Personality Disorders and Criminal Behavior

Who wrote the Mask of Sanity?

Harvey Clekey

What are ten characteristics of narcissism?

1. Jealousy

2. Manipulation

3. Stubbornness

4. Self-Centered

5. Controlling

6. Using People as Pawns

7. Grandiosity

8. Manipulative

9. Arrogant Attitudes

10. Exaggerate Self-Importance

What is the estimated number of sociopaths in America?

13.6 million

Who wrote Mask with Conscious?

Robert Hare

Name the top three ways women kill.

Poisoning, Stabbing, and Drowning

Name three criminals from the golden age of crime.

Al Capone, Baby Face Nelson, and John Dillinger

What is the murder capital of the United States?

St. Louis

What are the percentages of fatherless households, Blacks, Hispanics, and Caucasians?

Black: 75%

Hispanic: 45-50%

Caucasians: 35%

Who is likely to be the victims of black widows?

Wealthy, rich old men, isolated individuals, and naive men

What city is one of the biggest hubs for Mexican and Latin American cartels in the United States?

Chicago

What does the dark tetrad consist of? What criminal is on it?

Machiavellianism, Narcissism, Psychopathy, and Sadism

Someone on this is Ed Gein

What are the roles of females in gangs when they are transporting drugs?

Pack Mules

What percentage of murders are committed by men in the United States?

85%

Provide three initiations that cartels use.

Tattoos, Jumping, and Commit Crimes

Given the amount of drug and human trafficking. Why did America have open boarders for 4 years?

Money and Stupidity

Where is one of the main human trafficking distributions in Ohio?

Toledo

What was Al Capone convicted of?

Tax Invasion

Who escaped jail by creating a fake gun?

John Dillinger

What is the difference between criminals and sociopaths?

Criminals are made from greed, bad role models, and taking shortcuts. While psychopaths and sociopaths just do stuff because they like it and they can. Sociopaths and psychopaths are manipulators who want control. Many criminals can be rehabilitated, most psycho and sociopaths cannot. But criminals tend to revert back to old habits due to their environment.

What does recidivism mean?

The likelihood to repeat a crime or offense

What are the four dimensions of the Hare psychopathy check list?

Interpersonal, Anti-Social, Lifestyle, and Affective

Who was Danny Greene?

Head of the Irish mafia and was blown up at brainard place

What drugs are approved by the FDA to treat sociopaths or psychopaths?

None

What percentage of the population in America are psychopaths?

1%

What percentage or fraction of women reported being raped in the United States?

1/5 or 20%

What percentage of our prison is filled with men?

85%

What percentage of men are assaulted in prison?

5%

What percentage of college students take SSRI’s?

24%

What percentage of college students have suicidal ideation?

10-12%

What is covert narcissism?

When the individual/narcissist is good at camouflaging their narcissism

What is a personality disorder?

A diagnosis on axis 2 that is transitional and unlikely to change. Involves harmful and dysfunctional traits.

What was Al Capone’s nickname?

Snorky

Name four real life assassins.

James Earl Ray, Harvey Lee Oswald, Charles Harilson, and John Wilkes Booth

How old was Al Capone when he ran the south side of Chicago?

26 years old

What are the names of some professions of sociopaths?

Surgeons, Clergies, CEO’s, and Real Estate Agents

What is Hybristophilia?

Women who fall in love with deadly criminals

What is the main drug distribution source?

Chicago

Give three examples of Ponzi Schemes?

Travel Scams, Credit Card Fraud, and Insurance Fraud

What are the three biggest felony crimes in America that are also violent?

Aggravated Assault, Robbery, and Murder/Homicide

What axis of the DSM-5 do personality disorders fall under?

Axis 2

Explain what makes Axis 2 of the DSM-5 different from Axis 1&3.

Axis 2 is made up of PD’s, which are impossible to change, due to this diagnosis being held off until at least 18 years old because of misdiagnosis. Which can be so damaging, axis 1 is clinical disorders and axis 3 is medical related mental health problems.

Describe characteristics of personality disorders?

Dysfunctional and harmful to yourself and others across various situations (trans-situational). Typically including manipulation, intense emotions, circular/repetitive patterns, fixed and persuasive, and having a tremendous impact on your relationships.

Primary Personality Disorder

Sociopaths

Psychopaths

Narcissistic Psychopaths

Describe sociopaths and give an example.

Lack conscious but crimes are less violent, more money or manipulation, scheming, exploiting vulnerabilities, gaslighting, and gaining control

Example: Jeffery Skilling and Kenneth Lay ( Leaders of Enron)

Describe psychopaths and give an example.

Like sociopaths but more violent, malicious, manipulative, intense need for control, and causing significant harm to others.

Example: Al Capone

Describe Narcissistic Psychopaths and give and example.

Needing control over and manipulating others, causing physical or mental harm, and view themselves as the best person ever, think they can do no wrong, etc.

example: Charles Manson

How do psycho and sociopaths see their victims?

As objects or goals, not as people- complete lack of human connectivity

What is used to diagnose psychopaths as opposed to the DSM?

The Hare Checklist

What is the basis for developing a conscious?

Relationship with PCT ( Primary Care Taker)

Base Rate of Sociopathy

4% in America

Base Rate of Psychopathy

1% in America

What percent of violent crimes are domestic? Explain what that means.

