Psychopathy and Criminal Behavior

Psychopathy and Criminal Behavior: Current Trends and Challenges fills a gap in the market by covering new topics and angles not addressed in other literature. The book's authors approach the interaction of psychopathy with different types of crime, reflecting on comorbidity with other disorders, symptoms and emotional function. In addition to examining questions of prevention and treatment, they present new developments with solid theory and scientific evidence, also addressing forensic realities. This is a must-have guide for practitioners, students or anyone interested in psychopathy, criminal behavior and the various avenues of treatment.

Autorentext
Paulo Barbosa Marques is a chartered clinical and forensic psychologist and a law enforcement officer. He began his law enforcement career serving as a frontline police officer in the Polícia de Segurança Pública (PSP) and later as a criminal investigator at the Criminal Investigation Department Organized Crime Brigade. Paulo is now an inspector at the Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF), the Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service. He holds a Master's in Law and Security from the Faculty of Law - NOVA University of Lisbon, a postgraduate diploma in Internal Security, and a Licentiate degree in Psychology. Over the past years, his research has focused on the police officers, prosecutors and judges perceptions of investigative interviewing operational practices and training needs in Portugal. Paulo regularly presents at conferences to both academics and practitioners. Dr. Mauro Paulino is Clinical and Forensic Psychologist and Lead Coordinator at MIND Institute of Clinical and Forensic Psychology, Portugal. He obtained his MS in Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences from the University of Lisbon and his PhD in Forensic Psychology from the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Dr. Paulino's research focuses on spousal and family violence and his clinical practice includes psychological consultation, psychotherapy, and neuropsychology. He is a member of the Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC) and the Psychological Assessment and Psychometrics Laboratory (PsyAssessmentLab). Dr. Paulino has authored led other Elsevier titles, including Police Psychology, Forensic Psychology of Spousal Violence, and Psychopathy and Criminal Behavior.

Laura Alho is a forensic psychologist and an assistant professor of the Lusófona University of Humanities and Technologies. She holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Aveiro, in collaboration with IBILI (Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra) and the Karolinska Institute (Sweden), a masters' degree in Forensic Psychology, and a post-graduation in Criminology. She has professional training in Victimology, Criminal Profiling, Psychology of Justice and Criminal Investigation. She is a member of several scientific associations and member of the Cognition and People Centric Computing Labs (CopeLabs) and Human-Environment Interaction Lab (HEI-Lab), from Lusófona University. Her line of research is psychology of testimony. She is an author and coordinator of scientific publications and a guest lecturer at several universities and justice entities.

Klappentext
Psychopathy and Criminal Behavior: Current Trends and Challenges fills a gap in the market by covering new topics and angles not addressed in other literature. The book's authors approach the interaction of psychopathy with different types of crime, reflecting on comorbidity with other disorders, symptoms and emotional function. In addition to examining questions of prevention and treatment, they present new developments with solid theory and scientific evidence, also addressing forensic realities. This is a must-have guide for practitioners, students or anyone interested in psychopathy, criminal behavior and the various avenues of treatment.

Inhalt

1. Practical considerations for the clinical and forensic use of psychopathy
   
   2. The emergence and development of psychopathy
   3. Neural correlates of psychopathy: A comprehensive review
   4. Emotional functioning in psychopathy. A critical review and integration with general emotion theories
   5. The development of psychopathy through the lifespan and its relation to offending
   6. Assessment of psychopathy and antisocial behavior
   7. The concept of psychopathy and risk assessment: Historical developments, contemporary considerations and future directions
   8. Communicating with psychopaths in law enforcement settings
   9. Negotiating with the psychopathic hostage taker
   10. Interviewing psychopaths: Toward a science of investigative interviewing of psychopathic suspects
   11. Psychopathy evidence in legal proceedings
   12. Psychopathy, offending style and crime scene behavior
   13. Psychopathy and drug-related crime and violence
   14. Are gang members psychopaths?
   15. Psychopathy and sexual offending over the life course: An exploratory longitudinal investigation
   16. Psychopathy is integral to understanding homicide and violence
   17. Psychopathy in human trafficking offenders: Current trends and challenges
   18. Psychopathy and terrorist involvement
   19. Psychopathy and corporate crime
   20. Psychopathy: Cybercrime and cyber abuse
   21. Psychopathy and animal cruelty offenders
   22. Treatment of psychopathic offenders: A Review of research, past, and current practice