CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION 1.1Background of The Study
The crime rate is rising, along with the development of this modern era. This action caused by various factors and motives. The factors are economic factors, political, cultural, religious, and others. But there are also criminal acts caused by personality disorders, such as a murder case by Ted Bundy.
committed one hundred or more. Finally, He was executed by electric chair on January 24, 1989.
While experts found Bundy’s precise diagnosis elusive, the majority of evidence pointed away from bipolar disorder or other psychosis, and toward antisocial personality disorder (ASPD). ASPD patients frequently identified as sociopaths or psychopaths that are often outwardly charming, even charismatic; but beneath the facade there is little true personality or genuine insight. Most sociopaths are not demonstrably psychotic; they can readily distinguish right from wrong, but such ability has minimal effect on their behavior. They are devoid of feelings of guilt or remorse, a point readily admitted by Bundy himself.
Based on Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder IV, 4th edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR, 2004) stating that Psychopathic or Antisocial
insightful, always wanted to get all, maniac, sweet nature that forces and cut corners to achieve his wish. A psychopath has antisocial behavior. Antisocial personality usually continue to take criminal behavior, namely that lack of empathy or concern for others and do not have a sense of shame, regret or guilty if you make a mistake.
In some research about psychopathology suggest that actually it is difficult to differentiate between the acts of murder that individuals who have mental disorder do with individuals have not. But the thing can look from aspect serial killer. Specialist of mental health agrees that sadistic serial killer is more incline being by individual has sociopath disorder. The thing assumed because a sociopath patients experience personality disorder and their mind are not disorder so personally. Sociopaths are people don’t have empathy to their victim.
In literature, psychology of studies said that psychopath connected with patient mental illness and personality disorder, namely antisocial. In the end 1960s psychiatrist proposed to differentiate sociopath with mental illness and classified sociopath and psychopath as part of antisocial personality disorder (APD).
So, murder is one of antisocial behavior that is an attitude that leads contradictory or opposed the rules or norms prevailing in society. People who have antisocial behavior, shows the pattern of impulsive behavior, irresponsible, not thought out, and sometimes criminal. But they are intelligent and articulate, with the ability to mesmerize and manipulate others.
Murder is one act of antisocial behavior, can found in a literary form of the novel as a novel Blind Eye: The Terrifying Story of a Doctor Who Got Away with Murder by James B Stewart. This book talk about a doctor psychopath becomes a
FBI said Michael Swango murdered more than sixty of his patients and tried to poison his friends in hospital and his girl friend. He dubs the Incredibly Deadly Doctors. But Michael Swango, who a handsome man makes many people like him, makes hard for someone to believe that Swango is the murderer. In this novel tells that Michael Swango have personality disorder. There are many behavior of Swango that show his antisocial personality disorder.
James B. Stewart, is a lawyer, journalist, and author of books such as Den of Thieves, Blood Sport, and Follow the Story: How to Write Successful Nonfiction. In addition to teaching at Columbia University, a graduate of Harvard Law School and DePauw University is also known as the author of Common Sense, a column in SmartMoney and SmartMoney.com who also appeared in the Wall Street Journal. He received the Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for his article in the Wall Street Journal happenings stock market crash and insider trading scandal in 1987. In 1999, James B Stewart wrote the novel Blind Eye: The Terrifying Story of a Doctor Who Got Away with Murder. He won the 2000 Edgar Award in the best fact crime category. The
novel is a literary work of a true story of a criminal of the leading character who works as a doctor.
1.2Problem of the Study
The main research question of this paper is what and how Dr. Michael Swango‘s disorder is. In order to narrow the aspects of Swango‘s disorder that are investigated, two partial questions are formulated:
2. What are the causes of Dr. Michael Swango’s antisocial personality disorder?
1.3Objective of the Study
In this research, the writer concluded that there are objectives based on the problem that has been decided:
1. To find out how Dr. Michael Swango’s antisocial personality disorder is portrayed in the novel.
2. To know the causes of Dr. Michael Swango’s antisocial personality disorder.
1.4Scope of the Study
Since this paper examines the psychological aspects of the character Swango in Blind Eye: the Terrifying Story of a Doctor Who Got Away with Murder by James B Stewart, the scope of the study that writer analyzes character of Swango from the author‘s and other character’s description. The writer also investigates Swango‘s environment (e.g. his house and the hospital where he work) and attire; for both aspects are influenced by his personality that he has personality disorder.
In this thesis also writer explain the causes of personality disorder. The writer also uses quotes’s Elly M Setiadi and Usman Kolip about antisocial and Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM IV), a manual that is referred by mental health professionals when diagnosing mental illnesses to know general criteria of antisocial personality disorder that can support analysis.
1.5Significance of the Study
