"Psychopaths have emotional and rational impairments that can be expressed in persistent criminal behavior. UK and US law has not traditionally excused disordered individuals for their crimes citing these emotional impairments as a cause for their criminal behaviour. Until now, …
Shows readers how to identify the four most common dangerous personalities and analyze how much of a threat each personality can be, and describes how to recover from trauma caused by others with destructive personalities. --Publisher's description.
When we wake up to new tragedies in the news every day -- shootings, rampages, acts of domestic terrorism -- we often blame ourselves for missing the mania lurking inside unsuspecting individuals. But how could we have known that the charismatic leader had the characteristics of…
We seem to wake up to a new tragedy in the news every day--Newtown, Boston, Aurora, Columbine. So often the reporters say that "there were some signs, but nobody acted." The scary part about these tragedies is that less than 1% of criminals are incarcerated for their crimes, mea…
Shows readers how to identify the four most common dangerous personalities and analyze how much of a threat each personality can be, and describes how to recover from trauma caused by others with destructive personalities. --Publisher's description. What makes a narcissist go f…
A stunning merger of rigorous science and clear-sighted cultural analysis, <em>The Myth of the Born Criminal</em> is for anyone who wonders just what truth - or fiction - lurks behind the study of psychopathy.
A stunning merger of rigorous science and clear-sighted cultural analysis, The Myth of the Born Criminal is for anyone who wonders just what truth - or fiction - lurks behind the study of psychopathy.
A stunning merger of rigorous science and clear-sighted cultural analysis, The Myth of the Born Criminal is for anyone who wonders just what truth - or fiction - lurks behind the study of psychopathy.
"[I]s psychopathy a brain disorder, as many scientists now claim? Or is it just a reflection of modern society's deepest fears? The Myth of the Born Criminal offers the first comprehensive critique of the concept of psychopathy from the eighteenth-century origins of the born-cri…
A stunning merger of rigorous science and clear-sighted cultural analysis, The Myth of the Born Criminal is for anyone who wonders just what truth - or fiction - lurks behind the study of psychopathy.
Understanding Psychopathy is an essential, accessible new guide on psychopathy and its development. Through the lens of the biopsychosocial model, Thomson explores a wide range of factors contributing to the development of psychopathy, from the genetic to the environmental, supp…
Understanding Psychopathy is an essential, accessible new guide on psychopathy and its development. Through the lens of the biopsychosocial model, Thomson explores a wide range of factors contributing to the development of psychopathy, from the genetic to the environmental, supp…
This book explains the ethical and conceptual tensions in the use of psychopathy in different countries, including America, Canada, the UK, Croatia, Australia, and New Zealand. It offers an extensive critical analysis of how psychopathy functions within institutional and social …
This book explains the ethical and conceptual tensions in the use of psychopathy in different countries, including America, Canada, the UK, Croatia, Australia, and New Zealand. It offers an extensive critical analysis of how psychopathy functions within institutional and social …
