The two things you said here are starkly different.
All society can do is try to protect itself from trail of destruction they leave in their wake, whether it be broken hearts, empty wallets, or dead bodies.
VS.
You can cut the violence and recidivism. But you cannot cure the psychopathy.
You do notice the difference, right? Then you continue to say it'll be a miracle to fix them, they are evil and god will most likely snuff out their soul. Coming from someone who interacts with these people, your attitude is absolutely shocking. Your judgement is final and resolute, but this is not the consensus of the scientific community, nor does science make absolute claims. However, I can understand your stance since you've included religion in your conclusion and your guidebook is 20+ years out of date.
This is why you can say that those with antisocial personality disorder are psychopaths (or sociopaths, since the terms are interchangeable). But you can't say that all psychopaths have antisocial personality disorder.
I'll quote some passages from studies showing the problems with this definition and any final judgement you seem to take so readily:
"While significant advances have been made by scientists to understand the etiology and nature of psychopaths,
several questions still remain unanswered, related to its clear definition and identification. Considering the current ‘status quo’ of the psychiatric, psychological, genetic, neuroscientific and criminological literature, there is not a strong and consistent scientific basis for reconsidering the current legal treatment of psychopaths. Therefore, they should continue to be held fully responsible in the eyes of the law. We do not close the door, of course, to further advances in research, particularly regarding psychopaths in the Factor 2 group, also called ‘secondary psychopaths’ or ‘sociopaths’, who would be more likely to meet criteria, at least, for a mitigation, considering their supposed cognitive and volitional deficits"
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160252717300523
"Are psychopaths treatable? It appears that at least some of those in the criminal justice system respond much as other offenders do to treatments that make it less likely they will Misunderstanding Psychopathy be reconvicted. But unfounded confidence about untreatability, coupled with confusion about how psychopathy is defined, and what aspects of that definition may affect treatability are issues that thus far have limited research bearing on this question. The treatment of psychopathy itself remains largely uninvestigated using scientific methods. Although it may be of peripheral interest to the workings of the criminal justice system with its typically narrow focus on recidivism, overlap between psychopathy and other personality disorders (Skeem, Poythress, Edens, Lilienfeld, & Cale, 2003) suggests that inquiry into the treatment of psychopathy may benefit all therapeutic work with those whose personality pathology has the potential to be harmful to both themselves and others." https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-40608-002
"A proper assessment of the efficacy of this technique would, however, require focused longitudinal studies documenting adaptive changes in brain circuitry using functional imaging techniques. If such techniques are demonstrated to be successful, it would help to confirm developmental flexibility in the outcomes of this disorde
r and provide a more optimistic outlook for those who are neuropsychologically impaired in their ability to acquire key social implements such as conscience, empathy, and moral reasoning."
Psychopathy: Developmental Perspectives and their Implications for Treatment
And finally
"Only very recent studies have compared predatory versus impulsive offenders, basing group classification on volumetric measures of gray matter.172,173 These studies
show that whereas impulsive offenders can be treated with existing therapies, traditional treatments for predatory offenders may be useless. The interpersonal and affective aspects of psychopathy have only very recently come to the attention of treatment theories and remain to be addressed in actual interventions." and, "
psychopathy remain poorly understood, it is clear that an important relationship exists between empathy and PV(calculated/instrumental,),
which may be essential in the development of treatments for this disorder."
The Dialectic Between Empathy and Violence: An Opportunity for Intervention? - PubMed - NCBI
Highlighted in bold are, what I think, especially important.
Your replies have become steadily more neutral than your initial post, therefore, I'll take that as more of an apology on your part and learned response. If your initial post was not so incredibly damning and judgemental, I would not have even replied. If you said it's unlikely they can be treated, then that's fairly acceptable, but that's not what you said.
Thanks for the discussion