Understanding the violent personality: antisocial personality disorder, psychopathy, & sociopathy explored

Abstract

I will refer to the violent personality as one that involves a variety of factors and background, including the following factors supported by the literature Table 1. Some of the factors mentioned above appear to be ignored in general violent risk and court ordered assessments of offenders who engage in domestic abuse (any type of relational violence) and sexual offense crimes. Below is a summary to further explain their relevance.