Dr. Christine M. Sarteschi, LCSW is a Professor of Social Work and Criminology. She researches and teaches courses in behavioral science that cover a wide range of topics including: human behavior, juvenile justice, severe mental illness and crime, cold case research, problem solving courts, serial and mass murder, and extreme violent crime. Dr. Sarteschi's works include “Mass and Serial Murder in America” and the most recent, a 2020 monograph about sovereign citizens titled "Sovereign Citizens: A Psychological and Criminological Analysis."
In May 2024, an Oklahoma man was arrested and charged with kidnapping and murdering two women, becoming the fifth member of an anti-government group called “God’s Misfits” to face such charges. With the investigation still underway, details about God’s Misfits remain scarce. The group’s members may be part of the so-called “sovereign citizen” movement – people […]
