Personality Disorders and Criminal Behaviro
Amber Zona Midterm Essay
Race and Crime March 6, 2012
Personality Disorders and Criminal Behavior There are many recent findings that there are correlations between criminal behavior and certain personality disorders. In this essay I will go over research found in relation to different crimes and the disorders the people have that commit these crimes. My studies indicate that there are many criminals with Borderline Personality Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Paranoia, Antisocial Personality Disorder, and Schizoid Personality Disorder amongst many others.
Data used from the National Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity shows that conduct disorder scores were significantly related to all \offense categories. Antisocial Personality Disorder scores were associated with most offenses. The crimes most popular were unlawful firearms, robbery, fraud, burglary and violence. (Davison, 2012)
This correlation between crime and Antisocial Personality Disorder makes a lot of sense because this disorder can be defined as a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others and inability or unwillingness to conform to what are considered to be the norms of society. Unsurprisingly, many criminals have this disorder. It is obvious that the people that commit such crimes have many of the symptoms. Borderline Personality Disorder is a mental disorder that belongs to the same group of illness as Antisocial Personality Disorder. Some symptoms include unstable self-image, unstable relationships and unstable emotions where they experience marked, rapid changed in feelings. They can go from being happy one minute to completely angry the next for no reason. In my study, I was shocked to find there was no association between Borderline Personality Disorder and types of offending, even though there are high rates of this disorder found in Prisoners, especially women.
Although there may be no correlation with violent
Race and Crime March 6, 2012
Personality Disorders and Criminal Behavior There are many recent findings that there are correlations between criminal behavior and certain personality disorders. In this essay I will go over research found in relation to different crimes and the disorders the people have that commit these crimes. My studies indicate that there are many criminals with Borderline Personality Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Paranoia, Antisocial Personality Disorder, and Schizoid Personality Disorder amongst many others.
Data used from the National Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity shows that conduct disorder scores were significantly related to all \offense categories. Antisocial Personality Disorder scores were associated with most offenses. The crimes most popular were unlawful firearms, robbery, fraud, burglary and violence. (Davison, 2012)
This correlation between crime and Antisocial Personality Disorder makes a lot of sense because this disorder can be defined as a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others and inability or unwillingness to conform to what are considered to be the norms of society. Unsurprisingly, many criminals have this disorder. It is obvious that the people that commit such crimes have many of the symptoms. Borderline Personality Disorder is a mental disorder that belongs to the same group of illness as Antisocial Personality Disorder. Some symptoms include unstable self-image, unstable relationships and unstable emotions where they experience marked, rapid changed in feelings. They can go from being happy one minute to completely angry the next for no reason. In my study, I was shocked to find there was no association between Borderline Personality Disorder and types of offending, even though there are high rates of this disorder found in Prisoners, especially women.
Although there may be no correlation with violent