Psychopathy and instrumental aggression: Evolutionary, neurobiological, and legal perspectives

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dc.contributor.authorGlenn, Andrea L.
dc.contributor.authorRaine, Adrian
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Pennsylvania
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-09T16:07:28Z
dc.date.available2021-06-09T16:07:28Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractIn the study of aggression, psychopathy represents a disorder that is of particular interest because it often involves aggression which is premeditated, emotionless, and instrumental in nature; this is especially true for more serious types of offenses. Such instrumental aggression is aimed at achieving a goal (e.g., to obtain resources such as money, or to gain status). Unlike the primarily reactive aggression observed in other disorders, psychopaths appear to engage in aggressive acts for the purpose of benefiting themselves. This is especially interesting in light of arguments that psychopathy may represent an alternative life-history strategy that is evolutionarily adaptive; behaviors such as aggression, risk-taking, manipulation, and promiscuous sexual behavior observed in psychopathy may be means by which psychopaths gain advantage over others. Recent neurobiological research supports the idea that abnormalities in brain regions key to emotion and morality may allow psychopaths to pursue such a strategy-psychopaths may not experience the social emotions such as empathy, guilt, and remorse that typically discourage instrumentally aggressive acts, and may even experience pleasure when committing these acts. Findings from brain imaging studies of psychopaths may have important implications for the law. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationGlenn, A., Raine, A. (2009): Psychopathy and Instrumental Aggression: Evolutionary, Neurobiological, and Legal Perspectives. International Journal of Law & Psychiatry, 32(4).
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijlp.2009.04.002
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/7775
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPergamon
dc.subjectPsychopathy
dc.subjectAggression
dc.subjectInstrumental
dc.subjectAntisocial
dc.subjectBrain
dc.subjectEvolution
dc.subjectNeuroethics
dc.subjectCriminal responsibility
dc.subjectCRIMINAL PSYCHOPATHS
dc.subjectMORAL SENSITIVITY
dc.subjectSEXUAL HOMICIDE
dc.subjectVIOLENT
dc.subjectABNORMALITIES
dc.subjectBRAIN
dc.subjectPERSONALITY
dc.subjectASSOCIATION
dc.subjectTOMOGRAPHY
dc.subjectOFFENDERS
dc.subjectLaw
dc.subjectPsychiatry
dc.subjectGovernment & Law
dc.subject.lcshPsychology, Pathological
dc.subject.lcshAggressiveness
dc.titlePsychopathy and instrumental aggression: Evolutionary, neurobiological, and legal perspectivesen_US
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