25. Sadistic Behavior A man shot off a teenage girl’s arm for the sexual thrill it gave him. ( Abel, 1981)
26. Sadistic Behavior A serial killer would smother his wife with a plastic bag until she passed out and then would have sex. He beat her with belts and burned her with cigarettes. (Groth, 1979, p. 48)
27. Sadistic Behavior A rapist of thirteen-year girls preferred to anally rape them on cement floors so that the rapes would be more painful. (Abel, 1977)
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36. The High “ What helps me so much is I have something about me I can really attract people to me. . . The person gets to really care and trust me. The problem I always had is where the excitement would come in. I would get them to trust me and I would set them up for the fall. It’s almost like a power that you have. It’s like a rush that you get from it.”
37. The High “ It’s like a rush. I really don’t know how to explain it. I’ve never been into drugs real strong. From just what I have seen it’s like somebody who’s addicted to heroin or cocaine. An incredible feeling. Strongest at the end when I know I’m going to let them down in some way.”
38. The High “ The best part I just basically told them you are so fucking stupid. You know I am a sex offender. I have child victims. You are stupid enough. You and your wife both. You are fucking morons. Everything that’s happened to you – you deserve.”
39. Callousness “ I’ve never been physical. . . Kind of what I felt is when you hurt someone physically, that goes away. When you hurt someone emotionally, that never goes away. That was the thrill.”
108 General finding is a “quasi-linear” -- i.e., positive and monotonic -- relationship between PCL-R and failure: The higher the PCL-R score, the higher the risk of failure, even among nonpsychopaths. Similar findings are emerging for Young Offenders, female offenders, etc. Hemphill, J., & Wong, S. (in press). Psychopathy and risk for recidivism: A meta-analysis. Legal and Criminological Psychology . Rogers, R. (1995). Diagnostic and structured interviewing: A handbook for psychologists . Odessa, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc. Simourd, D., Bonta, J., Andrews, D., & Hoge, R. D. (1990). Criminal behavior and psychopaths: A meta-analysis [Abstract]. Canadian Psychology , 31 , 347.