Psychopaths

I found this article very interesting:

http://www.hare.org/links/saturday.html

I want to do a psychopath study, too. I have some theories.  Here’s one of my theories:I think it must start in the womb;  and I’ll venture that easy access to “family planning” has probably reduced the number of psychopaths in this society.
In any society where so many babies are the products of rape, I think you would find a higher number of psychopaths per capita (I have a way of solving Africa’s social problems: a free gun for every African *woman*, but that’s a whole ‘nother subject!).
I wonder if there is a bell curve or some kind of gradient in the degree to which individuals are afflicted with psychopathy.
It’s a truly fascinating topic. In 1871 an Italian doctor out of sheer curiosity cut open the head of a (already-dead!)  psychopath and discovered a physical similarity between the “criminal brain” and the brains of rats – here’s a mention of that in a modern-day article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/eureka/article7011992.ece -
NB: this article uses the f-word (fascism) … what if psychopaths could be outed with an MRI? Would we want to monitor ‘em, sterilize ‘em, lock ‘em up, terminate ‘em? Is it genetic? Environmental (I think so – I think it’s from experiences in the womb – and I’m not trying to cast aspersions on the poor unfortunate women who produce psychopaths – I’m sure many of them are very nice ladies who had a rough time of the whole reproductive thang).
I think psychopaths are *seldom* violent. They enjoy their lives just like any creature and can do very well for themselves in an urban environment, particularly in the fields of finance or law. ;-)

Here’s an interesting video too: