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    Antisocial behavior is a problem that arises from the combination of several factors among which the behaviors at school, drug use, alcoholism, antisocial relationships with peers, emotional disorders, abuse, and family problems among other situations make the individuals vulnerable to develop it (Jaffee, Strait & Odgers, 2012). There is a number of literature that suggest that antisocial personality disorder is highly associated with psychopathy. In order to understand antisocial personality disorder

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    this is what a person having antisocial personality disorder is capable of. Infamous serial killers such as Jeffrey Dahmer and Charles Manson were believed to have this disorder. Personality disorders in general can range from mild to severe in the afflicter’s actions, but antisocial PD is arguably one of the most dangerous seen in human behavior history. This report will describe the symptoms, suspected causes, diagnosis process, treatment, and prevention of antisocial personality disorder.

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    of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; DSM-5, American Psychiatric Association, 2013) defines personality disorders as a pattern of internal experience and behavior that greatly differs from what is normally expected in the person’s culture. They are also considered omnipresent and inflexible that is stable and causes both distress and impairment. Antisocial personality disorder is a severe disorder of personality. It is a disorder that helps compromise the dramatic, emotional, or erratic disorders, also

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    diagnosed (DSM-IV) with a personality disorder also met the criteria for at least one other mental disorder. Antisocial personality disorder has often been found to coexist with anxiety disorders (52.4%), mood disorders (24.1%), impulse control disorders (23.2%), and substance abuse disorders (22.6%) (Out of the Fog, 2015). The common occurrences of comorbidity between the

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    It's much easier to identify disordered behaviors than it is to define and classify their types and causes. Children with EBD experience a significant number of academic, behavioral, and interpersonal challenges that can adversely affect not only themselves, but teachers, peers, parents, and others who are involved with the child is some capacity (Gresham, Hunter, Corwin, & Fischer, 2013). Although it is easy to recognize aggressive or withdrawn behaviors exhibited by students with EBD, it is difficult

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    heard about antisocial, since the technology started to developed that our brain function also evoluted became more flexible, meanwhile it brought more potential danger. The most common symptoms for antisocial personality are: dishonest and disloyal; lacking in guilt; habitually breaks social rules; often in trouble with the public laws. As it was mentioned on textbook that antisocial personality belonged to cluster B which meaning characterized by dramatic, emotional, or erratic behaviors. Antisocial

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    Abstract Male juvenile offending is one of the pressing social problems or issues worldwide. Botswana is experiencing a rise in children who are in conflict with the law. Male juvenile offending negatively affects different aspects of the society. In Botswana the Ikago Rehabilitation Centre was established in 2001 to mitigate the situation. In dealing with the problem, it is of great importance that social workers and stakeholders not only look at the problem with a blind eye but break it down first

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    and Nurture THE CONTROVERSY: Ever since Plato and Aristotle, Locke and Descartes, and Charles Darwin,the controversy of nature and nurture has been ageless, its debate still continuing on today. Likewise, "the forces that produce those with antisocial behavior are still obscure to researchers; one end of the spectrum viewing the issue as largely the result of genetic or biological factors, whereas at the other end posit that it is entirely of social environment" (Hare 165). There are many that are

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    On the frequency count chart, I tallied a total of seven prosocial behaviors and four antisocial behaviors during David’s outdoor time. For the most part, of the seven-prosocial behavior, David shared toys when other children stood in front or sat beside with him. In the playhouse setting, he approached the playhouse full of peers and positively interacted through a smile and talk with the other peers. While he did not play where the group of children he had interacted with was, he did smile at them

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    factors in the development of aggressive and antisocial behavior from early childhood to adolescence and into

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