A Dark Corner in an Unwritten Space
Awareness of Antisocial Personality Disorder
What is it?
To be Antisocial is to be antagonist to any and all social activities and interactions while disregarding the law.
Why?
Most importantly is the environmental factors. A child who grows up in a home with abuse, alcoholism, and substance abuse is much more likely to develop APD. Children who lack empathy or love from their parents also could obtain the disorder ("Antisocial Personality Disorder").
What to Watch Out For...
- Anger
- Lack of a conscience
- Lack of responsibility
- Failure to plan ahead
- No personal safety
Most people with this disorder are also linked to alcohol or substance abuse which makes it nearly impossible to treat the diagnosis ("Antisocial Personality Disorder" Psychology Today).
You Are Not Alone...Which Could Be A Problem...
The disorder can be found in 0.2% to 3% of the general population, which for the United States would be around 9,417,000 people. However, in the prison population alone, the percentage of inmates with antisocial personality disorder is a good 70%. The disorder is also way more likely to be found in males then in female; 3% to 1% (P.L. M.D.).
Criminal Behavior
Most accounts of APD that have been recorded have been recorded in the files for serial killers. Many know killers such as Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy. Bundy was known for kidnapping young women and later killing them, and Gacy was known for luring young boys and middle-aged men into his home by showing them magic tricks while dressed up like a clown. However, the most infamous serial killer is Jeffrey Dahmer.
Criminal Behavior
JEFFREY DAHMER
Dahmer: The Life of a Cannibalistic Killer
Treatment
Anything New in the Field?
Works Cited/Consulted
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Images
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