Handbook on Psychopathy and Law

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Handbook on Psychopathy and Law

Edited by Kent A. Kiehl · Walter P. Sinnott-Armstrong
Oxford University Press USA May 2013

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780199841387
Publisher
Oxford University Press USA
Publication
May 2013
Format
Hardback , 408 pages
Jurisdiction
U.S. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

  • Surveys of the modern science of psychopathology
  • Studies the impact of the condition on legal theory, doctrine, and practice
  • Discusses newest treatments that might make progress in reducing recidivism

Psychopaths constitute less than 1% of the general population but over 20% of prison populations. They commit a disproportionate amount of crime and violence in society. Given that the economic burden of crime in the United States is estimated to be over $2.3 trillion per year, psychopaths likely constitute one of the most expensive mental health conditions known today. This volume chronicles the latest science of psychopathy and the various ways the condition intersects with the criminal justice system. From the modern techniques to assess the symptoms, to its utility in predicting violent recidivism, to the latest neuroscience youth and adults, and the most promising avenues for treatment, this volume captures the modern science of the condition and discusses ethical and legal issues surrounding psychopaths.

 

Readership: Law students, lawyers, judges, prosecutors, psychology/neuroscience undergraduates, medical/psychological trainees, philosophers, ethicists. Anyone involved in the crimino-legal system.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Robert Hare
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Kent A. Kiehl and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
DIAGNOSIS OF PSYCHOPATHY
Chapter 2 - Assessment of Psychopathy: The Hare Psychopathy Checklist Measures
Adelle Forth, Sune Bo, and Mickey Kongerslev
Chapter 3 - Alternatives to the Psychopathy Checklist - Revised (PCL-R)
Katherine A. Fowler and Scott O. Lilienfeld
DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOPATHY
Chapter 4 - Developmental Conceptualizations of Psychopathic Features
Dustin A. Pardini and Amy L. Byrd
Chapter 5 - Adolescent Psychopathy and the Law
Michael J. Vitacco and Randall T. Salekin
DECISION-MAKING AND PSYCHOPATHY
Chapter 6 - The decision-making impairment in psychopathy: Psychological and neurobiological mechanisms
Michael Koenigs and Joseph P. Newman
Chapter 7 - Do Psychopaths Make Moral Judgments?
Jana Schaich Borg and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
NEUROSCIENCE AND PSYCHOPATHY
Chapter 8 - Functional Imaging and Psychopathy
Nathanial Anderson and Kent A. Kiehl
Chapter 9 - Structural Brain Abnormalities and Psychopathy
Marina Boccardi
GENETICS OF PSYCHOPATHY
Chapter 10 - Quantitative genetic studies of psychopathic traits in minors: Review and implications for the law
Essi Viding, Natalie M. G. Fontaine, and H. Larsson
Chapter 11 - The Search for Genes and Environments that Underlie Psychopathy and Antisocial Behavior: Quantitative and Molecular Genetic Approaches
Irwin D. Waldman and Soo Hyun Rhee
TREATMENT OF PSYCHOPATHY
Chapter 12 - Treatment of Adolescents with Psychopathic Features
Michael F. Caldwell
RECIDIVISM AND PSYCHOPATHY
Chapter 13 - Psychopathy and Violent Recidivism
Marnie E. Rice and Grant T. Harris
Chapter 14 - Taking Psychopathy Measures 'Out of the Lab' and into the Legal System: Some Practical Concerns
John F. Edens, Melissa S. Magyar, and Jennifer M. Cox
RESPONSIBILITY OF PSYCHOPATHS
Chapter 15 - Criminal Responsibility and Psychopathy: Do Psychopaths have a Right to Excuse?
Paul Litton
Chapter 16 - Why Psychopaths are Responsible
Samuel H. Pillsbury
DETENTION OF PSYCHOPATHS
Chapter 17 - Preventive Detention of Psychopaths and Dangerous Offenders
Stephen J. Morse
Chapter 18 - Some Notes on Preventive Detention and Psychopathy
Michael Louis Corrado
Chapter 19 - Psychopathy and Sentencing
Eric Luna
INDEX

About the Author

Kent A. Kiehl, Associate Professor, The University of New Mexico, Department of Psychology, and Walter P. Sinnott-Armstrong, Chauncey Stillman Professor of Ethics and Professor of Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University

 

 

Professor Kiehl is one of the world's leading authorities on psychopathy.

 

 

 

 

Contributors: 
Contributors

Nathaniel E. Anderson
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM, USA

Sune Bo
Psychiatric Research Unit
Roskilde, Denmark

Marina Boccardi
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Neuroimaging, and Telemedicine (LENITEM)
Brescia, Italy

Jana Schaich Borg
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA

Amy L. Byrd
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Michael F. Caldwell
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI, USA

Michael Louis Corrado
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Law School
Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Jennifer Cox
Texas A&M University
Kingsville, TX, USA

John F. Edens
Texas A&M University
Kingsville, TX, USA

Natalie M. G. Fontaine 
Department of Criminal Justice 
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN, USA

Adelle Forth
Carleton University
Ottowa, ON, Canada

Katherine A. Fowler, Ph.D.
National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda, MD, USA

Grant T. Harris
Research Department, Mental Health Centre
Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada

Kent A. Kiehl
Mind Research Network
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM, USA

Michael Koenigs
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI, USA

Mickey Kongerslev
Psychiatric Research Unit
Roskilde, Denmark

Henrik Larsson
Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Karolinska Institute
Hagalund, Sweden

Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D.
Emory University
Atlanta, GA, USA

Paul Litton
University of Missouri School of Law
Columbia, MO, USA

Erik Luna
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Lexington, VA, USA

Melissa S. Magyar
Texas A&M University
Kingsville, TX, USA

Stephen Morse
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Joseph P. Newman
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI, USA

Dustin A. Pardini
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Samuel H. Pillsbury
Loyola Law School
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Soo Hyun Rhee
University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, CO, USA

Marnie E. Rice 
Research Department, Mental Health Centre
Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada

Randall T. Salekin
Department of Psychology
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
Mind Research Network
Duke University
Durham, NC, USA

Essi Viding
Department of Psychology and Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
University College London
London, UK

Michael J. Vitacco
Georgia Health Sciences University
Augusta, GA, USA

Irwin D. Waldman
Emory University
Atlanta, GA, USA

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