Psicopatas homicidas e o direito penal.

Abstract

The present work studied the characteristics of the psychopaths, the type of crimes that they commit and how the Criminal Law applies the sentence to that people. For this, the work had the biggest focus on the study by the perspective of doctors and psychiatrists about what is psychopathy, which are its causes and the differences between personality disorder and mental illness. In this context, the studies were directed to profile a psychopath using psychiatric concepts, as well were analyzed famous cases of crimes executed by them. Posteriorly, the present work had by objective the study of the crime theory, thus giving a greater attention to factors like culpability, imputability, unimputability and semi-imputability. Wherefore, it sought to address the ways that the Criminal Law uses to find the personality disorder and which sentences are applied on the individual bearer of the personality disorder. Thereunto, the work had the care of analyse jurisprudences on the topic in question, to this way could conclude the tybe of response that the Brazilian Penal System gives to the individual who suffers of personality disorder.