Antisocial personality disorder is considered one of the most difficult of all personality disorders to treat. Individuals rarely seek treatment on their own and may only initiate therapy when mandated by a court. The efficacy of treatment for antisocial personality disorder is largely unknown. Few individuals seek medical attention specifically for antisocial personality disorder, or ASP. Antisocials who seek care do so for other problems such as marital problems, alcohol or drug abuse or suicidal thoughts. Family members or the courts may send some people with ASP to a mental health counselor for evaluation. Antisocial individuals often have poor insight and may reject the diagnosis or deny their symptoms. Incarceration …show more content…
Many people hold the point of view that criminals chose to give up their rights and freedoms when they commit a crime. On the other side, prisoner advocates and those interested primarily in rehabilitation feel detainees should be allotted the same rights as ordinary citizens. Examples of these rights include the right to a fair hearing before being punished by prison officials (punitive actions within a jail could include being moved to solitary confinement or transferred to a higher security prison), the right not to endure arbitrary searches or lockdown and the right to fair and respectful treatment by prison staff. This is argued on the basis that prisoners will not learn how to function in society and will have limited success in their treatment programs if they are constantly subject to the frustrating reality of limited personal …show more content…
Most importantly, this approach would contain no punishment. As a society we must punish criminals for the harm they have brought to their victims, be it physical, financial, or emotional, and for the fear they instill in the law-abiding population. A civilized society does not tolerate or condone the victimization of others. Punitive sentences demonstrate this. Secondly, there is no evidence to suggest that a corrections system focused entirely on rehabilitation would deliver a high enough success rate to justify its implementation. In addition, many convicts do not want to be rehabilitated, as is evidenced by the many that refuse to participate in prison