Psychopaths continue to be demonised by the media and estimatessuggest that a disturbing percentage of the population haspsychopathic tendencies. This timely and controversial new booksummarises what we already know about psychopathy and antisocialbehavior and puts forward a new case for its cause – withfar-reaching implications.
- Presents the scientific facts of psychopathy and antisocialbehavior.
- Addresses key questions, such as: What is psychopathy? Arethere psychopaths amongst us? What is wrong with psychopaths? Ispsychopathy due to nature or nurture? And can we treatpsychopaths?
- Reveals the authors’ ground-breaking research into whether anunderlying abnormality in brain development leaves psychopaths withan inability to feel emotion or fear.
- The resulting theory could lead to early diagnosis andrevolutionize the way society, the media and the state both viewsand contends with the psychopaths in our midst.
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