Factors That May Contribute Towards the Development of Psychopath

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Factors are used to group thematically similar behaviors. For instance, persons prone to boredom, whom share a lack of realistic long term plans, live a parasitic lifestyle and act on impulse. persons with a lack of remorse of guilt, failure to accept responsibility for own actions, a lack of sincerity/conning, egocentricity, glibness/superficial charm, drug or alcohol abuse which is not the direct cause of the antisocial behaviour, and callousness or lack of empathy. Factor 3 concerns superficial relationships with others, particularly frequent marital relationships, irresponsible behaviour as a parent, promiscuous sexual relationships, and a lack of affect and emotional depth. Factor 4 has to do with the early appearance of chronic antisocial behaviour. The following fall under this category: previous diagnosis as a psychopath or similar disorder, early behavioural problems, juvenile delinquency, and short-tempered/poor behavioural control. The last factor reflects impulsive and inadequately motivated criminal acts. Acts such as poor probation or parole risk, many types of offences, and pathological lying and deception are grouped in Factor This particular group of predators presents numerous challenges to morality, safety and policy. For instance, because a "psychopath" may display a general coldness toward others, they are more likely to commit criminal acts, and afterward not respond to punishment or deterrent tactics. Hare’s psychopathy checklist when used as a tool to identify psychopaths prevents harmful exposure of non-psychopaths to this dangerous group of offenders. In fact, key words have been repeated several times by numerous psychiatrists diagnosing Psychopaths at different times and in different places. The connection between these thinkers is not casual but determinative. Terms such as anti-social, inability to exercise self restraint,

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