The Brain of Dexter Morgan: the Science of Psychopathy in Showtime’s Season 8 of Dexter
| Autor: | Taylor Goodspeed, Colleen M. Berryessa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Conceptualization
media_common.quotation_subject 050901 criminology 05 social sciences Fatalism Psychopathy Affect (psychology) medicine.disease Content analysis CSI effect medicine Lay theories 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 0509 other social sciences Psychology Law Social psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common Criminal justice |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Criminal Justice. 44:962-978 |
| ISSN: | 1936-1351 1066-2316 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12103-019-9470-1 |
| Popis: | This article identifies and discusses on the ways in which biological influences to psychopathy are thematically portrayed in the eighth season of Dexter to describe Dexter's psychopathy, particularly focusing on fatalism and the inevitability of succumbing to one's "biological self." This paper, utilizing traditional content analysis, focuses on seven qualitative themes surrounding "biological fatalism" and psychopathy in this final season of Dexter. As lay theories of psychopathy are thought to originate from the media's conceptualization of the disorder, such thematic portrayals serve to potential affect lay understandings of psychopathy and correspondingly, how the disorder is treated and perceived in the criminal justice process as a modern psychopathy-related "CSI Effect." The conclusion focuses on the messages that this final season of Dexter sends to the lay public about the biological influences to psychopathy and how this may create implications for the criminal justice system. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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