RE: ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
i i i i i i i i i i I am writing to inform you of the research findings from the three recent articles.
The research articles include “Etiology of Antisocial Personality Disorder: The
Differential Roles Of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Childhood
Psychopathology,” “Neural Mechanisms Underlying Affective Theory of Mind in
Violent Antisocial Personality Disorder or Schizophrenia,” and “Offenders with
Antisocial Personality Disorder Display More Impairment In Metalizing.” These
articles discuss typical concepts related to antisocial personality disorder and
criminal behavior.
In their article, Delisi et al. (2019) investigate the position of environmental factors in
evaluating antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), which contributes to criminological
attention. The authors elaborate on the contribution of neglect and abuse to
childhood psychopathology and criminal offending. The writers examine the
antecedent factors that span childhood experiences and psychopathology
associated with illegal behaviors.
i i i i i i i i i i The research employs retrospectives to obtain data from correctional clients in
the Midwest. The authors collected data from a population of 863 correctional
participants who were under prison watch after obeying the confinement sentence.
The population of males was 84%, females 16%, which were further categorized as
Black Americans 20.6%, white Americans 79.4%, non-Hispanic 92%, and 8% Hispanic
with an average age of 44 years old.
The article investigates the association of ASPD to violence and crime. The authors
examine environmental factors contributing to ASPD development associated with
criminal behaviors.
The researchers employ multinomial regression and one-way of variance (ANOVA) to
test the variable.
The childhood experience is associated with the ASPD since the abuse and neglect
experiences appear.
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Schiffer et al. (2017) investigate the relationship of schizophrenia with the risks of
hostile behaviors, such as violence and criminality.
The research involved three groups, 13 male offenders with both schizophrenia and
CD/ASPD. The next group comprised 16 violent offenders indicating schizophrenia
but lacking CD/ASPD. Lastly, researchers chose approximately 18 individuals with
CD/ASPD and schizophrenia but lacking acute mental illness.
The article investigates the underlying neural mechanism of the mind associated with
schizophrenia. It also examines the variance of two groups in the neutral activation
and sense theory. Other factors include criminality and violence.
The research employs the one-way of variance (ANOVA) to test the activation pattern
for the three groups.
The researchers reveal that an intervention is necessary to reduce violence among
the two groups of offenders with ASPD.
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Newbury-Helps et al. (2017) examine the social cognition concerning exact
envisioning mental problems in individuals with an antisocial personality disorder and
a violent history.
The researchers recruited 83 males with known conditions of convicted offenses.
The article investigates the specific social cognition challenges of individuals with a
violent history and antisocial response to visualizing mental states. The variables
included violent history and antisocial response.
The ANOVA and Shapiro-Wilk test was employed to estimate the impairment of
metalizing on offenders with antisocial personalities.
The offender indicates exact mentalizing impairments within the entire population.
This condition is acute to people with antisocial personality disorders. The finding is
essential in improving risk assessment and clinical interventions.
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Question# B Comparison
The articles provide an in-depth understanding of the relationship between ASPD and
criminal behaviors. The review of ASPD history on criminal offenders can help provide
accurate psychological intervention. The articles elaborate on the relationship
between ASPD and the risk of hostile behaviors in childhood correlated with
criminality and violence. These articles improve individuals’ understanding of
individuals’ clinical interventions for antisocial personality disorder and criminal
behavior. The results of the papers appear contradictory because of the different
variables of interest.
References
DeLisi, M., Drury, A. J., & Elbert, M. J. (2019). The etiology of antisocial personality
disorder: The differential roles of adverse childhood experiences and childhood
psychopathology. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 92, 1-6.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2019.04.001
Newbury-Helps, J., Feigenbaum, J., & Fonagy, P. (2017). Offenders with antisocial
personality disorder display more impairments in mentalizing. Journal of Personality
Disorders, 31(2), 232-255. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi_2016_30_246
Schiffer, B., Pawliczek, C., Müller, B. W., Wiltfang, J., Brüne, M., Forsting, M., Gizewski,
E. R., Leygraf, N., & Hodgins, S. (2017). Neural mechanisms underlying affective
theory of mind in violent antisocial personality disorder and/or schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia Bulletin, 43(6), 1229-1239. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbx012
