c.	Premise-Mary will be rehabilitated in prison	85
d.	The 2nd degree rape of a child law is biased against women	86
e.	The justice system in Washington State was fair to Mary Kay Letourneau in the Letourneau case	87
6	Politics are involved when communication is biased	91
a.	A priest made a prediction	91
b.	Steve's problems have been overlooked	95
c.	Mary has an abused background	96
d.	Some items showing adult female/boy sex hard to defend	98
e.	Fallacies of thinking by authorities as shown in the October 1998 news conference	103
7	The media can't let go because that is how it makes money	113
a.	The argument culture is alive but not well	113
b.	Mary Bell is hounded by the media	119
c.	Bias is involved in high profile cases	121
8	Problems because of authorities actions in the Letourneau case	127
a.	Arrogance and bias abide where empathy is lacking	127
b.	Is the media the friend of the prosecution?	134
c.	The internet is strong in the media field	138
9	Possible cures for justice problems	141
a.	The authorities' view of life is wrong as viewed by Jim Cymbala	142
b.	Winning friends seems the way to go according to Dale Carnegie	146
c.	Florence says we need to understand temperaments	148
d.	Emotion in thinking needs to be understood	149
e.	Communication is biased by media and authorities	151
f.	Some other information that may be relevant to the case	154
	Bibliography	159
	Addendum	161
	List of Tables in the Book
Table 1-1.	Possible agenda or hidden agenda types	8
Table 1-2.	Examples of ways that pragmatism can be used incorrectly	9
Table 1-3.	How the case has been biased by the media	11
Table 1-4.	A look at how the watchdog media has reported this case	16
Table 1-5.	Other ways the 2nd degree rape of a child law is flawed	18
Table 1-6.	Some paradigms of justice in question because of the Letourneau case	21
Table 1-7.	Some of Judge Judy's strong opinions	23
Table 1-8.	Here are some similar cases to the Letourneau case with somewhat varying results	24
Table 1-9.	Some circumstances and situations relevant to the Letourneau case	26
Table 1-10.	Some of the reasons for a justice system and how it should work	28
Table 2-1.	The Four Personality Types and words that go with them in comparison chart adapted from the books "Personality Puzzle" and "Talking So People Will Listen" by Florence Littauer and Marita Littauer and information from Carl Jung	34
Table 2-2.	Words used to characterize the temperaments of people	35
Table 2-3.	How blackmailers use FOG to manipulate in this case	41
Table 2-4.	A look at the difference between how Dale Carnegie suggests one influences people and how the justice system in the Letourneau case has influenced people	43
Table 2-5.	Communication differences by sex	46
Table 3-1.	Various types of psychology theories and their meanings	49
Table 3-2.	Some typical TA games and their meanings	51
Table 3-3.	Some problems that came out in the Letourneau case that shows the system has some real challenges	53
Table 3-4.	How the mixture of psychology and politics has hurt society	59
Table 3-5.	Types of systems used in business and industry	61
Table 3-6.	Some things that the experts say are not part of love	63
Table 3-7.	Why the authorities did not see the relationship as love in the Letourneau case	65