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Texas Desiree Hamm name as first woman’s sexual violent female after jury’s decision

Texas Desiree Hamm name as first woman’s sexual violent female after jury’s decision

New Braunfels, Texas – a woman from the comal county, Desiree Hamm, was officially designated as the first predator of sexual violence in Texas, after the jury’s decision on Thursday.

Hamm has been in prison in August 2011, after being guilty of 13 charges, including several sexual crimes involving teenage girls.

The lawyer of the Comal County District, Jennifer Tharp, described the case of Hamm as “unique and dangerous”, detailing how Hamm manipulated and emotionally abused her victims.

“I negotiated with a defense lawyer,” said Tharp, “was my intention and I hope to hold it as long as possible, number one. But number two, under significant supervision, because from the beginning, I considered Desiree Ham a threat to my community and quite honestly, anyone else had contact with it.

Thharp mentioned that the abuse, which the experts labeled as “brain washing”, took place through “role-playing games” that a criminal psychologist compared to an “cult-like” influence.

Alexis Baker, a professional counselor authorized at Breakaway Therapy, works with survivors of cult and abusive relationships.

She described scenarios that reflect tactics used by Hamm on her victims.

“We understand the cultures and control groups extremely control as one thing and we understand a kind of abuse as a separate thing, and abuse in the context of one on one relationship is a different thing. There is an extraordinary amount of overlap … keeping it the victim isolated from their friends, their family, from people who could connect to their pre-Relations-it is the same in an extremely controlling or coercive situation. “Baker said.

In 2023, Hamm became eligible for conditioned freedom, which caused Tharp to work with the special Texas tracking unit.

Erin Faseler, the head of the division of sexual violent (SVP) division, explained that Hamm’s case has been highlighted because of his history of multiple sexual crimes and his hazardous behavioral models.

“We receive between 50 and 70 of these cases a year, and Mrs. Hamm has far exceeded over the two violent sexual crimes,” said Faseler.

Following the jury’s decision, Hamm will be transferred to the Texas civil employment office after his release from the Texas Criminal Justice Department.

There, she will undergo treatment and monitoring, with the hope of rehabilitation, although Faseler stressed that for Hamm, rehabilitation could take a long time.

“It will be obliged to be treated and supervised at liberation,” Faseler said. “For Miss Hamm, I was waiting for this to take a long time.”

Hamm’s case marks a significant stage in Texas efforts to protect people vulnerable from sexual violent predators.