Borderline personality disorder

theory suggest that punishment for criminal acts should be quickly severe that convicted criminals will never repeat their acts. The main personality identified in organized crime is sociopathic personality occurs when a person is aggressive, is not deter from crime, no remorse is shown, and do not learn from past mistakes. Sociopaths have a calm personality and a high intelligence level. Psychopaths are antisocial people who always are in trouble, profiting from neither experience nor…

Our Little Prisoners Sit down. Face forward. Complete these papers. Score high on these tests. Oh, and the only break you will be getting is 22 minutes for lunch which you get after four hours of grueling busy seat work. Feel like a prisoner or like a student? Students are being required to sit through tortuous seven-hour school days while receiving only a short lunch break. According to award-winning journalist Denene Millner, "Studies suggest that as many as 40 percent of schools nationwide…

love with his own reflection. Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental disorder characterized by a lack of empathy towards others, arrogance, an exaggerated sense of self-importance, and a desire for admiration. As of right now, scientists are not completely certain of the cause of this disorder. However, narcissistic personality disorder has been shown to be influenced by both genetics and environment. (1) One possibility is that the disorder is a result of superfluous praise or…

moderate amount of scholarly research that attempts to find a clear connection between this personality trait and this distinct emotion. However, previous studies indicate that different forms of narcissism have effects that can lead to both damaging and optimistic assessments of self-esteem. A study was constructed by Emmons (1984), in which he used a scale consisting of four of his Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) dimensions of narcissism that provided a parsimonious set of scales with…

The four general principles of effective intervention that have become organizing concepts of community correction include community corrections principles of risk, criminogenic need, treatment, and fidelity. As we know, Criminal Rehabilitation is a vital component in society. Thus, if a criminal can successfully rehabilitate after committing a crime, then they have the opportunity to give back to their community and even to help deter others from following a similar path. These four methods…

car mechanic and only did odd jobs. There are not many accounts of his relationships with inmates and his lifestyle was quite disastrous as he was experimenting with drugs constantly and getting in trouble with the law at a very young age. 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…

A Look at Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Romantic Relationships According to Butcher, Hooley, & Mineka (2014), Individuals with narcissistic personality disorder show an exaggerated sense of self-importance, preoccupied with being admired, and have a lack of empathy for the feelings others. There are subtypes of narcissism: grandiose and vulnerable narcissism. The ones that are most associated with aggression is grandiose narcissism. These individuals not only show aggression, but they…

so many flaws that any conclusion that could be drawn from them, are false. In 2008, Twenge, Konrath, Foster, Campbell, and Bushman, published a study that concluded that narcissism in recent generations is on the rise. By examining Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) scores of 85 studies, made up of college students (all within the same age range at the time of taking the test) between 1979 and 2006, Twenge et al., (2008) found that, “ since 1982, NPI scores have increased 0.33 standard…

Why are crimes committed? Most people would say out of greed jealousy and anger. But we all get jealous greedy and angry so why don’t we all kill. The answer to that remains not in the heart, as most people to be, but in the mind. In 2006 the Bureau Justice Center did a survey and what they found shed much light on the mind (or lack thereof) a criminal. They concluded that estimated that 705,600 mentally ill adults were incarcerated in State prisons, 78,800 in Federal prisons and 479,900 in…

Out of the digital divide an addiction to social media is born. What does internet addiction look like? Well, think back to Jamie who had become preoccupied with her virtual community; seeking more friends, more comments on her posts and more likes on her pictures to create a euphoric feeling for herself. Jamie becomes uncomfortable when she is unable to connect to social media—Moody, restless and depressed—all signs of withdrawal. The first thing that Jamie does in the morning, once her…