Interesting bit of reading at Guardian.co.uk
Basically, the story is about a man who faked being insane so as to get around being sent to prison. The article goes on with information on the analysis of psychopaths. It included:
20-point Hare PCL-R . Which was this:
Item 1 Glibness/superficial charm
Item 2 Grandiose sense of self-worth
Item 3 Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom
Item 4 Pathological lying
Item 5 Cunning/manipulative
Item 6 Lack of remorse or guilt
Item 7 Shallow affect
Item 8 Callous/lack of empathy
Item 9 Parasitic lifestyle
Item 10 Poor behavioural controls
Item 11 Promiscuous sexual behaviour
Item 12 Early behaviour problems
Item 13 Lack of realistic long-term goals
Item 14 Impulsivity
Item 15 Irresponsibility
Item 16 Failure to accept responsibility for own actions
Item 17 Many short-term marital relationships
Item 18 Juvenile delinquency
Item 19 Revocation of conditional release
Item 20 Criminal versatility
Each item gets scored with 0, 1, or 2. Very interesting stuff.
Wait What? Damn looks like my Step Dad….
The list is kind of scary when you start plugging in people you know. There is one person I’ve had the misfortune of meeting online about 3 years ago that would score “2s” on several of those points!