How do you know if someone is criminally insane? I have a friend who is currently in jail. He has a very high iq (154) and is a drug addict and con artist. He is a VERY good speaker; he can talk to anybody. He is actually getting whoever is in charge of his time to lower it (i am not very well educated on this subject btw). Anyway, he knows the system and can seemingly get what he wants anytime he wants. He is a master manipulator. He has been in jail many times but always gets less time than what he was originally sentenced. He has been to prison twice. He says he just can't get over his "past"...is he criminally insane? Any info would be greatly appreciated.
2007-08-25 17:44:33 · 5 answers · asked by mao ying 3 in Health ➔ Mental Health
It is sad because this man has many talents...he wastes them all away.
2007-08-25 17:46:51 · update #1
"Criminally Insane" usually means someone doesn't know the difference between right and wrong.
Your friend sounds like he might have Antisocial Personality Disorder, or at least some traits of that disorder.
I used to work at a state hospital and we had some NGRI (not guilty by reason of insanity) patients. Most of them seemed like "smooth talkers" to me.
A lot of people in jail or prison can lower their sentence if they stay out of trouble, it's not really that remarkable.
How do you know what his IQ is? Did he tell you? How do you know he didn't lie about it? If he's so smart why does he keep getting caught?
2007-08-25 18:03:22 · answer #1 · answered by majnun99 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Criminally Insane
2016-10-05 00:34:45 · answer #2 · answered by bebber 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't need a person like this to be your friend. I wouldn't want to be giving him a ride and get stopped by the cops because they may decide you are his accomplice.
Most of the time I hear I hear criminally insane when someone commit a felony and must go to the state hospital for the criminally insane because they lost their ability to judge right from wrong. Usually a judge and jury decide it.
This guy knows what he's doing is wrong, does it anyway and brags about it.
Watch an old Jack Nicholson film called "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" produced about 1975
2007-08-26 13:05:48 · answer #3 · answered by Will 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
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How do you know if someone is criminally insane? I have a friend who is currently in jail. He has a very high iq (154) and is a drug addict and con artist. He is a VERY good speaker; he can talk to anybody. He is actually getting whoever is in charge of his time to lower it (i am not very well...
2015-08-05 23:00:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably sociopathic? but this all depends on the rest of his personality.
2007-08-25 18:36:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