It has been six months since Tess MΓΌller stopped speaking. Her silence is baffling to her parents, her teachers, and her younger sister Meg, but the more urgent mystery for both girls is where their mother Evangeline goes each day, pushing an empty pram and returning home wet, muddy and dishevelled.
Without conscience: the disturbing world of the psychopaths among us
β Scribed by D. HARE, PHD, ROBERT
- Publisher
- Guilford Publications
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 179 KB
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York
- ISBN-13
- 9781572304512
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β¦ Synopsis
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Author's Note; Preface and Acknowledgments; Epigraph; Introduction: The Problem; Chapter One. "Experiencing" the Psychopath; Chapter Two. Focusing the Picture; Chapter Three. The Profile: Feelings and Relationships; Chapter Four. The Profile: Lifestyle; Chapter Five. Internal Controls: The Missing Piece; Chapter Six. Crime: The Logical Choice; Chapter Seven. White-Collar Psychopaths; Chapter Eight. Words from an Overcoat Pocket; Chapter Nine. Flies in the Web; Chapter Ten. The Roots of the Problem; Chapter Eleven. The Ethics of Labeling.;Most people are both repelled and intrigued by the images of cold-blooded, conscienceless murderers that increasingly populate our movies, television programs, and newspaper headlines. With their flagrant criminal violation of society's rules, serial killers like Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy are among the most dramatic examples of the psychopath. Individuals with this personality disorder are fully aware of the consequences of their actions and know the difference between right and wrong, yet they are terrifyingly self-centered, remorseless, and unable to care about the feelings of others. Pe.
β¦ Subjects
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