Thank you for the detailed explanation. One more curio/tangential question for me (no rush for an answer) and then I’ll leave it.
How would serial killers who seem to have no remorse or kill for no apparent reason (although I think there is always a reason) be categorised psychopathically (if at all)- an extreme form of the aggressive psychopath?
My experience of "serial killers" rests on just one case many years ago who showed no aggressive traits at all (apart from killing people). That seems to be true of the majority of people who kill quietly over the years, as distinct from that modern specialty, the school shooter, but even they are not normally explosively aggressive. They all plan their actions carefully, more like a military campaign than an unplanned outburst.
Thank you for the detailed explanation. One more curio/tangential question for me (no rush for an answer) and then I’ll leave it.
How would serial killers who seem to have no remorse or kill for no apparent reason (although I think there is always a reason) be categorised psychopathically (if at all)- an extreme form of the aggressive psychopath?
My experience of "serial killers" rests on just one case many years ago who showed no aggressive traits at all (apart from killing people). That seems to be true of the majority of people who kill quietly over the years, as distinct from that modern specialty, the school shooter, but even they are not normally explosively aggressive. They all plan their actions carefully, more like a military campaign than an unplanned outburst.