Tackling a Tough Question: Who is the Emerging Psychopath? by Jamie L Flexon in Peer Reviewed Journal of Forensic & Genetic Sciences (PRJFGS) in Lupinepublishers
Defining
who the nascent or emerging psychopath is tied to an unfortunate reality. There
is no uniformly accepted definition of the concept, which is tied to debate in
the literature. As some have argued, and rightfully so, the most common
measures for psychopathy are operating in a theoretical vacuum and the measures
have been confused with the construct [1,2]. This is the opposite of how this
should work, as the construct should inform the measure. Little ground in
conceptually defining psychopathy will be made as long as clinicians and
researchers continue to move forward as though this issue has been resolved.
Since some claim to use the work of Hervey Cleckley [3] to inform their work
and measures of psychopathy, it seems prudent to go to the source when
discerning the features of psychopathy.
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