Psychopathic Personality: Bridging the Gap Between Scientific Evidence and Public Policy

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Psychological Science in the Public Interest 12 (3):95 –162 (2011)
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Our review addresses what psychopathy is, whether variants or subtypes exist (i.e., primary and secondary, unsuccessful and successful), the sorts of causal influences that contribute to psychopathy, how early in development psychopathy can validly be identified, and how psychopathy relates to future criminal behavior and treatment outcomes. Despite

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