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psychology and the law
chapter 4
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Pathology
Undergraduate 4
11/03/2011

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antisocial personality disorder

 

Definition
a mental illness listed in the DSM that is characterize by antisocial behavior but is distinct from psychopathy.
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instrumental violence
Definition
violence committed with purpose or in a planned organized manner
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primary psychopath
Definition
a type of psychopath were the individual is free of anxiety and best represented a psychopath
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psychopath
Definition
a clinical construct  characterized by deficits in interpersonal and emotional functioning that increase the likelihood of the individual behavior in a antisocial manner
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reative violences
Definition

a form of vielence  that occurs out of emotion such as anger or fear.

 

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secondary psychopath
Definition
a form psychopath caused by societal disadvantages and includes the occasional expression of anxiety
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sharm emotion
Definition
a charateristic often found in psychopaths in wicth they mimic emotional expression but do not expirience the emotion itself
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successful psychopaths
Definition
a termused to refer to psychopathic individuals who are unlikely to be incarcerated and tend to be more intelligent, come from higher socioeconomic status, and commit white collar crimes.
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