Has anyone tried to make them better, and more effective psychopaths, psychopaths that wouldn’t end up in prison?
Yes, because that sounds like a great idea...
After short-term anger management and social skills training, 24-month reconviction rates for 278 treated and untreated offenders yielded an interaction between psychopathy and treatment outcome similar to that reported by Rice and colleagues (1992). Whereas the program had no demonstrable effect on non-psychopaths, treated offenders who scored high on Factor 1 of the PCL-R had significantly higher rates of recidivism than high-scoring but untreated offenders.
I see no indication there that they were trying to make them better and more effective psychopaths, as opposed to less psychopathic.
As part of their treatment, were they told “we’re going to make you the best psychopath you can be”? I doubt it. And I doubt the psychopaths perceived that either.
That’s not saying much, though. “Had no demonstrable effect on non-psychopaths” = the program was no good. Aren’t “anger management” programs widely stereotyped as useless?
“Had no demonstrable effect on non-psychopaths” = the program was no good. Aren’t “anger management” programs widely stereotyped as useless?
Dunno. But how else are you going to find out whether it works but by trying it? In which case you are morally responsible for the consequences, in this case, the rather bloodless description ‘significantly higher rates of recidivism’. (Many Bothans died to bring us this information...)
Yes, because that sounds like a great idea...
I see no indication there that they were trying to make them better and more effective psychopaths, as opposed to less psychopathic.
As part of their treatment, were they told “we’re going to make you the best psychopath you can be”? I doubt it. And I doubt the psychopaths perceived that either.
How are better social skills and better anger management not making them more effective (if indeed they can be trained at all)?
“Better” according to a psychopath? Or better according to the people trying to “fix” the psychopaths?
They don’t want to be in prison either.
That’s not saying much, though. “Had no demonstrable effect on non-psychopaths” = the program was no good. Aren’t “anger management” programs widely stereotyped as useless?
Dunno. But how else are you going to find out whether it works but by trying it? In which case you are morally responsible for the consequences, in this case, the rather bloodless description ‘significantly higher rates of recidivism’. (Many Bothans died to bring us this information...)