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Continua outperform dichotomies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

John D. Baldwin*
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106. baldwin@alishaw.uscb.edu

Abstract

Mealey's data do not support her dichotomous model of primary and secondary sociopathy; this data supports the view that there is a continuum of degrees of sociopathy, from zero to the maximal manifestation. There are multitudes of factors that can contribute to sociopathy – from both genetic and environmental sources – and the countless different mixes of them can produce multiple degrees and variations of sociopathic behavior.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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