Risks of Harm from Psychopathic Individuals

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Beschreibung

This brief offers understanding and insight into how to define, establish, and maintain personal safety to minimize risks of negative encounters with psychopaths. The author, through a behavioral science research lens sprinkled with autobiographical anecdotes, details causes of psychopathy, links between crime and psychopathy, and focuses particular attention on strategies and preventative measures that individuals who encounter psychopathic others can employ to assert their own personal mental and physical well-being.

Über den Autor

¿Robert Henley Woody is a professor of psychology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (teaching forensic, school, and social psychology) and is in the private practice of law in Omaha. His degrees include a PhD from Michigan State University, a ScD from the University of Pittsburgh, and a JD from Creighton University School of Law. He is a licensed psychologist in Florida and Michigan and also a member of the Florida, Michigan, and Nebraska bars. He has been named a diplomat in clinical psychology, forensic psychology, ABPP, and is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. He has authored or edited 34 books and written approximately 200 chapters and articles for professional journals. His primary research interests are in the areas of forensic psychology, law enforcement, school psychology, family and sex therapy, and group therapy.

Zusammenfassung

Offers understanding and insight into how to define, establish, and maintain personal safety to minimize risks of negative encounters with psychopaths

Details causes of psychopathy and the links between crime and psychopathy

A resource to researchers, clinicians, and other professionals in mental health related and educational disciplines, particularly those in social & personality psychology, clinical psychology, social workers and counselors, and nursing and medicine

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- Chapter 1: Accentuating the Positive.- Chapter 2: Harm in Contemporary Society.- Chapter 3: Risk Taking.- Chapter 4: Deception: The Great Pretender.- Chapter 5: The Term Psychopathy.- Chapter 6: Definitions of Psychopathy.- Chapter 7: Incidence of Psychopathy.- Chapter 8: Violence and Criminal Psychopathy.- Chapter 9: Relationships with Psychopaths.- Chapter 10: The Victim's Personal Rights.- Chapter 11: Managing the Great Pretender.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2019
Fachbereich:	Angewandte Psychologie
Genre:	Geisteswissenschaften , Kunst , Musik , Psychologie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	SpringerBriefs in Psychology
Inhalt:	xiii 56 S. 1 s/w Illustr. 56 p. 1 illus.
ISBN-13:	9783030209971
ISBN-10:	3030209970
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Woody, Robert Henley
Hersteller:	Springer Springer International Publishing AG SpringerBriefs in Psychology
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	235 x 155 x 5 mm
Von/Mit:	Robert Henley Woody
Erscheinungsdatum:	08.07.2019
Gewicht:	0,125 kg