The diagnoses of ‘antisocial personality disorder’ and ‘psychopathy’ are also far more commonly applied to men. Do the constructs of personality disorder or psychopathy offer any help in understanding the relationship between gender and violence? Do men happen to suffer from these ‘disorders’ more than women, or is it simply that violent behaviour, so much more likely to be carried out by men, leads to the diagnosis? Perhaps a better understanding of gender can tell us more about violence and its relationship to individual experience? Is it helpful to wonder about the psychosocial dynamics of gender and their relation to violence?
We are holding a one day seminar to explore this relationship. This seminar is organised as part of the ESRC Seminar series ‘Cross Disciplinary Perspectives on ‘antisocial personality disorder.’
We are holding a one day seminar to explore this relationship. This seminar is organised as part of the ESRC Seminar series ‘Cross Disciplinary Perspectives on ‘antisocial personality disorder.’