Mass Killings And Planned Killing Sprees

Psychopathy, a personality/mental disorder, in which an individual often display apathy in conjunction with manipulation strategies, and without the ability to demonstrate remorse for wrong actions, is a characteristic that has shown to be highly present in violent criminality. It is believe that the understanding of psychopathy can lead to the prediction of criminal behavior. However, psychopathic behavior can be affected or influence by numerous variables, including age, sex, race, ethnicity or socioeconomic status or in some cases a combination of two or more variables.

While the characteristics associated with psychopathy indicate inherent violent tendencies, cross-sectional studies of criminals confirm that a high percentage of psychopaths are involved in violent crimes and are more likely to reoffend. Most serious crime is committed by a disproportionate few of the criminal population. In fact, as evidenced by longitudinal studies, about 5 percent of criminally active subjects are responsible for over half the offenses recorded. To this end, psychopaths appear more prevalent in the criminal community. While psychopaths exist in the general public at an estimated 1 percent, this estimate jumps to a startling 15-25% in the incarcerated population.

In “The Making of a Serial Killer,” Berit Brogaard explains the genetics and brain-work behind psychopathy. Brogaard examines studies that show psychopathy may be hereditary, furthering the idea that there must be a problem with the brain, which also means it could possibly be correctable. Psychopathy could, along with other mental disorders and illnesses, develop in one’s childhood. Psychopathy is often confused with other disorders and illnesses, which is understandable because of the various similarities. Although studies have shed light on some possible causes of psychopathy, much of the disorder remains a mystery.

Imagine a world with no emotion, no feeling, and no remorse; A world where love, happiness, and hurt was non existent. Welcome to the world of a psychopath. Although scientist do not classify psychopathy as a mental illness, a psychopath is defined as a person suffering from a chronic mental disorder with abnormal violent of social behavior (Psychopath). Psychopaths are human beings just like everyone else except they lack the one thing that makes life worth living: feelings. They do not have ability to show empathy and remorse towards others. Psychopaths are commonly mistaken for sociopaths. While sociopaths have a conscience but tend to disregard it, psychopaths on the other hand do not have a conscience. In other words, sociopaths choose to be the way they are while psychopaths do not have control over the way they are. Psychologist’s have begun to take a deeper look into the lives of imprisoned psychopaths to determine who they are, both their biological and psychological roots, their patterns, and possible treatments.

Psychopathy is a personality disorder define by a distinctive cluster of traits and deviant behaviors. These personality traits become diagnosed once they are starting to show inflexibility, maladaptive, and persistence. They also cause significant impairment and subjective distress. Psychopaths show a high amount of antisocial behavior and abusiveness to people such as others, family, and themselves which causes them to commit crimes. Though lacking empathy and show of superficial feelings, they often tend to be anybody. Ted B. most famous quote was “We serial killers are your sons, we are your husbands, we are everywhere.”

Psychopathy is a personality disorder whose core diagnostic features include increased fearlessness, shallow affect, callousness, and poor behavioral inhibition. The actions of psychopaths often come at a large cost to society and its citizens, and their empathetic deficit is one of the reasons psychopaths can be so efficiently destructive in many people’s lives. The importance of understanding this deficit cannot be over-asserted. If psychopathic empathetic deficit can be understood, treatment would likely not only expand in variety but in effectiveness. Thus, this research may provide a possible remedy to a costly societal problem due not only the actions of criminal psychopaths but criminal offenders in general . However,

If you’ve ever seen a movie about a psychopathic killer, then you probably have a vivid stereotype of a psychopath. They usually are portrayed as creepy-looking, antisocial characters who plan to do unnatural and gruesome things to other people. An example could be Jason or Michael Myers or even Hannibal Lector from Silence of the Lambs. Unfortunately, psychopaths are not easy to identify. According to an interview with Martha Stout, an author and clinical instructor at Harvard, psychopaths are often said to be “the most charming person I ever met, the sexiest, the most intense. ..." (Monaghan). I am going to argue as ordinary as they may seem, psychopaths are not normal people. There are many things separating them from a typical person even if they seem normal. A psychopath can be defined as a person who is mentally unstable and often prone to hurtful activity toward other people-whether it be hurtful emotionally or physically

The term Psychopath is used to describe viscous people who don’t feel and have a tendency to do unexpected things that can often be destructive and unpredictable. That’s why they have been a great interest to many people in the world to the point where they show up in movies, books, and TV shows. What makes them so interesting is the fact that they seem to be just regular people on the streets, and around normal people who would feel at ease with them and may sometimes be drawn to. In reality they lack emotions such as fear or distress, which leads them to do serious crimes such as murder and rape. Many are able to live within society. But psychologists are increasingly viewing psychopaths as less of a way of being, and more as a mental illness. We often relate psychopaths as criminals

With different media such as books, articles, and databases, this paper’s primary goal is to grab one’s attention and inform one on issues relating to personality, mental illness, and conditions such as sociopathy and psychopathy. As mental disorders become more and more prevalent within the American population today, it is only necessary to inform oneself on the varying topics being discussed. To know how the mind works is merely one step into the mystery that is the human body, and it would be neglectful to approach such a topic without being properly prepared. Sociopathy and psychopathy are harming conditions, but as previously portrayed, things are much more complex than they seem. With the presence of new treatments for thousands of conditions increasing by the day, it is only a matter of time before the human race will be ever closer to understanding others as well as they do

As the world continues to study and truly understand the impact in which mental disorders could be to an individual social life. Mental disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and so much more are commonly assumed to be violent. By studying mental disorders, one is able to understand and help the individual who may be suffering with a form of behavior or mental disorder. Throughout the following essay we will be defining psychopathology, and analyze various forms of psychopathy.

However, the term “psychopath” shall not be confused with the term “sociopath”, As these individuals only present antisocial behavior due to socio-cultural and environmental factors, instead of their instinctive behaviors. This paper will focus on the definition for “psychopath” by Lykken (1995) which suggests the relationship between biological factors such as brain abnormalities and genetics and the further influences of social and environmental factors for the full development of this mental

Psychopathy is defined as a disorder of personality and antisocial disorder is primarily behaviorally based. Interestingly these disorders are considered co-morbid, because they can be present simultaneously within in patient but are not the same (Werner, Few, & Bucholz, 2015). This paper will discuss the literature for psychopathy and antisocial disorder, any relevant theories, and areas in need of further research.

Historically, psychopathy has been employed as an umbrella term and treated as a single entity that encompasses the many traits and characteristics. However, this disorder is multi-faceted in nature, and as such clear distinctions should be made. One of these distinctions

Psychopathy is a personality disorder, where the person lacks any emotion and they show violent antisocial behavior. Psychopathic traits start to show during early childhood and therefore there is a high chance that the callous-unemotional behavior transcends into adult life. This article elaborates on what researchers within the field of psychology and biology has tested on individuals with psychopathic traits and future recommendations. The authors of this article highlight an individual who falls under the personality disorder category to illustrate how researchers can best provide the resources to further understanding the phenomenon of psychopathy.

Psychopathy is a personality disorder that can characterised into two types; Primary and Secondary Psychopathy. We learnt that generally Psychopaths have average to above average intelligence in comparison to what is considered your normal human being, they are often drawn to inflicting pain on animals/children/peers and lack the emotional capacity to feel remorse and/or feel any sort of emotional connection. (Hare et Al., 1991; Williamson, Hare & Wong, 1987). Primary Psychopathy is characterized by fearlessness, poor passive avoidance, weak electrodermal anticipation of punishment, and average levels of positive and negative emotionality.