Katherine Ramsland blogged about psychopaths on the website "<Crime Library>". Are they born or made? As one example of psychopaths being made, she talked about Gary Filmore. He killed two men in cold blood and showed a combination of disdain and fascination for death. He did not appeal his death sentence.
He was abused as a child by his terrible father, Frank Gilmore Senior. Frank had little use for the countless children he had by several women. He also beat Bessie, Gary’s mother, who would then beat Gary while Frank was beating her.
As children, psychopaths (similar to sociopaths, but not quite) show a low fear of death, and a low response to distress calls. They show little empathy and little emotion, period.
She goes on to talk about whether psychopaths are born or made. This research is extremely important for society to detect future psychopaths in children, so that we can give them the necessary resources to make them feel things like guilt and fear.
As a group, those who are abused as children have a higher likelihood of becoming criminals as adults. They soak in the callousness and hypocrisy and hatred of their parents, and that’s how their brain is wired as a result. They think that is normal and acceptable. The results are devastating when they get older.
Socialization is huge here. When all they know is their abusive parents, that is the greatest influence in their life. Maybe if society can detect the negative results of abuse in a child, while the child is in the school system we can help them with corrective measures (therapy and other things).
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