Psychopathy

everyone surrounding him to help work into his complex plan. Using his head and understanding of basic human desire and instinct, Montresor covered his tracks and committed his thought-out crime seamlessly. These tendencies and more are linked with psychopathy. Weeks before Montresor kills Fortunato, he starts displaying traits of a friendly and caring relationship. They become "good friends", bonding over wine and other topics. This is an extreme example of both pathological lying and…

The punishment should be swift, certain, and proportionately severe regarding the crime that has been committed. The punishment or the threat of punishment can act as a deterrent; which are two different deterrence. There is general deterrence which is where one is supposed to learn from the punishment received by others. The second deterrence is the specific deterrence where someone so supposed to learn from punishment received by a certain individual just so the act of delinquency is not…

Voyeurism in The Mind of a Potential Serial Killer Ted Bundy, probably one of the most famous of serial killers, can be accredited with the reasoning for this research. Bundy is on record, saying, “…I’ve lived in prison for a long time now, and I’ve met a lot of men who were motivated to commit violence… without exception, every one of them was deeply involved with pornography; without question, without exception, deeply influenced and consumed by an addiction to pornography.” Voyeurism and…

Through time, the term psychopath was further divided, even as far as producing 16 characteristics of psychopaths under The Mask of Sanity. In 1991, Dr. Robert Hare created a system to measure the levels of psychopathy in people at a 40 point scale, called the Psychopathy Checklist. It withholds some of the same characteristics listed in the Mask of Sanity but further breaks them down to key factors that, with the right combination can reflect in a person likely to be psychotic. Research…

Introduction Difficulties in social interaction are a prominent feature of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). These difficulties are a source elevated anxiety to social interactions for individuals with ASD. In the article titled “Social Skills Differences Between the Autism Spectrum Disorders” by A. Kozlowski, J. Matson, & B. Belva published on April 2012 in the Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities categorizes in researches social skills between three ASD groups.…

Factors which in the end leave the child permanently and psychologically scared. In Lisa Piemont’s The epigenesis of psychopathy in children of divorce, she explains how we all have the basic human need to feel wanted, especially by family. That human instinct to feel wanted affects children of divorced parents at a whole different scale. Their mind, such like Maisie’s, is…

The article, Neurodevelopmental and psychosocial risk factors in serial killers and mass murderers inquired on the rare events of mass murders and serial killers as they impact society. There is a difference between serial and mass murders, as there is a difference between Seung-Hui Cho and Richard Ramirez. Serial killings are individuals who committed three or more murders over a period of time, could be months or years, with cooling periods between the murders. Mass murders typically take…

The Expert Testimony and the Effects of a Biological Approach, Psychopathy, and Juror Attitudes in Cases of Insanity section of the “Behavioral Sciences & the Law" article, “The public tends to view the insanity defense with suspicion, imagining that sane perpetrators of heinous crimes routinely feign mental illness to…

personalities are more prone to carry out deviant behaviors. Psychologist Richard Rosner claimed that, "Approximately 75 percent of male individuals who have been considered to perform deviant acts have also be diagnose with a mental illness which includes psychopathy and schizophrenia" (348). According to the findings, it seems that deviant behavior has a direct correlation to personality disorders. Consider the case with veteran soldiers, most of these individuals has been identified with…

In my opinion, sex offenses do receive special attention in the criminal justice system. I believe this because of laws that have been implemented in recent years that focus specifically on sex offenders, the way the public and larger community perceive them as a unique group, and the growing apprehension of the group due to the severe impact sex crimes have. The first reason I believe that sex offenses receive special attention is because of the strict laws and policies that have demonstrable…