The general definition of the sociopath I got from a study of con artists - it's a common trait
Apart from violence being a key feature I had to double check the exact status of psychopath so I did look at Wiki* for that, obviously if you've been formally trained in psychiatry then I can only apologise
*These are the references they used to write the Wiki Encyclopedia entry for it if you want to check their veracity
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