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Working out how the offender came to be the way they are: Ivan Milat -…
Working out how the offender came to be the way they are: Ivan Milat
Social
A family of 14 children
Likely poor maternal attachment
Isolated rural upbringing
- limited interaction with parents and other families to develop social norms
Presence of guns
McDonald Triad - opportunity for animal cruelty - correlates with crime/likelihood to abuse
Psychological
Impacted maternal attachment > negative attachment style > challenges with self-control and emotion regulation
Personality disorders
Oppositional defiant disorder -
linked to poor development
> aggression, justifies behaviour by blaming authority figures
Conduct disorder -
linked to upbringing
> violent, unhealthy relationships, illegal behaviour
Antisocial personality -
linked to abuse, neglect
> lack of remorse
Poor moral development -
lacking role models and social comparisons
> underdeveloped understanding of right and wrong
Freud
Overactive Id - impulsive; pleasure-seeking
Low Superego - underdeveloped sense of morality
Biological
Oppositional defiant disorder - may have a genetic basis
Warrior gene??? - gene linked to lack of empathy, aggression, violence
Dark Triad has a biopsycho basis
Narcissistic personality - inflated sense of importance
Psychopathy - reduced activity in emotion and empathy brain areas > impulsive, violent
Machiavellianism - manipulative personality