Supporting evidence

    Cards (4)

    • Lots of studies supporting the psychodynamic view of criminal behaviour and psychopathy
    • Bender
      Observed emotional deprivation during infancy as a cause of psychopathic behaviour disorder in children at Bellevue Hospital
    • Spitz
      found that inconsistent mothers with unpredictable love in the early years may lead to psychopathic personality
    • Silverman
      80% of psychopathic personalities had an unhealthy parent-child relationship,showing a connection between unstable mother relationships and psychopathic behaviour