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Psychopathy and its relevance to crime and justice -- Theory and research on psychopathy -- The mental mechanisms of psychopathy : unconscious defensive process and conscious cognitive style -- Psychopathy from an interdisciplinary perspective -- The psychopath in popular culture -- Psychopathy and criminal justice practice -- New research and emerging issues -- Future implications of the psychopathy construct for criminology -- And criminal justice policy and practice -- References -- Index

"Psychopathy has been the subject of investigations in both philosophy and psychiatry and yet the conceptual issues remain largely unresolved. This volume approaches psychopathy by considering the question of what psychopaths lack. The contributors investigate specific moral dysfunctions or deficits, shedding light on the capacities people need to be moral by examining cases of real people who seem to lack those capacities"--Publisher's description

"Psychopathy has been the subject of investigations in both philosophy and psychiatry and yet the conceptual issues remain largely unresolved. This volume approaches psychopathy by considering the question of what psychopaths lack. The contributors investigate specific moral dysfunctions or deficits, shedding light on the capacities people need to be moral by examining cases of real people who seem to lack those capacities"--Publisher's description.

This book applies the psychopathy concept toward the understanding of crime. Drawing on hundreds of studies and his own clinical, research, and practitioner experience working with the most antisocial and violent offenders, the author demonstrates that psychopathy can explain all forms of crime across the life course, and also examines the biosocial foundations of the disorder. With an abundance of case studies and historical references, written in a distinctive writing style, the book is equally fascinating to the academic scholar and the true crime buff alike. -- Provided by publisher.

"For over two centuries, psychopathy has stood as perhaps the most formidable risk factor for antisocial behavior, crime, and violence. The Routledge International Handbook of Psychopathy and Crime presents the state-of-the-art on the full landscape of research on antisocial behavior that employs psychopathy as a central correlate. It is the largest and most comprehensive work of its kind, and includes contributions from renowned scholars from around the world. Organized into five distinctive sections, this book covers the etiology of psychopathy; the measurement of psychopathy; the association between psychopathy and diverse forms of homicidal and sexual offending, including serial murder, sexual homicide, rape and child molestation; criminal careers and psychopathy; the role of psychopathy in criminal justice system supervision, including institutional misconduct, noncompliance, and recidivism. This book is an essential resource for students and researchers in criminology, psychology and criminal justice, and will be of interested to all those interested in criminal behavior, sexual and violent crime, forensic psychology and forensic mental health"--

Western theory and research has found a positive relationship between the Machiavellian personality (Mach) and the Primary Psychopath (PP). Joint symptoms include affective poverty, lack of remorse/guilt, and manipulativeness. We explored the Mach-PP relationship in a culture which
changed radically after 1990 from socialism to capitalism.

Chapter 1: Overview of Theories and Empirical Findings Relevant to Psychopathic Personality Characteristics Amongst High Functioning Populations -- Chapter 2: Conceptualising Psychopathy: Empirical, Clinical and Case Interpretations -- Chapter 3: Criminal and Noncriminal Psychopathy – The Devil is in the Detail -- Chapter 4: The Assessment of Psychopathic Personality Across Settings -- Chapter 5: Empirical findings relating to psychopathy -- Chapter 6: A critical review of the measurement of potential risk-posing personality traits and their application in the workplace -- Chapter 7: Overview of the Impact of Psychopathy and Other Problematic Personality Constructs in the Workplace -- Chapter 8: The development of a measure of Dark Triad traits in a Corporate sample -- Chapter 9: The tangled web: psychopathic personality, vulnerability and victim selection -- Chapter 10: Corporate Psychopathy: Entering the paradox and emerging unscathed.