The Psychopath: Emotion and the Brain

Psychopaths continue to be demonised by the media and estimatessuggest that a disturbing percentage of the population haspsychopathic tendencies. This timely and controversial new booksummarises what we already know about psychopathy and antisocialbehavior and puts forward a new case for its cause - withfar-reaching implications.

• Presents the scientific facts of psychopathy and antisocialbehavior.
• Addresses key questions, such as: What is psychopathy? Arethere psychopaths amongst us? What is wrong with psychopaths? Ispsychopathy due to nature or nurture? And can we treatpsychopaths?
• Reveals the authors' ground-breaking research into whether anunderlying abnormality in brain development leaves psychopaths withan inability to feel emotion or fear.
• The resulting theory could lead to early diagnosis andrevolutionize the way society, the media and the state both viewsand contends with the psychopaths in our midst.