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Sorry, I was just presuming another path of treatment would be possible.

As evidenced in the article, normal people show remorse after committing violent crimes. Police take that as a way to focus their attention during an interrogation to get the suspect to admit fault. In a psychopaths case, appeals to emotioon does not work. Instead the example that worked was to compare to the "greats" of what they committed. That lead the suspect to start bragging and admit fault.

Perhaps, in this similar vein, that psychopaths are trainable. They have different emotional processes and thoughts. Perhaps we can make a training course that focuses on using their uniqueness to reform them.

And as I said, these steps would require a great deal of research with all types of psychopaths, and not just the ones in prison.



The article actually mentions a rehabilitation plan based on the subject's self-interest.




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