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Who Are These People?
Novels and movies portray psychopaths in extreme, stereotypical
ways. They appear as cold-blooded serial killers, stalkers, sex offenders,
con men and women, or the prototypical evil, manipulating villain,
such as Dr. No or Hannibal Lecter. Reality, unfortunately,
provides some support for this view, but the picture is somewhat
more complex than this.
Years of research on prison populations bear out the criminality
and violence implied by the term psychopath. We now know that both
male and female psychopaths commit a greater number and variety of
crimes than do other criminals. Their crimes tend to be more violent
than those of other criminals, and their general behavior more controlling,
aggressive, threatening, and abusive. Further, their aggression and
violence tend to be predatory in nature—cold-blooded and devoid of
the intense emotional upheaval that typically accompanies the violent