A Review of Antisocial Personality Disorder in Criminals

The Antisocial Personality is (APD) is a serious disorder that affects many males

and cause a great threat to families, friends, and even complete strangers. Most

personality disorders may cause an inconvenience to a person’s family and friends, but

usually harm themselves more than others. Antisocial Personality Disorder contrasts

from other personality disorders because the defining trait is a predatory attitude toward

other people (Smith, 1999). “They have a chronic indifference to and violation of the

rights of one’s fellow human beings.” (Alterman; Cacciola; McDermott; Mulholland;

Newman; & Rutherford, 2000). A common tendency of those with APD is criminal

actions. These actions can range from stealing of everyday items to rate to murder. It is

obvious that APD is a serious disorder with serious consequences. Criminologists need

to have an understanding of APD as evidenced in the male offender.

Antisocial Personality Disorder affects less than one percent of females and about

three percent of males and usually occurs before age 15 (Smith, 1999). Most of these

men are involved in some sort of criminal behavior. One heartwrenching characterist

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Rape is the

most prominent example of the callous, selfish use of violence by psychopaths. As adults they lead to prostitution, pimping, drug selling,

or other crimes. This type of

sociopath get a feeling of power and importance. People, mostly men, with this disorder almost

always tend to act in criminal ways, beginning early in life (age 15) all the way through

adulthood and even sometimes into the senior years. Instead, they tend to operate in an aimless, thrill-seeking

fashion, traveling from town to town with no goal in mind (Alterman et al. New Ideas in

Psychology, 17, 165-176. Possibly

one-half of the repeat or serial rapists are psychopaths (Damasio, 2000). The Aggressive Sociopath is usually a muscular

and aggressive male who enjoys hurting, frightening, and tyrannizing others. People with this form of disorder have reasonably normal

temperaments but are known to be aggressive or fearless. Affectively, those with APD are

short-tempered, unable to form strong emotional bonds with others, lacking empathy,

guilt, or remorse (Smith 1999).

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