Psychopathy, Personality Disorders, and Violence

Ferracuti, Stefano; Mandarelli, Gabriele; Casale, Antonio Del

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“…Overall, the available findings suggest that a categorical approach to personality is not able to differentiate between subgroups of offenders based on the crime type [ 12 ]. Some research focused on personality traits related to emotion regulation and showed similarities between child molesters and non-sexual violent offenders: both groups would have difficulty identifying the emotional expressions of others, would experience negative affective states (particularly anger and shame) and emotion dysregulation [ 13 – 15 ].…”

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“…The second aim was to investigate which specific DSM-5 personality facets were associated with sex crime against children as compared with the other types of crime, controlling for socio-demographics (age, gender), psychiatric comorbidity (presence of any psychiatric diagnoses according to DSM-5) and general psychopathy traits which are variables already found to be related to crime. According to the literature evidence (e.g., [ 6 , 12 , 31 , 37 ]), we hypothesized that (a) psychopathy traits are related to a higher likelihood of having committed a property crime or crime against the person than sex crime against children, (b) being a man is related to a higher likelihood of having committed a sex crime against children than a property crime or crime against the person. With respect to the specific role of the personality facets in sex crime against children, we had not specific hypotheses since this is the first study on this topic and we explored the specificity of the personality facets in this group of prisoners.…”

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Background DSM-5 provided a dimensional model of personality disorders which may be more clinically informative for the assessment and management of prisoners than a categorical one, as diagnoses of personality disorders alone cannot explain the type of violence. The role of DSM-5 personality facets is however understudied in child molesters, and no study compared these clinical features between individuals who have committed sex crime against children and those who have committed other types of crime. The present study compared DSM-5 personality trait facets between prisoners who had committed sex crime against children, prisoners who had committed property crime (i.e., robbery, fraud) and those who had committed crime against the person (i.e., homicide, assault or violence not implying a sexual element). A further aim was to explore which facets were associated with sex crime against children as compared with the other types of crime, controlling for socio-demographics (age, gender), psychiatric comorbidity (presence of any psychiatric diagnoses) and general psychopathy traits. Methods One hundred sixty-seven prisoners participated (91 had committed sex crime against children, 25 property crime, and 51 committed a crime against the person) and completed the Personality Inventory for the DSM-5 and the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised. Results Prisoners who had committed sex crime against children reported higher Restricted Affectivity traits than those who had committed property crime and crime against the person and higher Irresponsibility traits than those who had committed property crime. The results of a multinomial logistic regression analysis showed that on the one hand being a man, having a higher age, and the presence of a psychiatric comorbidity were more likely to be related to sex crime than property crime, on the other hand higher Irresponsibility personality traits, being a man, and the presence of a psychiatric comorbidity were more likely to be related to sex crime against children than crime against the person. Conclusions The Irresponsibility facet might be specific to child molesters and can differentiate this group from offenders who have committed other crime types. This facet might be considered a key target of a tailored assessment and treatment planning during clinical practice with child molesters.

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“…Among clinical factors, an antisocial personality is one of the main risk factors for parricides among juveniles and it is often related with familicides involving parents and other kin [3,27]. It has been observed that children who have grown up in dysfunctional families are at greater risk to develop a conduct disorder, which is a precursor of an antisocial personality disorder [2,[28][29][30][31][32].…”

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Patricide and overkill: a review of the literature and case report of a murder with Capgras delusion

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Despite being an infrequent crime, parental homicide has been associated with schizophrenia spectrum disorders in adult perpetrators and a history of child abuse and family violence in adolescent perpetrators. Among severe psychiatric disorders there is initial evidence that delusional misidentification might also play a role in parricide. Parricides are often committed with undue violence and may result in overkill. The authors present the case of an adult male affected by schizoaffective disorder and Capgras syndrome who committed patricide. Forensic pathologists classify such cases as overkill by multiple fatal means comprising stabbing, blunt trauma and choking. Accurate crime scene investigations coupled with psychiatric examinations of perpetrator allow reconstruction of the murder stages. This overkill case is discussed in the context of a broad review of the literature.

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Psychopathy, Personality Disorders, and Violence

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DSM-5 personality trait facets amongst child molesters: an exploratory comparison with other types of offenders

DSM-5 personality trait facets amongst child molesters: an exploratory comparison with other types of offenders

Patricide and overkill: a review of the literature and case report of a murder with Capgras delusion

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