• Appaloosa
    +3

    "Psychopaths are estimated to make up 1 percent of the population but constitute roughly 15 to 25 percent of the offenders in prison and are responsible for a disproportionate number of brutal crimes and murders."

    Then they have not caught enough. Is that the premise?

    • Fuyu
      +3

      Psychopathy is not illegal so there's no "not caught enough." A person with a mental illness can perfectly fit in with society and to suggest psychopathy can only be criminal is incredibly damaging to understanding and accepting mental illness.

      • Appaloosa (edited 9 years ago)
        +2

        "Mark Dadds, a psychologist at the University of New South Wales who studies antisocial behavior in children, acknowledges that “no one is comfortable labeling a 5-year-old a psychopath.” But, he says, ignoring these traits may be worse"

        This sounds like "catching" to me, hence the question on premise.