Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-4091815-20150702074727/@comment-13965604-20150704181931

Mgc26133 wrote: Peter is a sociopath. Derek goes there from time to time, but it's not his regular self. Theo acts good to the outside, but inside he's capable of advanced brutality with no remorse.

I would say he's sick, but psycho is just a better word for him [imo]..

I'm not sure Peter really fits well into either sociopath or psychopath category. The difference are few and there's only one really major difference I can find. When psychopaths do a crime, it's planned and premeditated. When a sociopath does a crime, it's normally an impulsive act. We've seen both of Peter, though spmostly planning is his thing, barring Laura and Jennifer Blake. We've also seen both of Theo, he's planned this big scheme, so he's capable of planning, but then he did the impulse hand break to cover the lie, when he easily could've planned a story for a change like that, before or after it became an issue.

I'm not sure if that's simply because Jeff/media in general blurs the line because they don't know the difference. That shouldn't really apply to Jeff though, since Criminal Minds. He should know the difference.