After its publication in 1991, the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) became established as the “gold standard” for determining the extent to which an individual possesses psychopathic ...

"The term sociopath is sometimes used to signify that origin of anti-social behavior. Now we know it's a lot more complicated." ...

One of the most enduring ideas about crime — and violence more broadly — is that a lot of it is committed by people we call “psychopaths.” If you didn’t grow up with procedurals like “Law & Order: SVU ...

A recent study has found that high levels of psychopathic traits are associated with reduced thickness in specific outer ...