Samuel has committed several violent offenses and feels no remorse for what he has done. He finds his victims by deceiving them; he approaches a young woman and says he needs directions across town, and then leads her to his car. He then forces the woman into his car and later kills her. If we were to characterize Samuel's problem by claiming that he has a personality defect, which of the
following best describes this condition?
A. anomie
B. low level of autonomic arousal
C. criminal thinking pattern
D. psychopathy
D
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