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Choose a criminal offender who committed crimes due to a biological reason.

Write a 1,400- to 2,100-word paper discussing the genetic or physiological evidence that supports the notion that biology played a key role in explaining the offender's criminality.

Research the behaviors that constitute psychopathy. Discuss in detail the specific behaviors demonstrated by the offender that align with behaviors indicative of a psychopathic individual. Case examples include the following:

  • Andrea Yates and the documented evidence of psychiatric issues, including post-partum depression, prior to the murders of her five children
  • Charles Whitman, known as the Texas Tower Sniper, and the presence of a tumor discovered post-mortem alleged to have played a role in his overt acts of aggression
  • John Hinckley, Jr. and the documented evidence of psychiatric issues leading to his controversial insanity defense in the shooting of President Ronald Reagan

Include at least two academic references.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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Running Head: PSYCHOPATHIC BEHAVIORS
Psychopathic Behaviors

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PSYCHOPATHIC BEHAVIORS

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Psychopathic Behaviors
Introduction

A psychopath refers to a person who is not capable of feeling remorse, guilt, or empathy
for the actions they procure. These individuals are in overall manipulative, cunning, and are well
aware of the difference between rights and wrong although they often tend to overlook it when
applying to their cases. Psychopaths are people who portray antisocial traits such as disinhibition
entailing reduced impulse control that includes problems to do with planning, the urge to control,
as well as demand for instant fulfillment (Brown, 2016). At the same time, these individuals lack
close attachment to other people and are characterized by defiance of authority. On first
encounter, psychopaths generally look engaging, caring, charming, as well as friendly. On the
outer side, they will appear logic, reasonable and with well-established goals in life. They often
dismay the notion that they are capable of accurately reasoning and understand the impacts of
antisocial or unlawful behaviors. Psychopaths also seem to be able to self-examine themselves
and will often criticize themselves for mistakes conducted in the past (Verona, 2017). As a result,
these camouflaging features often make it very difficult to spot a psychopath from first
interactions. However, under close or clinical examination, psychopaths lack the ordinary
symptoms revealed by normal and connected to neurotic behavior. These behaviors include: high
anxiety, nervousness, mood swings, headaches, hysteria, as well as extreme fatigue. On the
contrary, psychopaths when placed in situations that other normal people find upsetting, they
remain unnerved and lack the emotional feelings of fear or anxiety (Verona, 2017). In this paper,
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