Few psychological concepts evoke simultaneously as much fascination and
misunderstanding as psychopathic personality, or psychopathy. Typically, individuals with …

As a result of Kansas v Hendricks, many sex offenders in the US are likely to be civilly
committed to mental institutions for indefinite periods, and many others with histories of …

Psychopathy is a disorder embedded in mystique, controversy and fantasy. Consistently
portrayed in the media and popular culture as unusual, inhumane and emotionless …

The present meta-analysis integrated effect sizes from 95 non-overlapping studies (N=
15,826) to summarize the relation between Hare Psychopathy Checklists and antisocial …

Its controversial past notwithstanding, psychopathy has emerged as one of the most
important clinical constructs in the criminal justice and mental health systems. One reason …

The authors use a developmental perspective to examine questions about the criminal
culpability of juveniles and the juvenile death penalty. Under principles of criminal law …

Although psychopathy usually is treated as a unitary construct, a seminal theory posits that
there are 2 variants: Primary psychopathy is underpinned by an inherited affective deficit …

Although psychopathy typically has been construed as a relatively uniform construct,
seminal theories and contemporary research suggest that it may be heterogeneous. In this …

Interest in the construct of psychopathy as it applies to children and adolescents has
become an area of considerable research interest in the past 5–10 years, in part due to the …

The psychopathic personality can be conceptualized as three interrelated dimensions,(a) an
interpersonal style of glibness, grandiosity, and manipulation;(b) an affective disposition of …