Violence and Psychopathy

by Raine, Adrian; Sanmartin, Jose; Centro Reina Sofia Para El Estudio De LA Violencia

• ISBN13: 9780306466694
• ISBN10: 0306466694
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-01
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

This book focuses on one of the world's major problems - violence and psychopathy. It presents some of the key contributions made at the Fourth International Meeting on the Biology and Sociology of Violence held in November 1999. A key thrust of this book, and a stance shared by all of its contributors, is the notion that violence and psychopathy simply cannot be understood solely in terms of social and environmental forces and influences. Nor do biological factors offer an exclusive explanation. Instead, it is likely that psychopathy is the result of complex interactions between biological and social factors, interactions which to date are poorly understood. Contributors to this book tackle the difficult process of isolating the important biological, psychological, and social processes that contribute to violence.

Table of Contents

Preface	1	(4)
PART I Psychopaths
Psychopaths and Their Nature: Some Implications for Understanding Human Predatory Violence	5	(30)
Robert D. Hare
Psychopathy, Violence and Brain Imaging	35	(22)
Adrian Raine
Emotional Processes in Psychopathy	57	(22)
Christopher J. Patrick
Neurobiology of the Psychopath	79	(12)
James S. Grisolia
PART II Serial Killers
Concept and History of the Serial Killer	91	(14)
Jose Sanmartin
Motives of the Serial Killer	105	(18)
Candice A. Skrapec
Psychopathy, Sadism and Serial Killing	123	(18)
David J. Cooke
PART III Psychosocial Aspects and Treatment
Psychosocial Contributions to Psychopathy and Violence	141	(30)
Joan McCord
Is Effective Treatment of Psychopathy Possible? What We Know and What We Need to Know	171	(26)
Friedrich Losel
Index	197