Book description
Psychopaths continue to be demonised by the media and estimates suggest that a disturbing percentage of the population has psychopathic tendencies. This timely and controversial new book summarises what we already know about psychopathy and antisocial behavior and puts forward a new case for its cause - with far-reaching implications.…
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1 author picked The Psychopath as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A somewhat technical treatment, it’s critical to disassociate fact from fiction, and this book does exactly that.
I went here first because it lays out what psychopathy is, its prevalence in society, and the many ways, shapes, and forms in which it is expressed. What it gave me was an understanding of what psychopathy looks like—from the outside.
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