A study finds flaws in the use of scores from psychopathy tests in court, but fails to address the influence on juries of cultural portrayals of psychopathy.

If someone asked you to imagine a psychopath, who would you picture? Many of us might conjure an image of a violent criminal who will do anything without remorse to get what they want. After all, ...

Despite decades of research into the core traits of psychopathy, substantial disagreement about the structure of the psychopathic personality remains. Hare’s Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) ...

A psychological assessment test often used to evaluate psychopathy in Canadian criminal cases is unreliable and prone to unconscious bias on the part ...

A psychological assessment test often used to evaluate psychopathy in Canadian criminal cases is unreliable and prone to unconscious bias on the part of expert witnesses, according to research from ...

One of the most enduring ideas about crime — and violence more broadly — is that a lot of it is committed by people we call “psychopaths.” If you didn’t grow up with procedurals like “Law & Order: SVU ...

November 2, 2018 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google There are a lot of misunderstandings about mental health, and casually using terms with a deeper meaning can ...

Millions recently flocked to the movies to watch Joker, the origin story of Batman’s notorious nemesis. Many have commented that the film is a portrait of a textbook psychopath. But perhaps the bigger ...

Sociopaths and psychopaths are two distinct subtypes of antisocial personality disorder. Psychopaths are typically less anxious and have an easier time holding a job than sociopaths. Stigma against ...

If someone asked you to imagine a psychopath, who would you picture? Many of us might conjure an image of a violent criminal who will do anything without remorse to get what they want. After all, ...