Kent A. Kiehl

Handbook on Psychopathy and Law

Ebook (PDF Format)

Psychopaths constitute less than 1% of the general population but over 20% of prison populations. They commit a disproportionate amount of crime and violence in society. Given that the economic burden of crime in the United States is estimated to be over $2.3 trillion per year, psychopaths likely constitute one of the most expensive mental health conditions known today. This volume chronicles the latest science of psychopathy and the various ways the condition intersects with the criminal justice system. From the modern techniques to assess the symptoms, to its utility in predicting violent recidivism, to the latest neuroscience youth and… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter P.

ISBN: 978-0-19-984139-4
EAN: 9780199841394
Produktnummer: 16939762
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 2'705 KB

Über den Autor

Professor Kiehl is one of the world's leading authorities on psychopathy having published over 100 manuscripts and been awarded more than $10,000,000 in competitive NIH funding to study the condition.Professor Sinnott-Armstrong is Stillman Professor of Practical Ethics in the Philosophy Department and the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. He has served as vice-chair of the Board of Officers of the American Philosophical Association and co-director of the MacArthur Project on Law and Neuroscience.