PSYCH257 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12.6: Conduct Disorder, Psychopathy Checklist, Antisocial Personality Disorder
27 Aug 2018
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History of failing to comply with social normas. Perform actions one would deem as unacceptable like steal from friends. New inmates in prison have the highest incidence of antisocial personality disorder. Long history of violating the rights of others=take what they want at what cost. No remorse over the effect of their actions. Long term outcome is poor, no matter what the gender, but men are more likely to die from non-natural causes attributed to accidents, homicide, suicide. This disorder has been called many things over the years. The diagnostic criteria for antisocial personality disorder is more liberal than psychopathy because over 50-80% of male offender in jail are diagnosed with apd, but only about 15-25% are diagnosed as psychopaths. Hershey cleckley identified 16 characteristics of psychopaths(refered to as. Hare expanded on herseys work and developed a 20-item checklist that serves as an assessment tool. Six of the criteria that hare includes in his.