24%- meaning they occur within family or partner relationships

What percent of felonious/aggravated assault (assault with a weapon) is committed by men vs. women?

Men- 80%

Women- 20%

What percent of murders are committed by men vs. women?

Men- 85%

Women- 15%

What percentage of assaults are committed by men vs. women?

Men- 81%

Women- 19%

What are characteristics of males crimes?

More violent, DUI’s, Burglary, Breaking and Entering

Majority of men choose firearms or other blunt objects as choice of weapon

What characteristics of female crimes?

Less Violent, Fraud, Theft, Drug Deliveries/Mule, Embezzlement, Identity Left, and Prostitution

More likely to use poison

1 out of _ women are raped throughout their lifetime.

1 out of 5

1 out of_ men are raped throughout their lifetime.

1 out of 71

Girls are _ time more likely to be abused compared to boys.

5

% of the prison population is men, _% is women.

93% are men and 7% are women

The rate of assault in prison men vs. women.

4.5% of men are assaulted in prison, 1.7% of females are assaulted in prison

What causes disparities between female and male crime rates?

Physical Aspects/Strength

Testosterone ( associated with higher aggressive behavior)

Socialization differences

Criminal Behavior vs. Psychopaths/Sociopaths

Criminal behaviors in short have a better multi variable explanation, they normally have a reason/root cause (poverty, low opportunities, bad role models), they have a chance of rehabilitation.

Psychopaths/Sociopaths simply want to, they do it for joy/love if the game, they also have no chance of rehabilitation.

Covert Narcissism

The individual is very good at hiding narcissistic traits, master at appearing nice and friendly but truly very manipulative and good at gaslighting.

Covetous or Parasitic Narcissism

They want to destroy whatever brings you joy

What makes it tricky to apprehend sociopaths/psychopaths?

Difficult and dangerous to arrest, high rates of assault, ambushes, injuries, and family threats

Difficult to test in court

High association with PTSD for arresting officers

What is Naïveté?

Gullible, believe information your told at face value and don’t question anything.

Need to develop a bullshit detector or you won’t succeed.

Who teaches you how to detect bullshit/not to be gullible or naive?

Typically father or male role models, can be other strong individuals in life.

What is the root cause to the increase in crime?

Mental health crisis in our country, poverty, lack of resources or available treatment, high stress and hyper competitive environment.

Depression often links back to anger, and is eventually expressed as such if not eventually treated (especially in men), MH rates ride, crime rates follow.

Fatherless homes by ethnicity

African Americans- 75%

Hispanics- 50%

Caucasians- 35-40%

What percentage of college students experience anxiety?

63%

What percentage of college students take SSRIs?

24%

What percentage of college students show significant depression in the last 12 months?

50%

What percent of the U.S. population suffers from alcoholism?

5%

What percent of the U.S. population abuses drugs?

12%

What percentage of college students binge drink monthly?

33%

What percent of kids in the U.S. have ADHD vs. college students?

8-10% of children vs. 8% of college students

What are the top five personality disorders in college?

1. Borderline Personality Disorder

2. Avoidant Personality Disoder

3. Narcissistic Personality Disorder

4. Dependent Personality Disorder

5. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Personality Disorder

What type of socioeconomic characteristics can play a factor in crime rates?

Less likely to receive treatment

Mental Health Rates

Lack of Opportunity

Poverty

Joblessness

Desperation

All leading to increase of risky behavior and crime

Marks

Easy target, highly vulnerable

Ex. Widows, experienced a recent tragedy, recent transition, new personal or financial setbacks.

Black Widow

Marries and kills for financial gain

Narcissistic sociopaths or psychopaths

Charm and Vulnerable men

What shaped the behavior of criminals?

Potential consequences and prediction of such

What are the three biggest felonies in America that are violent?

Aggravated Assault

Robbery

Rape

What are the professions of sociopaths?

Surgeons

Clergies

CEO’s

Real Estate Agents

What is the basis for developing conscience?

Attachment

Why do you think narcissism is more diagnosed now than back in the old days?

Soft Parenting

Social Media

Narcissism

Often marked by a huge sense of entitlement and there’s a need for admiration

Example: Ed Kemper

Machiavellianism

This can be defined as being manipulative an duplicitous.

Can have strategic thinking, but more focused on self-interest and deception.

Believe the end justifies the means

Exhibit charm and strategic thinking to be able to get into positions of power.

Example: Ted Bundy

Sadism

This involves driving pleasure from inflicting pain and humiliation onto others

Can manifest in three ways:

Physical

Verbal

Vicarious ( seeing others in pain and distress whether they caused it or not)

Example: BTK

Psychopathy

This is characterized by:

Impulsivity

Lack of Empathy

Antisocial Behaviors

Callous

Disregard for the well-being and safety of others

Lack remorse

This is often depicted in movies and television shows as the most extreme form of antisocial behavior.

Often associated with serial killers and ruthless criminals.

Exists on the spectrum but not all individuals with psychopathic traits engage in violent or criminal behavior.

Generally Characterized by two traits:

Interpersonal and Effective Traits

What is a sociopath? Provide an example.

A person who has a mental illness and behaves in an aggressive or dangerous way toward people.

Example: John Wayne Gacy

What is a psychopath? Provide an example?

A person who has a serious personality disorder that involves not caring about other people’s feelings, not feeling sorry when they have done something bad, and wanting to be violent or cruel towards others.

Example: Aileen Wuornos