Essays on Psychopaths

Introduction A psychopath is a ‘’narcissistic and antisocial personality disordered sort of individual who has an easy time manipulating and harming other people because he doesn’t much empathize with them.’’ (Mark Dombeck, n.d.). The purpose of this essay is to delve into the different arguments...

Introduction When we think of “Psychopaths” or the term “Psychopathy”, the pictures that tend to jump into our mind are those of manipulators, terrorists, psychotic serial killers, the coldblooded murderers portrayed in horror movies or the sort of nightly creatures that crawl in the worst...

Introduction Recently as the times change, society has put more interest into the study of the human mind, our emotional and mental constitutions. This is not the case for psychopathy. For many years, professionals and public alike were horrific but appealed to the idea of...

Psychopathy is a personality disorder that effects roughly 1% of the population. The stereotype associated with psychopaths is that they are all ‘cold-blooded killers’, however this is not true. Most of those with psychopathic traits are often considered to be the average citizen, most achieving...

Introduction Psychopathy has widely been noted as a challenge for the law as it is a hard concept to formulate laws around protecting society, respecting a human agency and holding individual’s responsible for said agency (Fox et al, 2013 p.1). The issue of responsibility is...

The space of insane person is a disturbing issue, tormenting to some degree level of individuals. Tolerates from time to time make pulled back direct, set apart by maladaptive identity properties. For a huge amount of time, different causes behind this issue have been evaluated,...

It has been proven in multiple studies that an individual is greatly affected by the traumatic childhood events that may be present in their life. These traumatic events range from a lesser extent such as a car crash but can be as great an extent...

Introduction Psychopaths are involved in all forms of crime, especially violent crime (Danka). Over the past several decades lots of researchers have been devoted to the relationship between psychopathy and crime (Danka). Psychopaths engaging in criminal behaviour is an inevitable occurrence which begs the question...

Introduction Psychopathy refers to a mental disorder in which individuals develop amoral and unethical behaviour that typically violates societal norms, values, and beliefs. Characteristics are similar to that of an individual diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder where traits such as lack of empathy, remorse, guilt,...

Introduction Theories which explore crimes from the perspective of offenders are of crucial importance in the field of criminology. The application of such theories to criminal events helps us identify key contributing factors that can explain the criminal behavior and have significant policy implications. For...

Psychopathy is a personality disorder characterized by a certain set of traits. It can be broken down to 16 key characteristics combined of behavioural, interpersonal and cognitive. A psychopath can be described as an individual who suffers from constant antisocial behaviour, lack of remorse, lack...

Psychopaths and criminals seem to be a big problem all around the world that people have been dealing with for centuries. To know how to stop and identify a psychopath, people must first learn the direct mindset of a psychopath. I think psychopaths are feared...

Assault is a violent crime defined as applying force to another person without their consent (Criminal Code Act 1899). A combination of social learning, social bonding, and personality theory can be used to explain why some people may commit assault and how to prevent these...

Films have always been a powerful medium to express ideas, evoke emotions, and start conversations. They are an integral part of our culture, helping to construct our views. It has been suggested that their widespread accessibility in today’s world through streaming services makes films have...

Introduction Jeffrey MacDonald, born on October 12, 1943, to Mac and Dorothy Macdonald in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York. During trial later down the road, Dorothy would testify that Jeffrey’s birthday was actually in 1942 but Jeffrey insisted that it was instead in...

Evolutionarily speaking, mutations that are detrimental to a species eventually die out through the process of natural selection. Thus, if a trait has no adaptive qualities whatsoever, it will cease to exist. It is essential to keep that in mind when examining the evolutionary adaptations...

Abstract This paper analyzes three published articles pertaining to research conducted on the functional impairment of reduced fear in those with psychopathy, a multidimensional construct characterized by emotional deficits and an increased risk of antisocial behaviors. These articles, however, vary in their methods of studying...

Psychopathy is a form of severe personality disorder (APA, 2013; Blair et al., 2004). Dean and colleagues (2013) indicate that psychopathy is divided into two subgroups. Primary psychopathy (factor 1) is characterised by an emotional detachment which manifests in callousness and poor empathy. Secondary psychopathy...

Introduction Psychopathy is one of the most complex disorders to spot in an individual. Diagnosis can begin in early youth. Children are first noted to have psychopathic traits or tendencies. These traits often overlap with Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Psychopathic traits are, typically,...

This essay shall focus solely on the relationship between psychopathy and criminal behaviour. To begin with, the essay shall offer a clear definition of psychopathy and its tendencies along with its prevalence and the way it is assessed. Next, the Attachment and Arousal theories of...

Serial Killers are an entirely special breed of people and there is some controversy about if they can benefit from rehabilitation and be placed back into society. Their killings are violent, and sadistic, and have a general lack of empathy for their victims. These types...

The 90s have been shocked this time by a woman who will later be called the first female serial killer in America. Aileen Wuornos, born in Troy, Michigan, murdered during 1989-1990 seven men in Florida while working as a prostitute. In this essay, I am...

People usually say that terrorists have a healthy mentality and just do it for enjoyment, but most of them actually have factors that lead to them committing those crimes. Many people relate active-shooters and terrorists with the mental illness of psychopathy, and there is much...