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Using Neuroscience to Make Sense of Psychopathy

2018; Elsevier BV; Volume: 84; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.08.012

1873-2402

Matthew E. Hirschtritt, Joshua D. Carroll, David A. Ross,

Personality Disorders and Psychopathology

In 1989, 42-year-old Ted Bundy was executed by electric chair following his conviction for multiple counts of first-degree murder. Prior to his death, Bundy confessed to killing 30 individuals, many of whom were young women. The true number may have been much higher. The heinous details of his crimes—including assault, kidnapping, rape, and necrophilia—shocked the public, as did the cold-hearted way he carried them out, seemingly devoid of any empathy or remorse. Bundy admitted to meticulously plotting the gruesome crimes with little to no consideration for the suffering of his victims ( 1 Aynesworth H. Ted Bundy: Conversations with a Killer. Authorlink, Irving, TX2000 Google Scholar ). He is often held up as the archetypal psychopath.