Risks of Harm from Psychopathic Individuals

• Main Author: Woody, Robert Henley (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology,
• Subjects: Psychology, Pathological.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Clinical psychology.; Psychopathology.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Clinical Psychology.

This brief offers understanding and insight into how to define, establish, and maintain personal safety to minimize risks of negative encounters with psychopaths. The author, through a behavioral science research lens sprinkled with autobiographical anecdotes, details causes of psychopathy, links be...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1: Accentuating the Positive
• Chapter 2: Harm in Contemporary Society
• Chapter 3: Risk Taking
• Chapter 4: Deception: The Great Pretender
• Chapter 5: The Term Psychopathy
• Chapter 6: Definitions of Psychopathy
• Chapter 7: Incidence of Psychopathy
• Chapter 8: Violence and Criminal Psychopathy
• Chapter 9: Relationships with Psychopaths
• Chapter 10: The Victim's Personal Rights
• Chapter 11: Managing the Great Pretender.