How Did Jeffrey Dahmer Make Him Insane

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In my opinion, Jeffrey Dahmer got the right sentence. Yes, he had mental illnesses but the ones that he had didn’t affect how he thought or processed things. They made him crave things most people don’t but that doesn’t mean he was insane. Dahmer’s APD didn’t make him insane. Just because he was antisocial doesn’t mean that he was a threat to society, it just made him want to be alone and caused him to have the qualities of a bad person, not an insane person. His manipulation streak was something that some people just have. I mean they made a movie of Regina George manipulating all of the people around her get what she wants. I think that most of his problems stemmed from his emotional neglect in his childhood. Most criminals have family problems

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