Criminality

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This paper relates that there is a growing occurrence of criminal activity in the middle and lower societal levels linked to antisocial behavior as well as an increasing attitude of moral apathy among many Americans. The author then describes antisocial personality disorder (APD), its basic functions as stated by Emile Durkheim and its effect on criminality. The paper concludes that the rise in criminality as it relates to deviant behavior represents a very serious threat to American society and culture and to the very foundations of American democracy.

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"Those who have been diagnosed by a psychiatrist as exhibiting Antisocial Personality Disorder "have a lifelong pattern of irresponsible behavior and show little concern for the rights of others, the norms of society, the dictates of conscience" and especially the law. Generally, problems linked to Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) begin in childhood or adolescence with disruptive trouble making, a clear disrespect for authority, violation of rules and laws dictated by society, the destruction of property and usually some type of violent behavior."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bryant, Clifton D., Ed. (2001). Encyclopedia of Criminology and DeviantBehavior: Vol. 2--Crime and Juvenile Delinquency. Philadelphia:Brunner-Routledge.
• Clinard, Marshall B. (1992). The Sociology of Deviant Behavior. NewYork: Harcourt-Brace Publishing Company.
• Coleman, James W. (1998). Deviant Behavior and the Criminal Elite. NewYork: W.H. Freeman & Company.
• Collins, Phillip D. (2006). "Cultivating Criminality: The Centrality of Deviance to the Scientific Dictatorship." Illuminati. Internet. Retrieved from http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/Commentary/Criminality.htm.
• Gregorian, Michael. (January 2000). "Deviant Behavior and the CriminalMind." Journal of Criminology. Vol. 3 no. 4. 223-34.

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