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You'll find that a lot of predators (serial killers, sexual predators) were abused as children. Poverty seems to be a factor, but that alone doesn't usually cau
by aaron-lebo 9y ago
You'll find that a lot of predators (serial killers, sexual predators) were abused as children. Poverty seems to be a factor, but that alone doesn't usually cause such a lack of remorse later in life. Something like extreme affluenza seems to cause it in some people, too. That's probably more about having control over someone else and being used to get your way, even being rewarded for it.
Wiki's got lots of information on the topic if you don't mind seeing how people can turn into animals.
- jacobreg 9y agoThe poverty thing could well be sampling bias, I'm sure rich folks have a much easier time avoiding convictions.
- toomuchtodo 9y agoThe root cause (whether nature or nurture) seems to be a lack of empathy. Could you detect empathetic capabilities with fMRI? If deficient, would you mandate treatment? Besides therapy, is there a treatment?
- raarts 9y agoThere are scientists who claim psychopathy can be detected on brain scans. And since 1-4% of the population are estimated to be psychopaths (most of which end up in prison, and the rest works their way up in society), this could well be a very impactful avenue of further research.