Title

Jennifer Kahn,
Can you call a
9-year-old a
psychopath?
2012. Published
in The New York
Times to talk
about child
psychopaths
and to help
parents that
may have
children
suffering from
the same
symptoms.

Credibility of
author/organizatio
n using an
appositive
rhetorical situation
w/intended
audience.
Jennifer Kahn,
regular feature
writer for the New
York Times. Also
writes for National
Geographic, Wired,
and Outside. She
has been selected
for Best American
Writing science
series four times.
Teaches magazine
program at UC
Berkley Graduate
school of
Journalism. She
also was a visiting
Ferris professor of
Journalism at
Princeton
University in 2015.
Intended audience:
parents of problem
children.

Summary:
two, three
meaty
sentences
written
objectively.

Does this
voice
agree/disag
ree with
others?

Jennifer
opens up
by telling
the story of
a family
that has a
9-year-old
son that
acts very
erratic. It
then goes
on to say
no one is
comfortabl
e labeling a
5-year-old a
psychopath
. But, he
says,
ignoring
these traits
may be
worse. In
the end, its
difficult to
get to the
root of
severely
disturbed

The voice
of this
article is
pretty
unbiased
and doesnt
take a
stance on
any
particular
side. It
does
however
use lots of
evidence
that says
you can
label a child
a
psychopath
. People
who believe
all children
are
innocent
may
disagree,
maybe
Christians?

Great quote
with
appropriate
signal
phrase (see
TSIS pp. 3940)..
callousunemotional
children
those who
exhibit a
distinctive
lack of affect,
remorse or
empathy
and who are
considered at
risk of
becoming
psychopath
s as adults.

My
Analysis/thoug
hts- can be
more casual.

Other

This article
does a lot of
comparing
child
psychopaths
to adult
psychopaths;
which is
exactly what I
need. It talks a
lot about the
likelihood of a
deeply
disturbed child
developing
into an adult
psychopath. It
talks about
how
psychopathic
tendencies are
mostly
genetic.

Michael turned
to me and
remarked
crisply, As you
can see, I dont
really like Allan.
When I asked if
that was really
true, he said:
Yes. Its true,
then added
tonelessly, I
hate him. This
shows Michael
lacks humanity,
he actually hates
his own brother.

David M.Stoff,
James Breiling,
Jack D. Maser,
Handbook of
Antisocial
Behavior
1997. This book
talks about
general
antisocial
behavior, and
what those
behaviors have
in common with
one another.
However, the
psychopathy
section relates
psychopathy to
criminal
behavior and
how the link
between the
two may be the
key to reducing
crime.

The fact that this

book doesnt have
one author, it has
3 editors adds to
its credibility. Only
PhDs can do
things like this. Its
like a scholarly
book. Hard to find
information on
each individual
editor. Intended
audience: students
wanting to learn
about
psychopathy,
maybe other
psychologist.

childrens
behavioral
problems.
Therefore,
they are
hard to
treat.
This book is
a
compilation
of a bunch
of different
facts about
antisocial
personality.
Mean age
of onset for
psychopath
s is 18.
Psychopath
s are
considered
highdensity
offenders.
Studies
show
psychopath
s have high
rates of
violence.
There are
different
aspects to
sexual
offending in

This is
strictly a
factual
book based
on studies
and
statistics.
At least in
this section
it appears
to only be
using stats
and
backing up
the claim
with
references.
The editors
do believe
there is a
link
between
psychopath
y and
criminal
behavior.

One aspect
of the link
between
psychopathy
and crime is
clear: Many
psychopaths
engage in
chronic
criminal
conduct and
do so at a
high rate,
whereas only
a small
minority of
those who
engage in
criminal
conduct are
psychopaths.
This means
that
psychopaths
are
responsible
for a
disproportion
ate amount
of crime in
our society
(pg.22)

This section in
the book
compares
psychopathy
to criminal
behavior
which could be
a very
valuable
aspect to look
at in my
paper.
Valuable
because my
paper is all
about why
psychopaths
do what they
do. This
section tells
me why they
are prone to
commit
criminal acts.

psychopath
s. (pp. 2232)

Christine A.
Kirkman,
Psychopathy:
A confusing
clinical
construct
2008. Scholarly
article
published on
the Wiley
Online Library;
talks about the
manifestations
of psychopathy,
the definition, if
there are any
cures and the
causes of
psychopathy
(jackpot!).

Christines
accomplishments
are listed at the
top of the article,
she is a senior
lecturer at the
school of social
health and
sciences at the
University of
Bolton. She has
her PhD, and her
BS in psychology.
She had a bunch of
other stuff written
by her name that I
tried to look up; all
I got out of my
research is I think
all the extra stuff
means she has
legal and clinical
certification.
Intended audience:
other psychologist,
people wanting to
know more about
psychopathy,
students.

