... basis for this disorder? There are several areas that are related to antisocial behaviors. The first of these factors being the role of the family. As in the story of Bill, his father was known in the neighborhood as being an alcoholic and frequently out of work. Bill and his brother reported frequent beatings and being unpredictable in his punishments. Bill was allowed to get away with things that other children in the neighborhood were not, such as staying out late. The family is recognized as teaching children the standards of acceptable and unacceptable behavior. McCord and McCord (1964) concluded that a lack of affection and parental rejection were the prime reasons for the development of psychopathic behavior. Other reasons included failure to discipline consistently, like Bill's father, and lack of the parents teaching their children their responsibilities to others. It has also been proposed by Moffitt (1993), that antisocial ...

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