Psychopathy is characterized by a constellation of traits including callousness, superficial
charm, grandiosity, exploitativeness, irresponsibility, and impulsivity (eg, Cleckley …

Psychopathic individuals identified through contemporary instruments vary considerably in
personality and etiological background, which creates confusion in practice and …

Previous theory and research on the structural, longitudinal, and genetic nature of
psychopathy have provided strong conceptual and empirical evidence that overt antisociality …

This chapter focuses on the most widely accepted clinical/forensic measure of psychopathy,
the Psychopathy Checklist‐Revised (PCL‐R). Although traditionally considered to be a …

The psychometric properties of the 64-item Self-Report Psychopathy Scale–III (SRP-III) and
its abbreviated 28-item SRP–Short Form (SRP-SF) seem promising. Still, cross-cultural …

The construct of psychopathy is becoming increasingly more important to the clinical and
criminal justice systems and to society in general. The dominant instrument for the clinical …

The importance of psychopathy in the forensic and criminal justice domains is largely due to
its robust associations with aggression and violent behavior. Hence, investigators have …

The current study examined the prevalence and structure of psychopathic traits in females
and males using a very large world sample (N= 33,016, females= 19,183). Psychopathic …

Two recent meta-analyses have suggested that boldness, as assessed by the Psychopathic
Personality Inventory (PPI) Fearless Dominance dimension, is largely unrelated to total or …

Recent studies suggest that psychopathy may be associated with dysfunction in the neural
circuitry supporting both threat-and reward-related processes. However, these studies have …