http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/03/11/jodi-arias-victim-or-sociopath/
As a psychiatrist, the question I get almost daily is, so whats the deal with Jodi? Is she a battered woman, an obsessive woman, a femme fatal or a sociopath?
Here is the real problem with labeling Arias as a sociopath. This condition starts in the young teen years, if not before. It is a persistent and consistent behavior over the first three to four decades of the individual- some say for a lifetime. No one has come forward with any prior behavioral issues, legal issues, problems with work, family or friends. She was reportedly a very "good girl" in high school and very normal. At this time there are no known problems with previous boyfriends.
Jodi Arias, as you can see, fits the sociopath profile in many, many ways, except for the most important criteria.
There is no past history. Based on this, unless there is much we do not know she does not technically meet the DSM IV criteria as a sociopath.
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