PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: God Complex, Homicide, Psychopathy
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Krueger: what traits did you see in him, charming, was able to persuade children to go with him, lack of remorse, god complex, somewhat grandiose, sadistic, perhaps callous and lacking of empathy, did(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e (cid:373)uch affect. In his first day pass in 37 years, brockville allowed him to be unescorted by staff: he got a friend of his to escort him onto the grounds, he commits instrumental homicide, they are planned. Weasel words and crocodile tears: porter et al. Looked at national parole boards, seeing who should get released. Sex offenders are less likely to be released. Sub-divided sex offenders and non-sex offenders into psychopaths and non-psychopaths: there are higher release rates for the psychopaths. It is (cid:448)ery difficult for so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e (cid:449)ho does(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e (cid:373)uch e(cid:373)otio(cid:374) or re(cid:373)orse to ha(cid:448)e it (cid:862)put i(cid:374)to(cid:863) them: most psychopaths see that there is nothing wrong with their behaviour, they have no problem with how they act.
