Psychopaths make up 4.5% of the adult population, according to a new meta-analysis

She mentions, in passing,

A billboard in Washington DC buses asked parents to volunteer their children for a study on conduct disorder. Symptoms? Failure to conform to social norms (that could mean anyone queer, trans*, mad, autistic, or politically radical), trouble with the law (hell, that could mean anyone who uses weed or attends protests), consistent irresponsibility (that could be anyone for various poverty, disability, or abuse related reasons), impulsivity (as if this is pathological?), manipulative behavior (as a catch-all for anything non-normative or potentially subversive), and lack of empathy .

“conduct disorder” is one of those things “treated” at the “judge rotenberg educational center”, subject of many lawsuits.

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