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#476 - Mark Freestone - Why Do Psychopaths Exist?

Modern Wisdom

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The Hierarchy of Offence in Prisons

A hierarchy of offence a always seems to come up in prison. At the top is violent criminals and murderers, or people whove committed attempted murder. And at the very top are robbers - which contains many psychopaths. Has anyone tried to cure psychopathy? Yes, a lot of things have been tried,. But am it's a pretty sad, sad tale. ashworth hospital had a personality disorded ward which had quite a few psychopaths on it. The staff somehow got the wrong end of the stick about what freedom, appropriate freedom, was for a psychopath.

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