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The Character of Lisa Rowe

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The character of Lisa Rowe portrayed by Angelina Jolie illustrates the diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder (sociopath) 301.7 as defined by the DSM-IV. The criteria for this can be seen when she:

No respect for authority or unlawful behaviors:

She is brought in by officers at the beginning of the movie, one must assume she was involved with a unlawful behavior.(criteria A1)

The way she talks to the authority figures

when they try to escort her to her room.( criteria A1)

When her and the other girls break into the therapist's office to look at their records.

(criteria A1)

Aggressiveness towards others:

when she lashes out at Susan at the beginning of the movie for being in Jamie's room her best friend who committed suicide. (criteria A4 and A5)

She is constantly lashing out at people for no apparent reason. ( Criteria A4)

When she talks to daisy she has an aggressive tone her voice and makes her fearful of her (Criteria A4)

A carelessness for social norms:

She swears at whoever and whenever, even to those who society would deserve a greater respect. (Criteria A1)

she violates the social norm about sex when she re-accounts being permissive for money. (criteria A1 and A5)

she

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