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Crime Victims As Sociopaths

Approximately 4% of Americans are sociopaths.  In a country of 300 million, that's a lot of sociopaths.  Why then is it to hard to imagine that many crime victims are sociopaths?One of the many myths of criminal law is that there exists "hard evidence" in most cases.  If only that were true.  Instead, nearly every criminal case starts with the same thing - a complaining witness.Called victims by prosecutors, police, and some courts, a complaining witness is simply a person who has made a criminal accusation against another person.  Norm Pattis tried a case where an accusation was made against a client 10 years after the alleged crime:A couple of years ago, two parents confronted their teenage daughter with the contents of text messages on her cell phone...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on January 03, 2010 (boomark / email).