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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

1. Why Psychopathy as Unified Theory of Crime?

Author : Matt DeLisi

Published in: Psychopathy as Unified Theory of Crime

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US

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Abstract

The current chapter provides an overview of the research, clinical, and practitioner experiences and academic disciplinary sources of motivation for this book. Psychopathy is a useful heuristic device for understanding the expanse of criminality from normative offending to the extremity of criminal violence. Academic disciplines have differential interest in psychopathy ranging from hostility in the case of sociology to embrace in psychology. The lay public has considerable interest in the psychopathy construct but inconsistently and often incorrectly applies the construct where it is not relevant and declines to invoke it when it is appropriate. An overview of the subsequent chapters is provided.

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Metadata
Title
Why Psychopathy as Unified Theory of Crime?
Author
Matt DeLisi
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Psychopathy as Unified Theory of Crime

Print ISBN: 978-1-137-46909-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-137-46907-6

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-46907-6_1