In this regard, and because the concept and measurement of psychopathy have been developed in reference to adults, there is reason to be concerned about potential developmental sources of false positives when measuring psychopathic traits in juvenile offenders. I don’t think it’s fair to put that label on a nine year old. They are still learning and they may have a little grasp on the way they need to act but they still have those moments, I’m eighteen and I know I still do. There are so many things out there now that someone could be. You can go to the doctor with just one symptom of something and you automatically have ADD, ADHA, or whatever it may be. That is hard and may be embarrassing for some people but most of all they just put it into most people’s heads. Granted some kids do need medicine but also a lot of the parents just don’t want to deal with their kids when they act out so they go and get them medicine. Although Kahn doesn’t state whether Michael was labeled as a psychopath or not I don’t think that you should be able to tell a nine year old that they have a condition that they have to deal with for the rest of their lives and take medicine in the time being as
In this regard, and because the concept and measurement of psychopathy have been developed in reference to adults, there is reason to be concerned about potential developmental sources of false positives when measuring psychopathic traits in juvenile offenders. I don’t think it’s fair to put that label on a nine year old. They are still learning and they may have a little grasp on the way they need to act but they still have those moments, I’m eighteen and I know I still do. There are so many things out there now that someone could be. You can go to the doctor with just one symptom of something and you automatically have ADD, ADHA, or whatever it may be. That is hard and may be embarrassing for some people but most of all they just put it into most people’s heads. Granted some kids do need medicine but also a lot of the parents just don’t want to deal with their kids when they act out so they go and get them medicine. Although Kahn doesn’t state whether Michael was labeled as a psychopath or not I don’t think that you should be able to tell a nine year old that they have a condition that they have to deal with for the rest of their lives and take medicine in the time being as