In this
article,
Kirkman
explores
different
types of
psychopath
s, and
determines
that
psychopath
y is
predomina
ntly a male
disease.
She then
talks about
the
different
ways
psychopath
y can be
diagnosed
(clinically),
the
biological,
cognitive
and

I would say
this voice is
for the
most part
unbiased.
Ive seen
sections
where she
puts a
statistic
from one
doctor and
then
refutes it in
the next
sentence
without
totally
taking a
stance;
letting the
reader
choose
their own
stance. The

The social
strategy at
the core of
the antisocial
disorders
(including
psychopathy)
is deceit.
A further
troublesome
trait of the
psychopath
is their skill
at talking
people into
victimization.

I absolutely
love this
article.
Kirkman puts
so much
information
into this
article,
including
opposing
views. This
article pretty
much covers
all the main
bases. Plus
gave me a lot
of unique
information I
havent seen
yet on any of
my other
searches for
information.
This article
gave me lots
of statistics for

There is a such
thing as a
primary
psychopath and
an secondary
psychopath.
Primary
psychopaths are
charming and
intelligent.
Secondary
psychopaths are
impulsive,
withdrawn and
often poorly
educated. Lynn
proposed there
are higher
chances of
psychopathy
being common
in certain ethnic
groups. Most
psychopathy
ethnic tools were
developed for
prison and
forensic settings.
Psychopaths
crave stimuli.
Psychopaths like
to indulge in a
variety of
deceptive
behaviors. *lots
of useful stats in

behavioral
aspects of
the
disorder.

Julie S. Kotler,
Robert J. McMa
hon,
Child
Psychopathy:
Theories,
Measurement,
and Relations
with the
Development
and Persistence
of Conduct
Problems
2005. Scholarly
article on the
Springer Link;
talks about
psychopathic
traits found in
the youth and
how these
traits can help

Kotle and McMahon

are both in the
department of
psychology at the
University of
Washington
(school of
medicine).
Intended audience:
other psychologist,
students, maybe
parents with
problem children.

This article
talks about
how
psychopath
ic traits
may be the
cause for
behavioral
problems
within
young
children. If
you catch
psychopath
ic traits
young, you
may be
able to
treat
them; but
once a
person

article is
very stat
heavy,
reporting
results after
every
couple
sentences/
Not an
article
based on
how the
author
feels.
This article
disagrees
with the
two factor
model of
psychopath
y. Other
than that,
its much
like the last
scholarly
article, not
taking a
real stance
but
providing
opposing
views and
allowing
the reader
to choose a
stance for

Several
research
groups
independentl
y began the
process of
adapting and
modifying
the core
constructs of
adult
psychopathy
with the goal
of creating a
development
ally
appropriate
measure to
be used to
examine a
parallel
psychopathy

every single
claim, which
will make my
job much
easier when it
comes to me
writing my
paper.

this article*

This article
compares
child
psychopathy
to adult, and
explains how
from a child,
could develop
into adult.
Once you hit
adulthood you
basically
cannot be
helped. The
younger the
child, and the
less
aggressive,
the more likely
the treatment
will work. This
source also

A true
psychopath is
free of any other
mental illnesses.
Studies show
psychopathic
individuals had
criminal and
antisocial
histories before
adulthood.
Under socialized
and aggressive
children are
more likely to
become
psychopathic
adults and have
poorer
developmental
outcomes.
Measurement

with the study

of the origin.

Documentary
Central, Serial
killers-Ted
BundyDocumentary
YouTube video
2014. This is a
video all about
what notorious
psychopath Ted
Bundy was
capable of;
includes clips
from the
interview right

This is a
documentary of
facts , I dont know
who made the
documentary but I
can tell its a legit
documentary.
Intended audience:
psychologist,
criminal justice
majors, students,
people that are
just curious about
ted Bundy.

reaches
adulthood,
treatment
will be
highly
unsuccessf
ul.

themselves
.

construct in
children and
adolescents.

provides a lot
of sources,
which will
make my job
easier when
writing.

tools used to
determine adult
psychopaths
were not
appropriate to
use for children/
adapted adult
measurement
tools. More
aggressive
children with
less anxiety than
other
psychopathic
children react
less well to
treatment.

This
documenta
ry tells all
about Ted
Bundys
life, his
thoughts,
his actions.
His life
from the
beginning
all the way
up until his
execution
at the end.

I guess you
could say
this voice
agrees with
others;
everyone
says Bundy
is bad so
thats the
voice the
documenta
ry takes on.
It overall
has a
negative

Each time
Id harm
someone,
each time Id
kill someone,
there would
be an
enormous
amount of,
especially at
first,
enormous
amount of
horror, guilt,
remorse

This source
gives a lot of
information on
well-known
psychopath
and also gives
parts to an
interview with
him. You can
clearly see all
throughout
the video the
characteristics
of a
psychopath

He started
laughing when
talking about
one of his
victims.
-He found out his
mother was
passing off as
his sister, and
his father
mightve been
his grandfather.
-studying to be
a lawyer
-republican,

before his
execution. He is
named one of
Americas
worst
murders.

