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Psychopaths and Psychotics

Psychopaths and Psychotics. Inside the Criminal Mind. Psychopaths and Psychotics. Psychopaths and Psychotics. Mental link to criminal behavior suggested by Sigmund Freud. Austrian psychiatrist who created psych-analysis in 1880s. First to identify psychopaths. Psychopaths and Psychotics.

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Psychopaths and Psychotics

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  1. Psychopaths and Psychotics Inside the Criminal Mind

  2. Psychopaths and Psychotics

  3. Psychopaths and Psychotics • Mental link to criminal behavior suggested by Sigmund Freud. • Austrian psychiatrist who created psych-analysis in 1880s. • First to identify psychopaths.

  4. Psychopaths and Psychotics • The human personality has three parts • Id • Ego • Super-ego

  5. The ID The primary personality. -Displayed in infants to about 4 years of age. -The “I want” part of the personality. -Instant gratification. -Survival instinct or “fight or flight” instinct.

  6. The Ego • The part of the personality that begins to evolve at about 4 years of age until 12. • The realization that you aren’t alone. You have to wait sometimes for gratification.

  7. The Ego • Realization that punishment can happen for bad behavior. • Good behavior can be rewarded too.

  8. The Super-Ego • Starts evolving at about 13 and continues through life. • Developing morals and empathy. • Empathy is the highest form of morality to Freud.

  9. The parts of the personality • When all three parts of the personality are aligned – you have a “normal” human.

  10. The balance of id, ego, super-ego • SOMETIMES when the three parts get out of alignment, criminal behavior can happen.

  11. Psychotics • The ID dominates the personality. • IMPORTANT: Not all psychotics commit crime! • Murder, assault, theft can happen in psychotic episodes.

  12. What can be done to help psychotics? Drugs that help chemical imbalances – such as lithium have been shown to help.

  13. Criminals who have committed acts while in psychotic episodes. • Charles Earl Simmants • Charles McElvie • Scot Baldwin • Thomas Jackson

  14. Neurotics as Criminals • IMPORTANT: Not all neurotics are criminals! • Behaviors of seeking control can lead to crimes like spousal abuse, child abuse, animal abuse, murder, etc.

  15. Neurotic or Psychopathic? • John Joubert did his crimes in Nebraska 1982 – 1983.

  16. Psychopaths • Also called sociopaths. • The super-ego dominates the personality creating a different sense of morality. • The one type of personality Freud said was unchangeable. No punishment will ever make them stop.

  17. What do we know about psychopaths? • Imprinted at birth. • Mother didn’t want them. • Didn’t bond as babies or children. • Had a fascination with death and pain as children.

  18. Characteristics of Psychopaths • Extremely high intelligence. • Low emotional stimuli. No empathy. • Control is vitally important. • Emotional and physical.

  19. Characteristics of Psychopaths • Start with animal abuse. • Practice makes perfect for their crimes. • Feel justification for their acts. • Collection of trophies. • Leave calling cards for authorities.

  20. Characteristics of Psychopaths • TEND to be loners. • Crimes begin in their 20s – 30s. • Tend to be white. • Not all are serial killers. • Female psychopaths?

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