Long the stuff of clinical lore, successful psychopathy has recently become the focus of
research. Although numerous authors have conjectured that psychopathic traits are …

Despite long-standing interest in this topic, successful individuals with psychopathy have
proven to be an elusive target for research. Efforts to systematically study high-functioning …

Abstract Hall and Benning (2006) and Lilienfeld, Watts, and Smith (2015) proposed the
differential-severity, differential-configuration, and moderated-expression models as …

Psychopathy remains one of the least understood personality disorders and one of the most
intransigent to therapeutic amelioration. Better understanding of this disorder is not helped …

Many studies have devoted themselves to the question of whether the psychopathy
construct can be meaningfully applied to youth during the last decade or so. Results have …

Acommon belief among the lay public and scientific researchers is that “psychopathy”
referstoa distinct diagnostic category whose defining characteristics distinguish it from even …

The Psychopath: Theory, Research, and Practice is a comprehensive review of the latest
advancements in the study of psychopathy. As research into psychopathy over the past two …

As highlighted within several of the chapters in this volume, there are a number of important
and basic questions that have yet to be resolved--some of which are crucial to continuing …

The aim of this chapter is to review the existing literature concerning noncriminal
psychopathy in an effort to clarify some of these issues. Specifically, the authors address …

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