Title: Understanding the Female Psychopath
Headings: Understanding the Female Psychopath
Understanding the Female Psychopath
The Seeds of Female Psychopathy
Blinded by Bias
Psychopathy with a Feminine Touch
Sisters in Crime
The Take-Away

Content: It’s not that female psychopaths can’t be as physically violent as men; they can. Psychopathy, in both men and women, is correlated with premeditated aggression and, to a lesser extent, impulsive violence in response to anger or frustration. But what female psychopaths tend to specialize in is their ability to seduce, lull, calm, comfort, provide security and convincingly portray gender stereotypical illusions as long as it’s useful to them. When it’s not, all hell can break loose. Sisters in Crime
Female offenders make up 13% of the U.S. prison population; 17% of them are psychopaths. In comparison to males, female psychopaths commit fewer violent crimes and are more likely to be arrested for fraud, property crimes, and drug possession. In comparison to non-psychopathic female inmates, they start their criminal careers earlier, reoffend more often, and commit premeditated crimes motivated by power, dominance or personal gain. Female psychopaths also kill and, when they do, they don’t go far from home. (