Kim Gorgens: The surprising connection between brain injuries and crime
كيم جورجينس: الصلة المفاجئة بين إصابات الدماغ والجريمة.
Kim Gorgens studies the brain's response to injury -- and advocates that we mind our (gray) matter. Full bio
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caused by an external blow to the head.
يحدث بسبب إصابة خارجية للدماغ.
and professional athletes,
we're used to seeing on the playing field.
الذي عادةً ما نراه في الملعب.
to define TBI in the public consciousness.
عن الـ تي.بي.أي
in retired and college athletes.
الرضحية في المتقاعدين ورياضين جامعيين.
who researches and treats these injuries,
ويتعامل مع هذه الإصابات،
to see the growing awareness of TBI
بخصوص صدمات إصابة الدماغ
and long-term risks to athletes.
المدى للرياضيين.
to a larger but no less controversial
مجموعة أكبر، ولكن ليست أقل إثارة للجدل
by traumatic brain injury,
بإصابات الدماغ الرضحية،
these inmates and probationers
ومن هم تحت المراقبة،
vulnerable members of society.
على غير المتوقع.
and I have been doing research
قمتُ أنا وزملائي بالأبحاث
we think about the criminal justice system
نظام المحاكمات الجنائية
you think about those things, too.
in criminal justice
في المحاكم الجنائية
in this room, for example,
في هذه الغرفة، كمثال،
getting your bell rung.
that require hospitalization.
تحتاج إلى العناية بها في المستشفيات.
of a physical assault,
are actually sustained in jail.
among the women in criminal justice.
النساء في المحاكمات الجنائية.
in the criminal justice system
violence and abuse.
been exposed to repeated brain injuries.
لإصابات دماغ متكررة.
like the brains of retired NFL players,
مثل أدمغة لاعبي دوري كرة القدم المتقاعدون،
for dementing diseases as they age.
أمراض الخرف مع تقدم العمر.
and substance abuse and trauma,
وتعاطي المخدرات والصدمات،
poor judgment and poor impulse control,
الحكم الضعيف واضطراب التحكم في الاندفاع،
criminal justice a revolving door.
نظام المحاكمات الجنائية بابًا دوّارًا.
while they're in there.
They fall out of their bunk.
أو يقعون من على أسرتهم المزدوجة.
and do stupid things,
بعد أن يطلق سراحهم،
and they get rearrested.
فيلقى القبض عليهم مرة أخرى.
to be rearrested than not.
a life sentence 30 days at a time."
مدى الحياة مقسمة لـ30 يومًا في المرة."
why this is so hard for them.
لا يعلمون لمَ يحدث لهم ذلك.
of so many of these challenges,
هي سبب كل تلك التحديات،
has been to disrupt that cycle,
وكانت أن نكسر هذه الحلقة،
with my state and local partners,
to meet everyone's needs:
how each person's brain works
basic modifications
I mean safer not only for the inmates,
فأنا لا أعني ذلك فقط للسجناء،
such a simple approach.
that gets people into all of this trouble
التي تجعلهم يقعون في كل هذه المشاكل
screening tests
in the way an inmate thinks.
في طريقة تفكير السجناء.
we write two reports.
on how to manage that inmate.
بكيفية التعامل مع هذا السجين.
for how to manage themselves.
that a probationer has a hard time
أن شخصًا تحت المراقبة
to the court might suggest
of important information.
would say, among other things,
to record that information for themselves.
لكتابة المعلومات بنفسه.
to be really clear about one point.
minimize responsibility
negative perceptions
التي دامت طويلاً
an inmate's problematic behavior
لمشاكل السجناء السلوكية
rather than outright defiance --
they want to know how to help themselves.
هو معرفة كيف يمكنهم مساعدة أنفسهم.
from Troy in Virginia,
تروي من فيرجينيا،
of all the head traumas I've dealt with?
كل الصدمات الدماغية التي مررت بها؟
thousands of stories like this,
that have a great outcome.
spent more time in jail than in school.
أكثر مما قضى في المدرسة.
significant memory impairments,
and reminder function on his iPhone
والمذكرات على هاتف الآيفون خاصته
to break larger tasks
like that under his belt,
مثل الموجودة في سجله،
off of court supervision
ألا يكون فيها تحت المراقبة
a lot harder at it." (Laughs)
attention and behavior problems
for more than a month.
لغيبوبة دامت أكثر من شهر.
where he wasn't in trouble.
لا يتورط فيه بالمشاكل.
to avoid being held in contempt
into his day every day
at the front of the courtroom.
Judge Brian Bowen.
القاضي بريان بوين.
to make the system work for everyone,
مهمته أن يجعل النظام يعمل للجميع،
he saw the perfect fit.
رآه مناسبًا تمامًا.
with all of his prosecutors
two categories of defendants
من المتهمون
oftentimes, rightfully so --
وغالبا لنا الحق في ذلك...
all of their scheduled appointments
المجدولة مسبقًا
the best-laid probation plans.
إطلاق السراح المشروط.
with a little more support,
in this latter category,
Mike's history of a massive 70-foot fall
الذي سقط من ارتفاع 70 قدم
of difficulty showing up on the right day
في اليوم الصحيح
therapy requirements, for example.
to more and more jail time,
with maps and checklists and handouts
بخرائط وقوائم ومذكرات
vocational rehabilitation
for those therapies.
Mike's back to work
while he was in the service.
with his family,
Judge Bowen's veteran's court.
the overwhelming prevalence
and cognitive deficits
in the criminal justice system.
في نظام المحاكمات الجنائية.
of resilience and responsibility.
للمسؤولية والمرونة.
by a change in perception
بفضل تغيير المنظور
come to see themselves differently.
بدأوا بالنظر لأنفسهم نظرة مختلفة.
I hope you see them differently, too.
أتمنى أن تروهم باختلاف أيضًا.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kim Gorgens - NeuropsychologistKim Gorgens studies the brain's response to injury -- and advocates that we mind our (gray) matter.
Why you should listen
As a neuropsychologist working in the field of brain injuries, Kim Gorgens has seen firsthand the damage sports-related impacts can do. And as chair of the State of Colorado Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund Board and a member of the Brain Injury Legislative Collaborative, she’s working to shape Colorado law around youth sports injuries.
Gorgens, an assistant clinical professor in the University of Denver Graduate School of Professional Psychology, also is the president-elect of the Colorado Neuropsychological Society and has an appointment to the American Psychological Association’s Council on Disability in Psychology.
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