Psychopathology

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Psychopathology

Psychopathology is the study of mental illness or mental distress. Psychopathology

knowledge has a great impact on the treatment of people with psychological disorders and who

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Psychopathology

Samantha Turpin

Grand Canyon University: PSY-623

January 27, 2020

happen to be involved in crimes. This essay aims at defining what is psychopathology and

psychopathy, discussing the different subtypes and forms of psychopathy, giving an explanation

of how psychopathology in criminal justice is different from other fields, discussing the

importance of these differences, explaining the link between crime and psychopathy, and

showing how the justice field can be linked with psychology.

Psychopathology can be defined as the knowledge associated with abnormalities in

psychological functions that result from mental illnesses. Psychopathology can also be defined as

a collection of psychological diseases that attempt to understand their biological, mental,

hereditary, and societal etiologies. Psychopathy is an anti-social disease in which an individual

indicates a primarily anti-social behavior without minimal expectations of morality, is unable to

fall in love with anyone, cannot have good inter-personal relationships, show high signs of

egocentrism, and fails to learn from past experiences (Delisi et al., 2019). There are different

subtypes or forms of psychopathy, which include (Krueger et al.,2018): anti-social personality

disorder, schizoid personality disorder, paranoid personality disorder, histrionic personality

disorder, anxious personality disorder, anankastic personality disorder dependent personality

disorder, and other forms of personality disorder.

These forms of psychopathy have their distinct features. Individuals with paranoid

personality disorder are inclined towards a stable but overvalued ideology. They have excessive

suspicions about their intimate relationships. Schizoid personality disorders, individuals have

high degrees of introvert behaviors, and they bend towards the world of fantasy. Individuals with

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emotionally-unstable personality disorder have an aggressive attitude, continual irritability, and

are unhappy in all situations of adversity. Those with dis-social personality disorder demonstrate

a lack of seriousness, high inspirational levels, and under-developed will in what they hold for

their lives.

Individuals with Histrionic personality disorder are attention-seeking and seductive. They

demonstrate extreme emotions, dramatized behaviors, and they are sexual provocatives. They

have shallow thinking, and such persons cannot develop a healthy relationship. As discussed

above, these subtypes or forms of psychopathy leads to a state where individuals cannot have

serious relationships with others.

The practice of psychopathology in criminal justice often referred to as

psychopathological perspective, can only be understood after an understanding of the observable

considerations in the presence of mental health issues in the system of justice (Delisi et al.,

2017). Therefore mental issues should be considered to have a contributory factor in the event of

a crime. Thus, there is a difference when it comes to dispensing justices between psychopaths

and normal individuals. The importance of these variations is because psychopathology can

change the results of justice for individuals when it comes to the criminal justice system. In the

eyes of criminal justice, psychopathy is viewed differently from an individual who is mentally

and psychologically normal.

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Therefore, it can be said without fear that psychopathy does not necessarily mean

criminality. Evidence shows that the majority of the criminals do not demonstrate any form of

psychopathy. This is because, for psychopaths, the structure of personality and the unethical

behaviors are expected to be similar in both the criminals and those who are not. In trying to

understand the link between criminal justice and psychopathology, it is important to observe that

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individuals demonstrating psychopathy are merely 1 percent of the whole population in the

world, but when it comes to those in prison in the United States, they make up to 25 percent of

the prison population, and 4 percent comprises of chief executive individuals from the corporate

sector. From that analysis, it can be concluded that to some point, criminality and

psychopathology are related; however, serious research ought to be carried out so as to establish

what exactly links them together.

In conclusion, it is important to build strong bridges between psychology disciplines,

especially those associated with psychopathologies and the system of criminal justice. This

ensures that individuals suffering from psychopathologies are well treated and taken care of,

bearing in mind that it is a mental condition with little voluntary control (Beauchaine et al.,

2019). There is a great need to link the gap between justice and health. This is because

psychological health requires special treatment and sometimes calls for a relaxation of laws that

are meant for mentally ordinary people.

The necessary bridges can be built through incorporating psychology and

psychopathology as a unit of study in criminal laws at all levels. Criminal law should also be

made a compulsory unit to be studied by psychologists and psychiatrists in their

psychopathology studies. This is to ensure they are equipped with knowledge of criminal justice

and the legal consequences which their patients will face in their ailments.

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DeLisi, M., Drury, A. J., & Elbert, M. J. (2019). The etiology of anti-social personality disorder:

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Krueger, R. F., Kotov, R., Watson, D., Forbes, M. K., Eaton, N. R., Ruggero, C. J., ... &

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