Recent research suggests violence is a clinically relevant correlate of certain personality disorders, however, knowledge and investigation in this area has been impeded by conceptual and methodological barriers because there is still a considerable amount of uncertainty in terms of how personality disorder operates to influence violence (Daffern & Gilbert, 2011). The authors believe that the GAM could assist with breaking some of those barriers along with further research that examines and further investigates aggression and violence regarding normative beliefs along with utilizing the GAM more to assess and develop more effective treatment …show more content…
The authors discuss and define psychopathy, its relation to other personality and mental disorders along with examining the inconsistencies in longitudinal, and clinical studies regarding the criminality and personality traits assessed with certain diagnostic