Criminal Pathology help

[Bauer]

Hi, I'm studying up on some criminal pathology. Can anyone tell me why bed wetting is one of the conditions with the "triad"? The other two are setting fires and torturing animals if anyone is wondering.

Serious comment please.

 

[OulOat]

Dunno, google didn't pull up anything explaining why bed wetting is a sign.

 

[Stumps]

bed wetting, lighting fires and torturing animals.....sounds like my next door neighbours kid..damn

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: Bauer
Hi, I'm studying up on some criminal pathology. Can anyone tell me why bed wetting is one of the conditions with the "triad"? The other two are setting fires and torturing animals if anyone is wondering.

Serious comment please.

are you talking about childhood predictors of antisocial or psychopathic personality disorder in adulthood? I'm not sure if anyone understands for certain WHY these types of people wet the bed, torture small animals, or light fires when they are kids. It's just something psychiatrists, psychologists, parents, police people have noticed about these people.

 

[Bauer]

talking about sadism in general. I can see fire and torturing animals as a form of inflicting pain. Makes them feel in power and control. But bed wetting...that doesn't tie in with anything.

 

[0roo0roo]

age inappropriate bed wetting? i doubt they really know for sure.

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: Bauer
talking about sadism in general. I can see fire and torturing animals as a form of inflicting pain. Makes them feel in power and control. But bed wetting...that doesn't tie in with anything.

I suppose you can regard bed wetting as a form of anti-social behavior. A lot of raising children involves teaching them all the rules they have to follow to be able to live in a society with other people. (Rules like maintaining personal hygiene, rules of politeness, taking the needs of other people into consideration, etc.) Maybe these antisocial PD people have some kind of deficit in picking up or learning those kinds of rules of appropriate social behavior, so they learn things like how to control bed wetting a bit later than other children. Kids who wet the bed later than other kids are usually embarrassed about it, I suppose, and they might be motivated to learn how to stop it. Maybe the antisocial PD people feel no embarrassment or stress in doing something that other people think is inappropriate, so it takes longer for them to stop that behavior?

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Bauer
talking about sadism in general. I can see fire and torturing animals as a form of inflicting pain. Makes them feel in power and control. But bed wetting...that doesn't tie in with anything.

Perhaps they lack control (evidenced by the bed wetting), so they try to feel like they're in control by inflicting pain and burning things?