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Atheists and genetic mutations (view source)
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== Atheists, psychopathy and genetic mutations ==
== Atheists, psychopathy and genetic mutations ==
[[Psychopath]]y is strongly correlated with crime, violence, and antisocial behavior.<ref name=Patrick2005a>{{cite book |editor1-last=Patrick |editor1-first=Christopher J |year=2005 |title=Handbook of Psychopathy |publisher=Guilford Press |pages=440–3}}</ref><ref name="englandandwales2009">{{cite journal|last1=Coid|first1=Jeremy|last2=Yang|first2=Min|last3=Ullrich|first3=Simone|last4=Roberts|first4=Amanda|last5=Moran|first5=Paul|last6=Bebbington|first6=Paul|last7=Brugha|first7=Traolach|last8=Jenkins|first8=Rachel|last9=Farrell|first9=Michael|last10=Lewis|first10=Glyn|last11=Singleton|first11=Nicola|last12=Hare|first12=Robert|title=Psychopathy among prisoners in England and Wales|journal=International Journal of Law and Psychiatry|date=May 2009|volume=32|issue=3|pages=134–41|doi=10.1016/j.ijlp.2009.02.008|pmid=19345418|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/24256789_Psychopathy_among_prisoners_in_England_and_Wales|accessdate=1 April 2016|publisher=Elsevier Ltd}}</ref> See also: [[Irreligion, psychopathy, crime, violence and antisocial behavior]] ]]
A [[psychopath]] is someone with an anti-social [[personality disorder]] characterized by [[violent]], [[perverted]] or immoral behavior often leading to [[criminal]]ity. Psychopaths have little or no concern for other people. Some psychopaths equate [[love]] with sexual arousal.<ref>{{cite book |title=Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us |author=Robert D. Hare |publisher=Guilford Press |place=New York and London |year=2011 |pages=52 |isbn=978-16062-35782 |url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1606235788}}</ref>
There are studies showing a positive correlation between psychopahy and irreligion (see: [[Atheism and psychopathy]]).
There are studies showing a positive correlation between psychopahy and irreligion (see: [[Atheism and psychopathy]]).
There are medical scientists and [[social science|social scientists]] who theorize that psychopathy is a medical condition caused by genetic defects (caused by accumulated mutations within a given population).<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2933872/ The Psycho Gene] by Philip Hunter, EMBO Rep. 2010 Sep; 11(9): 667–669.</ref><ref>[http://aglenn.people.ua.edu/uploads/1/4/1/8/14182546/glenn_avb_2011.pdf Glenn, A.L., Kurzban, R., & Raine, A. (2011). Evolutionary Theory and Psychopathy. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 16, 371-380]</ref>
There are medical scientists and [[social science|social scientists]] who theorize that psychopathy is a medical condition caused by genetic defects (caused by accumulated mutations within a given population).<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2933872/ The Psycho Gene] by Philip Hunter, EMBO Rep. 2010 Sep; 11(9): 667–669.</ref><ref>[http://aglenn.people.ua.edu/uploads/1/4/1/8/14182546/glenn_avb_2011.pdf Glenn, A.L., Kurzban, R., & Raine, A. (2011). Evolutionary Theory and Psychopathy. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 16, 371-380]</ref>
== See also ==
== See also ==