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But a mental disorder, in and of itself, does not mean the perpetrator is insane, which is a legal, rather than a medical, term that has to do with culpability.
Past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior.
One of the hallmarks of narcissistic, borderline, and sociopathic personalities is the unwillingness to assume personal responsibility for anything. It is always someone else’s fault.
In our research, there is a strong correlation between domineering mothers and men who grow up to be predators. Though the vast majority of those with such mothers do not grow up to be offenders, of those who do, the domineering mother constitutes a significant influencing factor.
The fascination with “true crime” is actually fascination with what writers and philosophers call the human condition. We all want to know and understand the basis of human behavior and motivation, why we do the things we do. And with crime, we are seeing the human condition writ large and at the extremes, both for the perpetrator and for the victim.
He even wrote online reviews for products he’d purchased on Amazon. Yet as we looked at some of those online reviews, another side of his personality emerged. For a chainsaw he wrote: “Works excellent. Getting the neighbor to stand still while you chase him with it is hard enough without having a easy to use chainsaw.” A knife received: “Haven’t stabbed anyone yet . . . yet . . . but I am keeping the dream alive and when I do, it will be with a quality tool like this.” A folding shovel: “Keep in car for when you have to hide the bodies and you left the full size shovel at home.” A hidden
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“Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives into conditions or stands up to them. In other words, man is ultimately self-determining.”
