Psy 380

Lack of Empathy

The PCL-R attempts to objectively score psychopathy

A legal term used to describe anyone who has been found guilty of sexual crime

Phallometric measures (pretty much useless; can’t prove you committed a crime and it can’t discriminate whether an individual prefers a mal

individuals deemed to be at a high risk for reoffending can be civilly committed under SVP statutes.

Lake v. Cameron, Fasulo v. Arafeh, & Addington v. Texas

expert testimony on dangerousness may not always be correct but it is admissible and the adversarial process should properly evaluate it. Th

James Allen Egelhoff was tried in Montana courts for two counts of homicide. Egelhoff claimed that extreme intoxication rendered him physic

Meritor Savings Bank FSB v. Vinson - the United States Supreme Court, in a 9-0 decision, recognized sexual harassment as a violation of Titl

also had to do with sexual harassment in the workplace, but it wasn’t the landmark case for it

Court case involving the Loving couple and interracial couple who were fighting in order to be legally married in Virginia .

Wyatt v. Stickney - Judge Johnson ruled that patients “unquestionably have a constitutional right to receive such individual treatment as wi

a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person's release unless lawful g

After being arrested for an assault threat against his mother, she requested that Addington be placed into a state psychiatric hospital, an

when husband abused wife, and cops did nothing). - Thurman v. City of Torrington - The court further finds that the City of Torrington did n

Failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors (repeated arrest) Deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, use of

Only about 1% of individual men in the general population (lower for women) meet the criteria for psychopath. Only about 20% of individuals