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Psychologiczny profil zbrodniarzy wojennych
Psychological profile of war criminals

Author(s): Mikołaj Orfin
Subject(s): Personality Psychology, Criminology, Russian Aggression against Ukraine
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: war criminals; dictators; psychological profile; personality disorder;

Summary/Abstract: Wars have always been social nightmares. People have always been responsible for them. They are such war criminals as Adolf Hitler or Vladimir Putin. People often ask themselves what they had in mind and why they became monsters. In my article I want to present the profiles of war criminals and describe the factors that influenced the formation of their personalities and create an approximate psychological profile of war criminals based on the profiles of three dictators responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of people, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Putin, who is responsible for the war on the eastern border of Poland, the war in Ukraine. The article shows that the basis for the disorder of their personality which consequently led to their decisions was childhood and later years of their lives.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 105-118
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish