Sociopathy

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Interest ofRobert Hare

Sociopaths are character disordered people who have learned to express their psychopathic traits in a non-arrestable way, i.e

  • "white color" Wallstreet type criminals
  • sexual predators and pedophiles who take precautions not to be caught
  • abuse of infants, children, elderly or disabled by caretakers
  • some cult and religious leaders
  • abuse by proxy (letting others do the dirty work for them)

In the forensic literature the term is used to describe moderately to highly psychopathic (22-30 points PCL-R[citation needed]) individuals who have learned - for selfish reasons - to channel their extreme grandiosity and aggression in socially "acceptable" ways.


 

Examples

Page nameDescription
Paedophile
Sexual blackmailA long established tactic used to exert covert control over specific individuals.
VIPaedophileAllegations of pedophilia amongst the most senior positions in society are persistent in many countries, as is the pattern of official denial, losing documents, sudden deaths of researchers and failure to prosecute.

 

Related Quotations

PageQuoteAuthor
Psychopathy“Even in the face of contrary evidence, the psychopath can lie so well that listeners doubt themselves first, rather than question the psychopath.”Robert Hare
Paul Babiak
Psychopathy/Psychopathy and staged events“It is only beneath the surface, well hidden from view, that darker tendencies lie.”Robert Hare
Paul Babiak
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