[9YearLurker]

I’m not so sure about that—until they commit these crimes, of course.

[onyx]

There’s almost always warning signs for these types and a criminal record from age fifteen would be informative. Sociopathy’s have many forms. For example, the Marxist in the WH is a full blown sociopath, but he’s not the type to shoot children, although he would likely have no problem shooting his perceived enemies in the face or ordering someone else to do it.

[BoomerBabe]

It would be very unusual for a sociopath to not have a criminal history of some kind dating back to at least adolescence and sometimes younger. They place little to no value on conforming to society's laws, so there is usually a history of lawbreaking, most often involving violence. Sociopathy/Psychopathy is at the severe end of the antisocial personality disorder spectrum. In my job as a mental health counselor at a community mental health center, I do intakes. I have sat across from some of these people, and I can almost pick them out walking in the door. They just have a way about them that is creepy. They are so untreatable that we do not accept them into our program.