Recently it has been argued that certain neuropsychological findings on the decision-
making, instrumental learning, and moral understanding in psychopathic offenders offer …

Recent research into the psychological and neurobiological underpinnings of psychopathy
has raised the question of whether, or to what degree, psychopaths should be considered …

Abstract Katrina Sifferd and William Hirstein, in their paper 'On the criminal culpability of
successful and unsuccessful psychopaths', argue that neuropsychological data show that …

Current legal practice holds that a diagnosis of psychopathy does not remove criminal
responsibility. In contrast, many philosophers and legal experts are increasingly persuaded …

Should offenders with psychopathy or those exhibiting extreme forms of antisocial behaviour
be considered criminally responsible? The current debate seems to have reached a …

The way in which we characterize the structural and functional differences between
psychopath and normal brains–either as biological disorders or as mere biological …

The psychological literature now differentiates between two types of psychopath: successful
(with little or no criminal record) and unsuccessful (with a criminal record). Recent research …

The question of the psychopath's responsibility for his or her wrongdoing has received
considerable attention. Much of this attention has been directed toward whether …

Psychopaths are infamous for their immoral behavior. Indeed, immoral (or, in clinical
terms,“antisocial”) behavior is one of the critical symptoms used to diagnose psychopathy …

Theoretical arguments that psychopathy eliminates individual responsibility for illegal
behavior and can therefore serve as a basis for an insanity defense are largely premised on …