Antisocial Personality Disorders in Criminals Antisocial personality disorder is very common among criminals. Criminals have usually experienced something in their lives that caused these acts of violence or rule breaking. Personality disorders and social problems are common not only among criminals, but also among the general population. The extent to which innocent people are affected by unrest caused by criminals varies, with some even losing their lives and loved ones. This report will include: signs of antisocial personality disorder in criminals, tests, what triggers these criminals to act out, causes, statistics, treatment and how people around the criminal are affected by antisocial personality disorders. There are always symptoms with a problem such as car trouble, colds, illnesses and psychological problems. However, in this situation, symptoms of psychological problems are very common among criminals. This psychological problem is antisocial personality disorder. “Antipersonality disorder is characterized by disregard for social obligations and complete indifference to the feelings of others. » (Long, nd) In most cases, people with antisocial personality disorder must meet certain criteria: social norm regarding lawful behavior (repeated acts or in pursuit of arrest), repeated lies , pseudonyms or defrauding others for profit/pleasure, failure. planning ahead, repeated assaults and physical attacks, no concern for the safety of others or oneself, irresponsibility and inability to maintain consistent work, lack of remorse. "Major age-appropriate societal norms or rules are violated, as evidenced by the presence of 3 of the following fifteen criteria: "intimidates, threatens, or intimidates...... middle of paper ...... disturbances are common among criminals. As mentioned previously, scientist Francia et al. examined 251 rapists and 311 child molesters and compared them to a group of nonsexual offenders. This research looking at rapists, child molesters, and non-sexual offenders found that rapists had higher levels of antisocial personality traits than child molesters, but no differences in narcissistic traits. Nonsexual offenders also scored higher on the antisocial scale than child molesters, but not more than rapists. (Medscape Connection) Some criminals do not have the ability to get rid of this mental problem, some criminals have overcome the disorder, but most of the time it takes something to trigger the disorder and come back. This personality problem could take years to correct. Personality disorders among criminals affect cities, citizens and families.