“…In the context of syntax analysis focusing on psychopathic offenders' speech, it has been found that they use past tenses more frequently (Hancock et al, 2011), as well as repetitions, pauses, and negations in affective speech (Gawda, 2010). Some researchers point out to the lack of coherence in the psychopaths' speech, also in terms of logical reasoning as well as poor flow, stuttering, or rapid shifts in topic (Adshead, 2014;Brinkley et al, 1999;Hancock et al, 2011;Holmqvist, 2008;Le et al, 2017;Selenius & Strand, 2015;Williamson et al, 1991). It has been also observed that psychopathic offenders come to conclusions based on insufficient information (Gawda, 2013).…”