Handbook on Psychopathy and Law

by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Kent A. Kiehl

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199841381
• ISBN13: 9780199841387
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.2" x 9.9"