Criminal Minds Think: The Relationship Between Psychopathy And Crime
Running head: PSYCHOPATHY AND CRIME
How do Criminal Minds Think: The Relationship
Between Psychopathy and Crime
Kübra Fidanboylu
Sevcan Üreyil
Senior Seminar-497
Gül Çörüş
25/May/2012
Nigar Gümrükçüoğlu
PSYCHOPATHY AND CRIME
How Criminal Minds Think: The Relationship Between
Psychopathy and Crime
Kübra Fidanboylu*
Sevcan Üreyil**
Nigar Gümrükçüoğlu***
Alfred University
Abstract
This paper reviews research from different aspects of psychopathy. The different aspects reviewed are; facts and fictions about psychopathy, classifications and DSM criteria of antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy, etiology of psychopathy, measurement of criminal psychopathy, differences among psychopaths and nonpsychopaths, …show more content…
When Carl hears this he claims he will kill his wife without thinking about the consequences, then acts as though nothing happened.
Psychopaths lose their control easily but they are aware of what they have done. When compared with other people who feel regular emotions; psychopaths do not feel emotional stimulus’s, they are cold- blooded during their act. When asked to one of the psychopaths what he does when he loses his control he answered; “I question myself, and see how much damage I want to give that person”. Psychopaths always need a stimulus to get them excited; for example; they can claim that they like their job only because it makes them feel excited. They also cannot stand a life that is monotone. They are not interested in long term jobs, they get bored easily, and they do not have a sense of responsibility. Moreover, they do not care about their debts, and even children. Psychopaths remain bloodless to the attention of the welfare of their own children or other children who are under their responsibility. Besides, most psychopaths show behavioral problems at an early age such as; lying, deceiving, theft, running away from
How do Criminal Minds Think: The Relationship
Between Psychopathy and Crime
Kübra Fidanboylu
Sevcan Üreyil
Senior Seminar-497
Gül Çörüş
25/May/2012
Nigar Gümrükçüoğlu
PSYCHOPATHY AND CRIME
How Criminal Minds Think: The Relationship Between
Psychopathy and Crime
Kübra Fidanboylu*
Sevcan Üreyil**
Nigar Gümrükçüoğlu***
Alfred University
Abstract
This paper reviews research from different aspects of psychopathy. The different aspects reviewed are; facts and fictions about psychopathy, classifications and DSM criteria of antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy, etiology of psychopathy, measurement of criminal psychopathy, differences among psychopaths and nonpsychopaths, …show more content…
When Carl hears this he claims he will kill his wife without thinking about the consequences, then acts as though nothing happened.
Psychopaths lose their control easily but they are aware of what they have done. When compared with other people who feel regular emotions; psychopaths do not feel emotional stimulus’s, they are cold- blooded during their act. When asked to one of the psychopaths what he does when he loses his control he answered; “I question myself, and see how much damage I want to give that person”. Psychopaths always need a stimulus to get them excited; for example; they can claim that they like their job only because it makes them feel excited. They also cannot stand a life that is monotone. They are not interested in long term jobs, they get bored easily, and they do not have a sense of responsibility. Moreover, they do not care about their debts, and even children. Psychopaths remain bloodless to the attention of the welfare of their own children or other children who are under their responsibility. Besides, most psychopaths show behavioral problems at an early age such as; lying, deceiving, theft, running away from