CRIM 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Psychopathy Checklist, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Superficial Charm

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 103
• Professor: Chantal Faucher

Document Summary

Robert hare psychopathy: behavioural, emotional, cognitive. Hare(cid:859)s psy(cid:272)hopathy (cid:272)he(cid:272)klist (pcl-r: factor 1: aggressive narcissism, glibness/superficial charm, pathological lying, grandiose sense of self-worth, callous(cid:871) (cid:872)/lack of empathy, factor 2: socially deviant lifestyle, need for stimulation/proneness to boredom, parasitic lifestyle, poor behavioural control. Irresponsibility: juvenile delinquency, traits not correlated with either factor, many short term marital relationships, criminal versatility. Core factors (cooke & michie, 2001: arrogant & deceitful interpersonal style. 3 categories of psychopathy: primary psychopathy, (cid:862)true(cid:863) psy(cid:272)hopath, secondary psychopath, (cid:862)neuroti(cid:272)(cid:863) ( )psychopath, apd (antisocial personality disorder, dyssocial psychopathy, subculture, high rates of recidivism, within gangs. Psychopathic features: superficial charm, average to high intelligence, verbal skills, manipulative, self-centred, lack ability to give/receive love, semantic aphasia, understand things, but cannot relate to emotional. Psychopathic offenders: 1% of general population (outside of prison, 15-25% prison population (adult male prison, high recidivism, no known effective treatment, very convincing in interviews. False positive: violence predicted, no violence enacted.