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Psychopathy and Criminal Behavior

Current Trends and Challenges

  • 1st Edition - October 27, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Paulo Barbosa Marques, Mauro Paulino, Laura Alho
  • Language: English

Psychopathy and Criminal Behavior: Current Trends and Challenges fills a gap in the market by covering new topics and angles not addressed in other literature. The book's authors a… Read more

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Description

Psychopathy and Criminal Behavior: Current Trends and Challenges fills a gap in the market by covering new topics and angles not addressed in other literature. The book's authors approach the interaction of psychopathy with different types of crime, reflecting on comorbidity with other disorders, symptoms and emotional function. In addition to examining questions of prevention and treatment, they present new developments with solid theory and scientific evidence, also addressing forensic realities. This is a must-have guide for practitioners, students or anyone interested in psychopathy, criminal behavior and the various avenues of treatment.

Key features

  • Provides a direct and concise approach, reflecting on the construct of psychopathy and its implications in forensic settings
  • Includes sections on models of development in psychopathy and the neuropsychological fundamentals of the role of psychopathy in violent behavior
  • Written for researchers, practitioners and students

Readership

Practitioners in the fields of forensic psychology, criminology and criminal justice, forensic mental health, psychology and psychiatry, as well as criminal lawyers, judges and police. Graduate and undergraduate students in the fields of forensic psychology, criminology and criminal justice, forensic mental health, psychology and psychiatry, as well as criminal lawyers, judges and police along with police training academies

Table of contents

Foreword
Robert D. Hare

1. Practical considerations for the clinical and forensic use of psychopathy
Jason M. Smith, Carl B. Gacono, Ted B. Cunliffe, and Aaron Kivisto

2. The emergence and development of psychopathy
Laura Alho, Mauro Paulino, Paulo Barbosa Marques, and J. Reid Meloy

3. Neural correlates of psychopathy: A comprehensive review
Ana Seara-Cardoso, Margarida Vasconcelos, Adriana Sampaio, and Craig Neumann

4. Emotional functioning in psychopathy: A critical review and integration with general emotion theories
Lieke Nentjes, Carlo Garofalo, and David S. Kosson

5. The development of psychopathy through the lifespan and its relation to offending
David P. Farrington and Henriette Bergstrøm

6. Assessment of psychopathy and antisocial behavior
Mauro Paulino, Mário R. Simões, Leslie Morey, Brittany Penson, Paulo Barbosa Marques, and Laura Alho

7. The concept of psychopathy and risk assessment: Historical developments, contemporary considerations, and future directions
Ryan Veal and James R.P. Ogloff

8. Communicating with psychopaths in law enforcement settings
Jeff Thompson, Paulo Barbosa Marques, Laura Alho, and Mauro Filipe Paulino

9. Negotiating with the psychopathic hostage taker
James L. Greenstone

10. Interviewing psychopaths: Toward a science of investigative interviewing of psychopathic suspect
Paulo Barbosa Marques and Michel St-Yves

11. Psychopathy evidence in legal proceedings
John F. Edens and Tiffany N. Truong

12. Psychopathy, offending style and crime scene behavior
Sophia Tkazky, Donna Youngs, and David Rowlands

13. Psychopathy and drug-related crime and violence
Michael G. Vaughn, Katherine J. Holzer, and Jacob Eikenberry

14. Are gang members psychopaths?
Jennifer J. Tostlebe and David C. Pyrooz

15. Psychopathy and sexual offending over the life course: An exploratory longitudinal investigation
Evan McCuish, Patrick Lussier, and Raymond Corrado

16. Psychopathy is integral to understanding homicide and violence
Matt DeLisi and Bryanna Fox

17. Psychopathy in human trafficking offenders: Current trends and challenges

Holly Hargreaves-Cormany, James Beasley, Terri Patterson, Kara Meadows, Princess-Kasharáe Middleton, Ellen Wood, Jonathan Alicchio, and Nathanael Gaspar



18. Psychopathy and terrorist involvement
Emily Corner and Paul Gill

19. Psychopathy and corporate crime
Cynthia Mathieu

20. Psychopathy: Cybercrime and cyber abuse
Evita March

21. Psychopathy and animal cruelty offenders
Sara C. Haden, Shelby E. McDonald, and Wyatt D’Emilia

22. Treatment of psychopathic offenders: A review of research, past, and current practice
Mark E. Olver
Afterword - Psychopathy: Key unresolved questions
Scott O. Lilienfeld

Review quotes

"...The editors have impressive scholarly and applied experiences in criminology, psychology, and the forensic sciences, and their diverse professional experiences translate into a highly accessible and eminently interesting volume. The book is valuable for criminologists, consultants, attorneys, prosecutors, true crime aficionados, and criminal justice students alike, and is worthy of a read. Psychopathy
and criminal behavior: Current trends and challenges is the most useful, insightful, and cogent volume on psychopathy in my library"—Journal of Forensic Sciences

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 28, 2021
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Paulo Barbosa Marques

Paulo Barbosa Marques is a chartered clinical and forensic psychologist and a law enforcement officer. He began his law enforcement career serving as a frontline police officer in the Polícia de Segurança Pública (PSP) and later as a criminal investigator at the Criminal Investigation Department – Organized Crime Brigade. Paulo is now an inspector at the Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF), the Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service. He holds a Master’s in Law and Security from the Faculty of Law - NOVA University of Lisbon, a postgraduate diploma in Internal Security, and a Licentiate degree in Psychology. Over the past years, his research has focused on the police officers, prosecutors and judges perceptions of investigative interviewing operational practices and training needs in Portugal. Paulo regularly presents at conferences to both academics and practitioners.
Affiliations and expertise
Inspector, Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF), the Portuguese Immigration and Borders, Portugal

MP

Mauro Paulino

Dr. Mauro Paulino is Clinical and Forensic Psychologist and Lead Coordinator at MIND Institute of Clinical and Forensic Psychology, Portugal. He obtained his MS in Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences from the University of Lisbon and his PhD in Forensic Psychology from the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Dr. Paulino’s research focuses on spousal and family violence and his clinical practice includes psychological consultation, psychotherapy, and neuropsychology. He is a member of the Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC) and the Psychological Assessment and Psychometrics Laboratory (PsyAssessmentLab). Dr. Paulino has authored led other Elsevier titles, including Police Psychology, Forensic Psychology of Spousal Violence, and Psychopathy and Criminal Behavior.

Affiliations and expertise
Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, MIND Institute of Clinical and Forensic Psychology, Portugal

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Laura Alho

Laura Alho is a forensic psychologist and an assistant professor of the Lusófona University of Humanities and Technologies. She holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Aveiro, in collaboration with IBILI (Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra) and the Karolinska Institute (Sweden), a masters’ degree in Forensic Psychology, and a post-graduation in Criminology. She has professional training in Victimology, Criminal Profiling, Psychology of Justice and Criminal Investigation. She is a member of several scientific associations and member of the Cognition and People Centric Computing Labs (CopeLabs) and Human-Environment Interaction Lab (HEI-Lab), from Lusófona University. Her line of research is psychology of testimony. She is an author and coordinator of scientific publications and a guest lecturer at several universities and justice entities.
Affiliations and expertise
Lusófona University of Humanities and Technologies, EPCV, Lisbon; Cognition and People Centric Computing Labs (CopeLabs), ULHT, Lisbon; Human-Environment Interaction Lab (HEI-Lab), EPCV, UHLT, Lisbon, Portugal

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