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    other peoples trust to his advantage to achieve his own goals. Many of Iago’s actions have a close relationship with a certain type of disorder: Antisocial Personality disorder. In the play Othello, it is showcased through consistent manipulation, disregard for emotions, and unlawful behavior that Iago has Antisocial Personality Disorder. Antisocial Personality disorder is defined as a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others (American Psychiatric Association, 659). This

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    with antisocial personality and behaviors. Piquero, Farrington, Welsh, Tremblay, and Jennings (2009) observed that research “of antisocial behavior, delinquency, and crime indicates that chronic disruptive behavior that emerges early in life leads to frequent and oftentimes serious delinquency and crime during childhood, adolescence, and adulthood” (p. 84). Reflecting on the criteria for antisocial personality disorder, it is necessary to remember that those who have this particular disorder ignores

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    Antisocial Personality Disorder Katie McGuire University of Groningen Student number: s3229211 Mentor group number: 1636 Mentors: Joke van Dijken and Johanna Hecht Date: 25/10/2016 Antisocial Personality Disorder Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) is a disorder characterized by behaviour that is socially undesirable such as breaking the law, lying, and not feeling any guilt. People who suffer from APD often have certain personality traits such as being charming, manipulative, insincere

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    identified as having antisocial personality disorder (Ekern). This mental disorder is the most common disorder with prisoners, where people influence others in a beneficial way for themselves. An individual who shows signs of this mental disorder is more likely to participate in criminal activity. Living with a mental disorder is troublesome for anyone, but antisocial personality disorder can lead a person to a higher likelihood in criminal behavior. Antisocial personality disorder is a type of mental

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    from secure care: The role of antisocial/borderline personality disorder co-morbidity, substance dependence and severe childhood conduct disorder by Howard ET all it examines the relationship with ANTI SOICAL PERSONLITY DISORDER and criminally reoffending g after being released. The study the article talks about aims to test the relationship between ANTI SOICAL PERSONLITY DISORDER and its common co morbid disorders such as substance abuse borderline personality disorder and their chance to offend and

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    Antisocial personality disorder is not a new phenomena. For centuries, people both rich and poor, successful, unsuccessful, praised and despised could be diagnosed as being a sociopath. Antisocial personality disorder is a type of chronic mental condition in which a person 's ways of thinking, perceiving situations and relating to others are dysfunctional, and destructive. There are two major types of psychological disorders. Antisocial personality disorder and Borderline personality disorder.

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    Social Issues So what does society thinks about someone who has antisocial personality disorder? That is a good question! The word antisocial alone has it on meaning. When the term antisocial is use a person immediately thinks about a person who does not talk to anyone. Although this true there is much more that meets the eye. When talking about antisocial it’s more than just a person not talking. These are the people that lie, steal, kill and have no remorse about it. Another way to describe these

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    Antisocial Personality Disorder and Incarcerated Individuals Long-term patterns of manipulating, exploiting, or violating the rights of others are qualities that are often related to criminal behavior. This is a mental condition that is defined as Antisocial Personality Disorder by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Antisocial Personality Disorder, or otherwise known as ASPD, is a disorder that fits into two essential categories: psychopathy and sociopathy. ASPD can be caused by many deformations

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    Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) has prevalence rating of about 2 to 4% in men and about 0.5 to 1% in women (Black, 2015). Conversely, it is hypothesized that about 1% of individuals have psychopathy (Ogloff, 2006). Within this paper, the differences and similarities of these two terms will be discussed. Firstly, ASPD and psychopathy will be defined and the history and practical use will be discussed. In addition, there will be an examination of the criminal aspects of psychopathy and ASPD

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    Antisocial personality disorder is “a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood.” (National Institute of Mental Health, 2007). It is often characterized by blatant inattention to social norms and laws, pathological lying, putting others at risk for personal benefit, and an obvious lack of remorse (NIMH, 2007). One of the most notorious people with this disorder is Jeffrey Dahmer, a serial killer

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