After its publication in 1991, the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) became established as the “gold standard” for determining the extent to which an individual possesses psychopathic ...

>Many psychologists believe that psychopaths are almost bound by nature to commit crime. So if psychopaths can be accurately identified, their menace to society can be contained. That's the hope, at ...

Does an academic's use of legal threats to stop a critical paper from being published subvert the peer review process, which is fundamental to modern scientific research? A leading psychopathy ...

Psychopathy is a form of antisocial behavior that includes traits like impulsivity, manipulation, and lack of empathy. It is not formally defined as a mental health condition, but it is a subtype of ...

In November 2009, Robert Dixon took a test to determine whether he was a psychopath. After 26 years in prison, he was due for a parole hearing. In California, before a "lifer" like Dixon appears ...