Wynne Parry,
How to Spot
Psychopaths:
Speech
Patterns Give
Them Away
2011. This is
basically
talking about

Parry is a journalist
who covers mostly
biological sciences,
but occasionally
other topics. She
went to school in
Stamford
Connecticut. Shes
written for

This video
includes
the
murders he
committed,
and
snippets of
the
interview
right before
his death.

tone. The
people who
might
disagree
with this
video may
be other
psychopath
s that
believe
Bundy is a
hero.

afterwards
but then the
impulse to do
it again
would come
back again
even
stronger.
Now believe
me, I didnt,
the unique
thing about
how this
worked Dr.
Dobson, is
that I still felt
in my regular
life the full
range of guilt
and remorse
about other
things(18:
52-19:30)

(well spoken,
smart, calm,
charming) and
showing you
all the things
hes done
(including
pictures and
stories).

good looking
-enjoyed
molesting and
killing victims at
the same time
-escaped from
jail and went on
a kill spree for a
second time
-used to bite
chunks out of his
victims
-unable to feel
remorse,
although he
claims to feel
remorse
-talks about
himself in third
person
-represented
himself on trial,
even though he
never finished
law school

This article
talks about
using a
computer
to analyze
the speech
patterns of
psychopath
s; they

This article
doesnt
really have
an agreeing
or
disagreeing
voice. I
guess you
could say

The
psychopaths'
language
contained
more words
known as
subordinatin
g
conjunctions.

I like this
article, it
doesnt really
have anything
to do with
anything but I
wanted to pick
something
different that I

Psychopaths
make up about 1
percent of the
population.
Researchers
interviewed 52
criminals and
out of those 52,
14 scored as

how you can

point out
common
speech
patterns among
psychopaths.

ScientificAmerican.
com,
Txchnologist.com,
LiveScience.com,
in the New York
Post, The New York
Times and a few
other places.
Intended audience:
psychologist, other
scientific people
(science
magazine), people
interested in
speech patterns,
students

show a lack
of emotion,
speak in
terms of
cause and
effect when
talking
about their
crimes and
only
focused on
their basic
needs.
Psychopath
s often see
the crimes
they
commit as
something
that had to
be done.

its agreeing
with what
theyre
writing
about
because
they use
supporting
examples
and sources
vs. using
opposing
sources on
the study.

These words,
including
"because"
and "so
that," are
associated
with causeand-effect
statements.

hadnt talked
about yet.
Even though
to me, this
article isnt all
that
interesting I
should be able
to find a way
to incorporate
it. Maybe
when I talk
about the
characteristics
of a
psychopath?

psychopaths.
Psychopaths are
often wonderful
interviewees and
are very riveting
to watch speak.
When a regular
person stops or
says um it is
to gather
thoughts, while
psychopaths
pause or say
um to think
about what they
can say to sound
normal or sane.

John M. Grohol,
Differences
Between a
Psychopath vs
Sociopath2016
. The term
Psychopath and
sociopath have
been commonly
used
interchangeabl
y and I wanted
to know which
one I should be
using in my
paper or if I
could use both,
this site gave
me my answer.

Grohol is the
founder and CEO
of the site this
article is on. He is
an author,
researcher, and
expert in mental
health online; and
since 1992 has
been writing about
online behavior,
psychology issues
and mental health.
He is on the
editorial board of
the journal
Computers in
Human Behavior
and is a treasurer
and founding
board member of
the Society for
Participatory
Medicine.

In the
article it
states that
a
psychopath
tends to be
born that
way, the
behaviors
are more
innate and
genetic.
Psychopath
s tend to
be the
more
charming
and
calculated
of the two,
although
they cannot
form real
relationship
s.
Sociopathy
is usually
the result
of
environmen
tal factors,
such as a
childhood
trauma and
or
emotional

This has an
agreeing
voice that
the two are
in fact,
slightly
different
and a
disagreeing
voice that
the two are
one in the
same.

Nonetheless
, there are
some general
similarities
as well as
differences
between
these two
personality
types. Both
types of
personality
have a
pervasive
pattern of
disregard for
the safety
and rights of
others.
Deceit and
manipulation
are central
features to
both types of
personality.
Contrary to
popular
belief, a
psychopath
or sociopath
is not
necessarily
violent.

This source
talks about
the difference
between
sociopathy
and
psychopathy
and gives
precise
differences
between the
two. It does
explain out of
the two who is
more
dangerous as
well as telling
a little bit
about the two
individually. It
also gives you
clues to look
for in
childhood that
may point you
to a psycho or
sociopath.

Psychopaths are
more dangerous
because they
experience little
to no guilt.

and
physical
abuse.
Sociopaths
tend to be
more
impulsive
but may be
able to
form
attachment
s to likeminded
people or
groups.