PSYC 2700 Lecture 11: Forensic Psych Lecture 11

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2700
• Professor: Rebecca Mugford

Document Summary

Forensic psychology lecture 11: most serial killers are psychopaths, but most killers are not psychopaths, but most psychopaths are not serial killers, 90% serial killers are psychopaths, 1% psychopaths in the general population, 10-25% prison populations. Psychopathy: what is psychopathy, a personality disorder. Impulsive and irrational behaviour: how is it measured, experience impressions, self-report inventory. Self-report psychopathy scale: informant rating, structured clinical, hare psychopathy checklist- revist(pcl-r)- measure used in all studies talked about in lecture. 20 items scored using semi-structured interview file information. Criminal behaviors: dsm-iv criteria for antisocial psychology disorder. Adult criteria (3 of 7 symptoms) repeated criminal acts irritability recklessness lack of remorse. Must be at least 30 to be a psychopath. Slightly lower scores in females: why is it important, experiment: impact of psychopathic traits: juvenile death penalty. Non-psychopathic traits (remorseful, accepting responsibility, respects others) Psychopath condition: more likely to select death penalty, less likely to support rehabilitation, another experiment: psychopathy: motives for murder.