Knecht Thomas
Aus der Psychiatrischen Klinik Münsterlingen.
Arch Kriminol. 2006 Mar-Apr;217(3-4):65-73.
Little has been written in German scientific literature on the personality structure of white-collar criminals. Often, the relevance of this level of investigation has downright been denied. Conventional psychopathology does not seem to be an appropriate approach to these character problems since there are not only deficits but also competences to be found which are useful while making a professional career. The author points out the inhomogeneity of this offender population and presents a case report of an atypical white-collar criminal. Over and above that, he introduces two psychological concepts which are apt to better describe the peculiarities of these individuals: Machiavellian intelligence is often the core competence when it comes to rising in hierarchies, whereas the newly defined psychopathy concept according to R. D. Hare makes plausible the moral and ethical failure of these offenders in their professional settings.
德国科学文献中关于白领罪犯人格结构的论述甚少。通常，这种层面的调查的相关性甚至被直接否定。传统精神病理学似乎并非处理这些性格问题的恰当方法，因为在这些人身上不仅能发现缺陷，还能发现有助于其职业生涯发展的能力。作者指出了这类罪犯群体的异质性，并呈现了一个非典型白领罪犯的案例报告。除此之外，他引入了两个心理学概念，这两个概念更能贴切地描述这些人的特质：在层级体系中晋升时，权谋智力往往是核心能力，而根据R.D. 黑尔新定义的心理变态概念则说明了这些罪犯在职业环境中的道德和伦理失范行为。
