Essays on Psychopathy

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...