Study on Juvenile Psychopaths
What is the "super predator"? He or she are young hypercriminals
who are committing acts of violence of unprecedented coldness and brutality.
This newest phenomena in the world of crime is perhaps the most dangerous
challenge facing society and law enforcement ever. While psychopaths are
not new, this breed of super criminal exceeds the scope of psychopathic
behavior. They are younger, more brutal, and completely unafraid of the
law. While current research on the super predator is scarce, I will
attempt to give an indication as to the reasons a child could become just
such a monster.
Violent teenage criminals are increasingly vicious. John DiIulio,
Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, says
that "The difference between the juvenile criminals of the 1950s and those
of the 1970s and early 1980s was the difference between the Sharks and the
Jets of West Side Story and the Bloods and the Crips. It......
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