Hare Psychopathy Checklist

There are advantages to the Hare Checklist, specifically identification of the checklist as one of the most reliable tests at detecting psychopathy, if used by trained, professional personnel (Hare, 1990). The checklist is extensive in the identification of psychopathy, containing a 20 items long list as well as an interview and a review of past records and behaviors (Hare, 1990). The benefits of the checklist include determining the most effective care for an individual diagnosed as a psychopath

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

become a distinct group in the binding legislation of the 1913 mental health Act. The PCL-R goes a step further than the act does to identify this group by not only suggesting that the “psychopath” is a statistically relevant group of criminals but Hare takes an objective approach that eliminates any likelihood of

many things separating them from a typical person even if they seem normal. A psychopath can be defined as a person who is mentally unstable and often prone to hurtful activity toward other people-whether it be hurtful emotionally or physically Psychopathy affects the brain. The brain of a psychopath differs from the brain of a normal person. In Hugues Hervé’s book, various experiments were conducted on a control group of men and psychopathic men. One study conducted the conclusion that psychopathic

According to the Public Safety Canada, in the year of 2015 there were over 500 offenders who received special designations and who were serving an indeterminate sentence, twenty-one offenders were serving both a life sentence and an indeterminate sentence. More than 95 percent of dangerous offenders were held in custody, while close to four percent of dangerous offenders were released back to the community but under the supervision. Moreover, twelve out of twenty dangerous sexual offenders remained

Psychology 1 Are Primary and Secondary Psychopathy Associated with Cognitive Empathy? Name: Sylvia Thomas-Edmond ID: 300316531 Tutor: Amanda Richardson Lab Time: Friday 11am-12:50pm, 404B Abstract The current study examined the relationship between Primary psychopathy, secondary psychopathy and cognitive empathy in 452 undergraduate students at Victoria University of Wellington. The Levenson Self-report Psychopathy Scale (LSRP; Levenson, Kiehl, & Fitzpatrick, 1995)

Many sex offenders are classified as psychopaths. Psychopathy is defined as ‘a distinctive cluster of behaviours and inferred personality traits, most of which society view as pejorative.’ (p.4, Hare, 1995). Psychopaths are particularly challenging to work with, let alone treat. The most well known tool to assess psychopathy is Hare’s (2003) Psychopathy Checklist – Revised (PCL-R). The PCL-R has been used to predict re-offending, however, it seems to be more accurate for violent and general offenders

Introduction Psychopathy is a personality disorder whose core diagnostic features include increased fearlessness, shallow affect, callousness, and poor behavioral inhibition. The actions of psychopaths often come at a large cost to society and its citizens, and their empathetic deficit is one of the reasons psychopaths can be so efficiently destructive in many people’s lives. The importance of understanding this deficit cannot be over-asserted. If psychopathic empathetic deficit can be understood

right or wrong, has also been an interest of study in the medical field. The medical community has come together for patients that are described as lacking a moral conscious, naming their disorder psychopathy (Robinson). In Flannery O’Connor’s ”A Good Man Is Hard to Find” The Misfit exhibits signs of psychopathy, shown from his manipulating control over Bobby Lee and Hiram, and staying calm while he directly and indirectly kills six people. Psychopaths, although they differ on an individual basis

Imagine being free of the mental chains called a conscience. Unpleasant feelings such as guilt or regret would no longer be able to be felt. Theoretically, this would sound preferable, but in actuality a conscience is what makes us truly human, and without it we would not have any compassion or empathy for others. This is why conscienceless people, psychopaths, are such a threat to society; they care only for themselves and will not hesitate to harm anyone if it means they achieve a certain goal