Mr. C: A Case Study

Psychological harm resulting from rape that may cause physical injury, or have additional effects on the victims. Following a rape, a victim may face violence or threats thereof from the rapist, and, in some cases from the victim's own family and relatives. This article studies the way criminal rapists rationalize their cruel behavior. Scully and Marolla bring to attention that rapists will rationalize and find some kind of justification or excuse for their deviant behaviors. Rape seems to be viewed as a psychopathologic problem, and the rapists are looked at as vile. The bases of their arguments and conclusions are found within interviews focusing on the hard-core rapist population that is sentenced to prison time.

Bagaric, S. S., Jonovska, S., & Marcinko, D. (2014). EPA-1145-Antisocial personality disorder (APD) does the treatment make sence? European Psychiatry, 29, 1. Retrieved 01 25, 2014

These offences include: indecently dealing with a child, carnal knowledge of a person under 16, aggravated intercourse with a child, and wilful exposure of a child to indecent videos, indecent treatment of two children under the age of 16 with aggravation, both attempting to and administering drugs for sexual purposes as well as other charges involving children. For his first offence he received 12 months imprisonment, shortly after being released he reoffended again and received 10 years imprisonment but appealed and was granted release after 7. Yet again, Desmond George Bucky committed several sexual offences and was sentenced with 4 years’ imprisonment, which consequentially led to his indefinite detention. Mr Buckby demonstrated the behaviour of a high risk offender, but as these laws allow for the provision of justice, an attempt at rehabilitating Mr Buckby into the community was made. Unfortunately, he was not willing to try and fix his issues or manage control and even explicitly stated so in the court room. This led to the order for a continuation of detention, gaining supporting evidence from Medical professional Dr Harden who suggested that he remain in detention due to the fact that he was unable to learn from the consequences or by further education. The second medical practitioner involved in this case stated “On the Static-99, the respondent scored 7/12 which indicates a high risk of sexual recidivism. Dr Nurcombe considered the respondent was likely to re-offend at 5,10,15 year intervals at 39%, 45%, 52% respectively.” (Supreme Court Queensland ,

This report will describe the symptoms, suspected causes, diagnosis process, treatment, and prevention of antisocial personality disorder.

Victims of sexual assault suffer from a wide variety of mental and emotional issues throughout their lives as a result of the experience. Results can range from depression, anger, feelings of loneliness, and difficulty when trying to formulate relationships of trust (Hyde 45). Victims experience a wide variety of psychological issues as a result of sexual crimes, which they will have to carry with them throughout their entire lives. Also, “Psychological problems can start later in life with changes in behavior- vague fears, feeling unprotected and helpless, nightmares, bedwetting, sleeping problems, fear to loss parents approval/love, need to please others, poor self esteem, anger, depression, withdrawal from activities, daydreaming, difficulty concentrating, behavior problems” (Hyde 47).

     While there have been no outwardly successful treatments for Antisocial Personality Disorder, many of the disorders’ individuals never seek treatment alone, as they see no reason to conform to the rules of society with which they find no satisfaction. Instead, the individual will be prompted by his family or friends, or will be forced by a court system to seek treatment, and then will usually comply, and will consent to treatment. Much of the recent treatment for Antisocial Personality Disorder has been behavioral, and has not been based around biological or medicinal findings.

Psychopathy, in both the mental health and criminal justice systems, has emerged as one of the most important clinical constructs of the 21st century (Hare, Clark, Grann, & Thornton, 2000, p. 623). Where clinically, psychopathy is traditionally described as a combination of inferred socially deviant behaviors and personality traits. Some traits and behaviors a psychopath is seen to possess are commonly known, for example, to being impulsive, selfish, aggressive, lacking remorse, shame, feeling for others, pathologically lying, and having asocial or antisocial behaviors (Hare, & Neumann, 2006, p. 59-60). One of the reasons as to why psychopathy has come to see an increase in the development of its theoretical and applied interest is the

A Hanson and Morton-Bourgon study found that over a 15 year time period, the rate for recidivism was a terrifying 35% for child molesters of boy victims and 24% for rapists. It is vital to consider that there is an abundance of victims whose trauma prohibits them from coming forward therefore a thoroughly accurate representation of repeat offences is severely limited. Brent Peter Cowan is a prime example of a sex offender, whose minimal

Offenders and Victims tend to be around a similar age, while offenders of other homicide categories in cases where there is no known relationship, the perpetrators are younger than the victims (Australian Institute of Criminology). Age is inconsistent with the general pattern in this case as Gittany and Ms Harnum were 10 years apart. The dynamics of Mr Gittany and Ms Harnum relationship are consistent with the general pattern concerning gender characteristics. Men are generally driven to commit IPH due to possessive and jealous impulses within the relationship in connection to the threat of separation and control over their spouse (Weizmann-Henelius et al., 2011). There was undoubtable evidence to suggest Mr Gittany was abusive, controlling and domineering within the relationship. He would keep track of her movements by bugging her phone and by surveillance means without Ms Harnums knowledge. Studies show contradictory results, whether mental disorders and personality disorders correlate with IPH. Watt (2008) suggests that cases congruent with spouse batterers, have generally tested positively with a personality disorder, however offenders convicted of IPH rarely have psychopathic traits (Weizmann-Henelius et al., 2011). Although Gittany’s mental health assessment suggested he suffered from depressive,

There is a spread of co-occurring disorders (CODs) seen in offenders who have committed sex crimes they include mood, substance abuse, obsessive-compulsive, antisocial, avoidant, narcissistic, paranoid personality disorders, impulse control, anxiety, and eating disorders (Guidry & Saleh, 2004). In a study done by Guidry and Saleh (2004) prevalence rates of the above mentioned CODs they include 82% were diagnosed with a mood disorder, 50% with an anxiety disorder, anxiety disorders were diagnosed at close to 40% with social phobia being the most common (Guidry & Saleh, 2004). There clinical syndromes seen in non-sexual offenders they include mania, somatoform,

A male psychopath is someone who is by others as someone who holds a high standard, someone who stands above anyone else. Therefore the idea of this person committing suicide is highly unthinkable by many. A study done by Hicks and Patrick (2005) examined this connection between psychopathy and attempted suicide rates when it came to incarcerated women. From the results Hicks and Patrick determined that suicide was never an idea that would come into the mind of someone who was considered to be a “primary psychopath”, in other words, individuals that fell under the category of a true psychopath were immune to any suicide attempts because it never crossed their minds, even in the hardest of times. During their questioning

This paper will discuss the Cluster B personality disorder known as antisocial personality disorder. More specifically, it will attempt to explain various theories formulated about the difference in prevalence in male and female populations and why men are so much more likely to receive a diagnosis.

This paper explores articles and information that describe, assess and offer theories and treatments regarding antisocial personality disorder.

These ideas are similar to the risk factors that correlate with the development of antisocial personality disorder, but also match up with each perspective ’s method of explaining psychology. According to the psychodynamic theory, antisocial personality disorder can be initiated through the lack of parental love and support during infancy. The resulting lack of basic trust could lead to the formation of disregard for other’s feelings and rights later in life. Psychodynamic theorists believe that people with antisocial personality disorder respond to the absence of parental support by becoming emotionally detached and rely on the use of intimidation, power, or destructiveness to relate to other people.

The relationship between those who suffer from personality disorders and violent criminal activity are recurrent. For years