G. Personality Style & Characteristics
Ramirez seemed to be quite introverted until he started to hang around with Mike, soon after he became quite aggressive and violent. Mike’s influence may have caused Ramirez to become quite extroverted in ways that were uncommon for others to comprehend due to both worshipping Satan. Ramirez began expressing his thoughts and ideas about Satan …show more content…
(Bartol & Bartol, p. 171 -172) This statement is true in the case of Ramirez as he stole cars, damaged property and committed petty crimes to fund his drug addictions and did not feel any responsibility or remorse about his actions. The behavioral characteristics of a criminal psychopath have been identified by psychiatrist Hervey Cleckly in his book “The Three Faces of Eve”. The term multiple personality was a major theme of the book and Clecky highlighted 16 different psychopathic traits. Bartol and Bartol assert that although that Clecky study involved people from educated backgrounds that indicated “superficial charm and average to above average intelligence are two of the psychopath’s main features; according to Cleckly they are especially apparent during initial contact…systematic study of their conversation reveals that they often jump “from one topic to another and that much of their speech is empty of real substance, tending to be filled with stock phrases, repetitions of the same ideas , word approximations, abstract terms and jargon” …show more content…
Psychological Profiling: Offense Characteristics (Chapter 5)
“According to the FBI’s research data, the typical offender with a disorganized asocial personality tends to be a nonathletic, introverted White male…have been victims of physical or emotional abuse…these offenders had few real playmates; they tended to have solitary hobbies…disorganized asocial offender is a loner…perpetrator has usually experienced a great deal of difficulty in educational pursuits.” (Holmes, p. 80) In addition, Ramirez was not focused on his education and dropped out of high school at 17 years old.
2. CIS