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Abstract Suicides disguised as homicides present a persistent challenge in forensic case analysis, particularly when the weapon is deliberately removed after discharge. This study investigates the evolution of weapon concealment techniques—specifically the “load‐and‐rope” and “helium balloon‐tied gun” methods—across documented casework, forensic ...
Ernesto Damiani +2 more
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Relationships Between Alexithymia and Psychopathy in Heroin Dependent Individuals
BackgroundPsychopathy and substance use disorders are highly co-morbid and their co-occurrence is associated with higher severity of addictive behavior and increased risk of violent offending.
Elena Psederska +5 more
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Firearm sexual homicide offenders: Criminal careers, psychopathology, and offense conduct
Abstract Most homicides are firearm‐perpetrated, but in sexual homicide, offenders are more likely to utilize personal weapons (e.g., hands and feet), contact weapons (e.g., blunt object), or edged weapons (e.g., knife) to comport with their fantasy life, motivational states, and psychopathology.
Matt DeLisi +3 more
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Glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonist use and violent crime among US adults
Abstract Glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists (GLP‐1 RAs), a class of medications widely prescribed for diabetes and obesity, have exhibited emerging effects on substance use, reward processing, and impulse control. This study examines whether current GLP‐1 RA use moderates established behavioral pathways to violent crime from impulsivity and ...
Daniel C. Semenza, Christopher Thomas
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The incremental validity of the Triarchic model of psychopathy in replicating "The dark side of love and life satisfaction: Associations with intimate relationships, psychopathy and Machiavellianism" [PDF]
The present study is a replication of \textcite {ac10} [The dark side of love and life satisfaction: Associations with intimate relationships, psychopathy and Machiavellianism. Personality and Individual Differences, 48(2), 228-233].
Bourbonnais, Karina, Durand, Guillaume
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Getting Out of Blame: Excuses, Forgiveness, and the Deep Self
Abstract We often feel that what we have done is somehow not in keeping with who we are. This tension, or incongruity, between the person we take ourselves to be and what that person has done seems to matter to us, as judged by how common it is to emphasize it when answering for our behavior.
Mario Attie‐Picker
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Psychopathy facets and suicide risk among violently injured adults
BackgroundSuicide risk remains difficult to predict, particularly among populations exposed to interpersonal violence. Although psychopathic traits have been linked to suicidal behavior, emerging evidence suggests these associations vary across ...
Nicholas D. Thomson +3 more
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In Defence of Oblique Intention
Abstract Recent work on lying has revived an old action‐theoretic category: oblique, or indirect, intention. I argue that some liars intend deception obliquely. Sneddon objects that this category is drastic and unjustified: it counts all foreseen side‐effects as intended. My response is that oblique intention is not mere foresight.
Vladimir Krstić
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We investigated the putative redundancy of the Dark Tetrad (specifically, Machiavellianism-psychopathy and sadism-psychopathy) through an examination of the differences between correlations with self-reported narrowband personality traits. In addition to
Christopher Marcin Kowalski +6 more
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Effect of MAOA promoter polymorphism and neuropsychological performance on psychopathy traits
Introduction: Psychopathy is a personality disorder characterized by affective and antisocial traits. The defining features of psychopathy are risk factors to present violent behavior.
C. Romero-Rebollar +4 more
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