The psychopath whisperer The science of those without conscience

Kent A. Kiehl

Book - 2014

"In the bestselling tradition of The Psychopath Test and The Sociopath Next Door, a compelling journey into the science and behavior of psychopaths in our lives, written by the leading scientist in the field of criminal psychopathy. Kent A. Kiehl, who created the Mind Mobil MRI System to study psychopaths in prison populations, has collected the world's largest repository of forensic neuroscience, with scans of more than five hundred psychopaths and three thousand criminal offenders at eight facilities in several states. Kiehl's research has shown that the brains of psychopaths are structurally different from normal brains, offering new clues to how to predict and treat the disease"--

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Published
New York : Crown Publishers [2014]
Language
English
Main Author
Kent A. Kiehl (-)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
294 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9780770435844
9780770435868
  • Chapter 1. Maximum Security
  • Chapter 2. Suffering Souls
  • Chapter 3. The Assassins
  • Chapter 4. The Psychopath Electrified
  • Chapter 5. The Psychopath Magnetized
  • Chapter 6. Bad Beginnings
  • Chapter 7. Ivy League Lessons
  • Chapter 8. Teenage "Psychopaths"
  • Chapter 9. Mobile Imaging
  • Chapter 10. The Decompression Chamber
  • Chapter 11. A Serial Killer Unmasked
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

In this compassionate study, Kiehl, professor of psychology, neurosciences, and law at the University of New Mexico, attempts to provide a way to understand and improve the lives of psychopaths. His opening chapter describes his first visit to a prison as a graduate student and his first encounters with psychopaths. Kiehl's goal is not to sensationalize, but rather to learn and assist; that helping psychopaths is his ultimate goal is evident in the nonjudgmental and caring manner in which he tells his stories. His pedigree also speaks volumes: he has devoted a good portion of his career to this oft-maligned population, conducting the first fMRI study (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) on imprisoned psychopaths, and has investigated treatment methods that break the traditional, detrimental modes of deterrence and defiance. He offers insights into psychopathic symptoms and diagnostic criteria, but perhaps most innovative is his focus on prisons, which house a disproportionate number of psychopaths relative to the general population. Neuroscience, Kiehl concludes, has the potential to change the judicial experience of psychopaths and our own concepts of free will. With such observations, this book may allow psychopaths to transition from a cultural spectacle to suffering individuals that might, in no small part due to efforts like Kiehl's, be able to receive help. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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