Psychopathy Unmasked
The Rise and Fall of a Dangerous Diagnosis
$94.81
- Paperback
332 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2025
Summary
Why our fascination with psychopaths is scientifically wrongheaded, and how the criminal justice system has misused the controversial science of psychopathy.
Psychopathy is a widely acknowledged personality disorder associated with callous unemotional traits and antisocial behaviors. Psychopathic persons are described as dangerous predators incapable of empathy and moral intuition, and while they are believed to make up only around 1 percent of the general population, forensic experts…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262552202 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262552205 |
| Author: | Rasmus Rosenberg Larsen |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 332 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Rasmus Rosenberg Larsen
Rasmus Rosenberg Larsen is Assistant Professor of Forensic Epistemology and Philosophy of Science at the University of Toronto Mississauga and Senior Scientist at the National Center for Ontological Research. His research has appeared in journals like The Lancet- Psychiatry; Psychology, Public Policy, and Law; and Philosophical Psychology.
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