Disorderly conduct

To be classified as serial killer there has to be three important considerations. “Other suggestions are that there must be a motivation, that this motivation tends to be sexual, that the killer will fantasize about the murder and finally, that the killing is premeditated. To eliminate other types of killings like terrorism or assassinations, the murder itself must be the primary motivator. Once serial murder is adequately defined, a deeper look can be taken into the life of the murderer”…

Americans are sociopaths, which means there about 3 to 12 million sociopaths in the United States. A sociopath is defined as an individual who displays antisocial behavior, which is mainly characterized by lack of empathy towards others, abnormal moral conduct and an inability to conform with the norms of society. Sociopathy, also known as Antisocial Personality Disorder, is becoming increasingly more common in today’s society and yet very little is known about what causes this behavior.…

Juvenile delinquents are being incarcerated and given the same punishment as adults are given, there are different factors to why this is a continuous problem. Recidivism rates, the mental capacity of juveniles, and the rights a juvenile hold are reason to why this is a problem. In the Atkins v Virginia case, the supreme court ruled the mentally retarded being sentenced the death penalty as unconstitutional and cruel and unusual punishment, under the eight amendment. In correlation to the Atkins…

While POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER itself is estimated to occur in 8% of the population, the prevalence rates increase dramatically in persons suffering from other mental disorders. Approximately 80% of people who suffer with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder suffer from an additional co-occurring disorder. There is a direct relationship between individuals who have previous disorders, developing PTSD in response to a traumatic event. Comorbidity is associated with worse prognosis, more severe…

My sister, Emily had 5th grade classmate/ friend who was born with sociopathic behavior. She had been through a lot her dad was an alcoholic, who would beat her up when he was drunk. Her mom tried to be there for her but it was difficult. It was difficult for the mom to deal with her daughter fighting this illness and a crazy husband who was abusive to the family. The child would go to school and not talk to many people. At lunch she would avoid talking to people she was very anti-social. This…

“Conscience- an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one’s behavior.” Conscience- a vital component of the human personality. Conscience- what most people take for granted. A psychopath, also called a sociopath, suffers from a flaw that does not come from a mental illness but from a flaw in characteristics. This flaw does not make them hallucinate as if they were psychotics, for they are in touch with reality. They understand what is right…

What does the common psychopath look to you? Scream? Jason? or even Freddy Krueger? What if someone told you that a psychopath could be sitting next to you in the class room or could even be your best friend. A real psychopath looks like an everyday normal person but they’re really not. It could even be you and you might even not know it. Parts of their brain are underdeveloped and work differently to where they can’t feel or even act like a normal person. You can even be born a psychopath or…

When things don’t turn out the way people want them to, they easily blame others for theirs actions. Taking responsibility for one’s doing is easy if the outcome is accepted by others. But if the outcome is bad, they easily pass the responsibility to others. Humans are prone to blame others for mistakes they make. A unchangeable mistake was made when Victor Frankenstein created a monster in Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein. The monster was abandoned at first sight by his creator. Knowing nothing of…

Note: Within the essay, whenever the term serial killer is used, it encompasses any type of violent offender without a motive or a connection to the victims. Today’s society is not able to truly comprehend the serial or the mass murderer. With no motive or connection to the victims, the violence does not make sense. It is difficult to depict a character or concept only partially understood. Psycho took this perplexing subject and executed it respectfully and appropriately. It was the…

What are Juvenile Offenders? Juvenile offenders are youths under the age of eighteen who are accused of a crime or have committed a crime and they are processed through a Juvenile Justice System. I learned about Juvenile Offenders through a class assignment, the class was instructed to read a novel about Juvenile Offenders in a Juvenile Hall facility. This topic is very controversial and it can go either way; it’s very intriguing to see how and why Juvenile’s end up in the justice system.…