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What if abusers could feel what they’ve done—without shame, without cruelty—just truth?

For almost 40 years in forensic and clinical work, I have watched the same pattern repeat.

* An animal is hurt.

* A partner or child is terrorized.

The offender learns the right words to say, completes a class, and is marked “compliant.” On paper, case closed. Inside their nervous system, very little has changed.

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Case: Eric, 14.
Eric started with insects, then stray cats behind the building. At 14 he was on probation for beating a neighbor’s dog with a metal pipe. In counseling he drew violent scenes, laughed at the dog’s injuries, and said, “It’s just a dog.” When his supervision ended, his file closed. No one knows which victim came next.

Case: Daniel, 31.
Daniel had no prior record when he was charged with domestic assault. At home the pattern had been there for years. Raised voices. Doors slammed near his wife’s head. Long, punishing silence. Then the first shove. By the time police were called, his 6-year-old daughter had watched him grab her mother by the throat on more than one occasion. The court ordered a batterer intervention group. Daniel sat in the back, repeated the language he knew would satisfy the program, and told his probation officer, “We were both out of line.” He was discharged as “completed.” His body’s reaction to his own family had never been tested.

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P.E.T. (Psychosensory Empathy Training) is the intervention that did not exist for Eric or Daniel.

PET VR is a trauma-informed program designed to build empathy in offenders without lectures, loopholes, or shame. After 7 years of clinical development and behavioral mapping on paper, and 2 years of VR and haptic planning, we are ready to build the prototype.

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The first pilot will look something like this.
A probation officer escorts a 24-year-old offender into a small room in a county building. He is on supervision for cruelty and still believes “it was not that bad.” A P.E.T. headset and sensors are fitted. In the first module he enters the scene from the victim’s sensory point of view.

* He hears his own recorded words from the night of the offense.

* He feels the approach of the blow in slow motion, then at full speed.

His heart rate climbs. His palms sweat. For the first time, his body reacts as if he is the one at risk.

P.E.T. uses that physiological crack in the wall as the doorway to change.

Over 90 days, the protocol keeps that door open long enough for new associations to form and hold.

This is not a PSA.
This is not a workshop.
This is direct behavioral intervention.

Using a combination of neuroscience, immersive VR, and sensor-based feedback, P.E.T. places offenders into realistic, non-traumatizing simulations that interrupt cycles of violence by activating empathy.

The program was developed solely by me, Dr. Mozelle Martin, a forensic professional with nearly 40 years in psychology, criminology, and victimology. As a former Clinical Director of a trauma treatment center, I built P.E.T. on forensic science, behavioral intervention, and restorative ethics.

It is:

• Court-adaptable
• Ethically engineered
• Designed for both juvenile and adult systems

Ideal for use with:

• Animal cruelty offenders
• Domestic violence perpetrators
• Juvenile and adult justice programs
• Aggression rehabilitation settings

It’s immersive, not triggering.
It’s ethical, not preachy.
 And it targets the gap where standard classes and punishment fail.

We are fiscally sponsored by Chappy & Friends, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and are raising funds to build the first full-scale P.E.T. prototype.

Your tax-deductible donation will fund:
• VR scene development for real-world offense patterns
• Sensor-integrated biometric feedback loops for measurable outcomes
• Clinical testing and program validation with justice-involved populations
• Deployment for courts, community corrections, and mental health centers, starting in the USA

Right now there are offenders already on probation for animal cruelty and domestic violence who will hurt again because nothing in the system has changed how their brain perceives their victims. P.E.T. exists so the next animal, partner, or child is not used as a practice target.

That's why we need your help.