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What makes a criminal?

What makes a criminal?. Are the different? Biological explanations Mental Disorders Psychopathy Addiction and substance abuse Psychological explanations Social explanations Criminal networks Emotions Narratives. Syndromes. Psychopathy Battered Child Syndrome Battered Woman Syndrome

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What makes a criminal?

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  1. What makes a criminal? Are the different? Biological explanations Mental Disorders Psychopathy Addiction and substance abuse Psychological explanations Social explanations Criminal networks Emotions Narratives

  2. Syndromes Psychopathy Battered Child Syndrome Battered Woman Syndrome Child sexual abuse syndrome Child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome Munchausen syndrome by proxy Parental alienation syndrome Post-traumatic stress disorder Rape trauma syndrome Recovered memory syndrome Traumatic brain in jury False memory syndrome

  3. Psychopathy Psychopathy (/saɪˈkɒpəθi/[1][2] from the Ancient Greekψυχή "psyche", -soul, mind and πάθος, "pathos" -suffering, disease, condition[3][4]) is a personality disorder that has been variously described as characterized by shallow emotions (in particular reduced fear), stress tolerance, lacking empathy, coldheartedness, lacking guilt, egocentricity, superficial charm, manipulativeness, irresponsibility, impulsivity and antisocial behaviors such as parasitic lifestyle and criminality. There is no consensus about the symptom criteria and there are ongoing debates regarding issues such as essential features, causes, and the possibility of treatment.[5] While no psychiatric or psychological organization has sanctioned a diagnosis of "psychopathy" itself, assessments of psychopathy are widely used in criminal justice settings in some nations and may have important consequences for individuals. The term is also used by the general public, in popular press, and in fictional portrayals. This popular usage does not necessarily conform to the clinical concept. According to the Scientific American, although psychopathy is associated with and in some cases is defined by conduct problems, criminality or violence, many psychopaths are not violent, and psychopaths are, despite the similar names, rarely psychotic.[5][6] Although there are behavioral similarities, psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) according to criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders are not synonymous. A diagnosis of ASPD is based on behavioral patterns, whereas psychopathy measurements also include more indirect personality characteristics

  4. "Aggressive narcissism" • Factor 1: Personality "Aggressive narcissism" • Glibness/superficial charm • Grandiose sense of self-worth • Pathological lying • Cunning/manipulative • Lack of remorse or guilt • Shallow affect (genuine emotion is short-lived and egocentric) • Callousness; lack of empathy • Failure to accept responsibility for own actions

  5. "Socially deviant lifestyle" • Factor 2: Case history "Socially deviant lifestyle". • Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom • Parasitic lifestyle • Poor behavioral control • Lack of realistic long-term goals • Impulsivity • Irresponsibility • Juvenile delinquency • Early behavior problems • Revocation of conditional release

  6. Traits not correlated with either factor • Promiscuous sexual behavior • Many short-term (marital) relationships • Criminal versatility • Acquired behaviouralsociopathy/sociological conditioning (Item 21: a newly identified trait i.e., a person relying on sociological strategies and tricks to deceive)

  7. Sociopath • DSM-IV DefinitionAntisocial personality disorder is characterized by a lack of regard for the moral or legal standards in the local culture. There is a marked inability to get along with others or abide by societal rules. Individuals with this disorder are sometimes called psychopaths or sociopaths. Diagnostic Criteria (DSM-IV)1. Since the age of fifteen there has been a disregard for and violation of the right's of others, those right's considered normal by the local culture, as indicated by at least three of the following:     A. Repeated acts that could lead to arrest.     B. Conning for pleasure or profit, repeated lying, or the use of aliases.     C. Failure to plan ahead or being impulsive.     D. Repeated assaults on others.     E. Reckless when it comes to their or others safety.     F. Poor work behavior or failure to honor financial obligations.     G. Rationalizing the pain they inflict on others. 2. At least eighteen years in age. 3. Evidence of a Conduct Disorder, with its onset before the age of fifteen. 4. Symptoms not due to another mental disorder.

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