The term antisocial personality reflects an evolution through a number of terms, the most widely known of which has undoubtedly been “psychopath.” In about 1800, Philippe Pinel coined the term Manie sans delire to reflect the fact that these individuals manifest extremely deviant behavior but show no evidence of delusions, hallucinations, or other cognitive disorders. While Pinel was certainly including several personality disorder categories other than the antisocial personality in his descriptions, James Prichard’s label of “moral insanity,” denoted in 1835, is a clear forerunner of the antisocial personality grouping. This general conceptualization grew in acceptance, and late in the 19th century the label psychopathic inferiority, introduced
