Stories of the “psychopath” are often intriguing to individuals in the general population as they receive extensive media coverage and are the basis for many interesting plots in books, television, and films . The idea of ​​"psychopath" is usually misunderstood and conflated with other dispositions such as Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD), but these concepts are two distinct entities. Defining a “psychopath” is a difficult task. First, psychopathy is a trait and not a disorder (Strickland et al, 2013). Characterization of psychopathy using the fifth edition of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM-V) has demonstrated effective trait-based coverage in terms of psychopathy and its facets identifiable through the Personality Inventory for DSM-V (PID-V) (Strickland et al, 2013 ).The identification of psychopathy as a trait indicates that individuals with this specific trait possess patterns of thoughts, feelings, or actions that are distinguishable. For example, the five-factor model (Costa & Wildiger, 2002) describes five broad personality dimensions that are used to describe human personality. All individuals possess some degree of these identifiable traits, however they are expressed in different behaviors on a continuum. Possessing the average trait has historically not generated problems (Costa and Wildiger, 2002) but, when individuals approach the extreme limit of a trait (extremely low or extremely high), then there may be an indication of some type of personality disorder. Hence the term psychopathy and ASPD are often used interchangeably as individuals who demonstrate extreme forms of psychopathy are often diagnosed with ASPD (Strickland et al, 2013). The DSM-V aims to correct this bind. The dimensional person... middle of paper... Psychopathy scores predict adolescent inpatient aggression. Evaluation, 10(1), 102-112. Strickland, C., Drislane, L., Lucy, M., Krueger, R., & Patrick, C. (2013). Characterization of psychopathy using DSM-5 personality traits. Evaluation, 20(3), 327-338 .Szalavitz, M. (n.d.). Why do some people become psychopaths? MSN Healthy Living. Retrieved October 23, 2013, from http://healthyliving.msn.com/health-wellness/why-do-some-people-become-psychopaths-1?pageart=2Woodworth, M., & Porter, S. (2002) . In cold blood: Characteristics of criminal homicides as a function of psychopathy. Journal of psychological anomalies, 111(3), 436. Winko v. British Columbia (Forensic Psychiatric Institute), [1999] 2 SCR 625 World Health Organization. 2001b. Burden of mental and behavioral disorders. http://www.who.int/whr/2001/chapter2/en/index.html (accessed March 21, 2008).