RT Article
T1 The Brain of Dexter Morgan: the Science of Psychopathy in Showtime’s Season 8 of Dexter
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 44
IS 6
SP 962
OP 978
A1 Berryessa, Colleen
A2 Goodspeed, Taylor
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764201876
AB 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.
K1 Criminal Justice
K1 Neuroscience
K1 Psychopathy
K1 Dexter
DO 10.1007/s12103-019-9470-1