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robert Hare's Web Site devoted to the study of Psychopathy








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Robert Hare was recently named to the Order of Canada, one of Canada's highest civilian honour


The Order of Canada recognizes a lifetime of achievement and contribution to society, and was presented by the Governor General of Canada in September 2011.

Comments on the Claim That 10% of Wall Street Employees are Psychopaths

Post-Doctoral Position Available With Leading Psychopathy Researcher, Dr. David Kosson: Download PDF

Master's Thesis Study: If you work with someone who you believe has psychopathic traits, you can participate in a research study that is examining the effects this relationship has on your job satisfaction, coping, support, and overall well-being. Click here for more information and to access the study.

This Charming Psychopath: How to Spot Social Predators Before They Attack - An excerpt from Dr. Hare's Without Conscience, published by Psychology Today

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Upcoming PCL-R / PCL:YV Workshops:
June 22-23, 2012 - Baltimore, MD
January 28-29, 2013 - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Upcoming Presentations:
June 12, 2012: VRAG Conference
June 13, 2012: Psychopathy Seminar: New Perspectives on Psychopathy

Special Links for Psychopathy and Law Enforcement:
Dr. Matt Logan - HALO
Dr. Mary Ellen O'Toole, Senior FBI Profiler (ret)

Aftermath: Surviving Psychopathy: an organization established to be of assistance to people who are or have been in relationships with individuals with psychopathic features.

Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy (SSSP): a non-profit, professional organization which was developed to promote the conduct and communication of scientific research in the field of psychopathy and to encourage education and training in those fields of science that contribute to research in psychopathy.



Featured Manuals, Books and Articles


Psychopathy as a Clinical and Empirical Construct

Psychopathy as a Clinical and Empirical Construct

Hare, R. D., & Neumann, C. S. (2008). Psychopathy as a clinical and empirical construct. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 4, 217-246.

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Psychopathy and Law: A Practitioner's Guide

Psychopathy and Law: A Practitioner's Guide
edited by Helinä Häkkänen-Nyholm and Jan-Olof Nyholm

Available from Wiley-Blackwell
Driven to Lead: Good, bad and misguided leadership

Driven to Lead: Good, bad and misguided leadership
by Paul R. Lawrence

A Darwinian perspective on leadership, with references to the role of psychopathy

Available from Wiley
Responsibility and Psychopathy

Responsibility and Psychopathy: Interfacing law, psychiatry and philosophy
edited by Luca Malatesti and John McMillan

Available from Oxford University Press
PCL-R 2nd Edition Hare PCL-R 2nd Edition

Available from Multi-Health Systems

Available translations of the PCL-R (1991 version):
Bulgarian - Available from MHS via license to copy only
Dutch (Manual and forms) - Available from Harcourt Assessments Netherlands
Finnish - Available from MHS via license to copy only
French (PQ) (all Forms and Manuals) - Available from MHS - 1-800-456-3003
German (Interview Guide, Score Sheet) - Available from MHS via license to copy only
Korean(QuikScore Form, Interview Guide) - Available from MHS via license to copy only
Portuguese (Brazil) (Manual, Interview Guide, Percentile Tables) - Available from MHS (1-800-456-3003) or Casa do Psicólogo
Spanish (Chile) (Interview guide, rating criteria) - Available MHS via license to copy only
Spanish (Euro) (Interview guide, score sheet) - Available MHS via license to copy only

Available translations of the PCL-R 2nd Edition:
Danish (Interview guide, scoring booklet and scoring guide) - Available from Hogrefe Psykologisk Forlag
Hebrew (all forms and Manual) - Available from PsychTech Ltd
Italian (Manual, Item Booklet, Interview Schedule, QuikScore form) - Available from Giunti O.S.
Japanese - Available from Kaneko Shobo Co. Ltd.
Korean - Available from Hakjisa Publisher.
Spanish - Available from Tea Ediciones
Swedish (all forms) - Available from PSYKOLOGIFORLAGET AB
PCL:YV Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version

Available from Multi-Health Systems
PCL:SV Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version

Available from Multi-Health Systems
Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychopathy

Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychopathy
edited by Randall T. Salekin and Donald R. Lynam

Available from Guilford Press
Snakes in Suits

Snakes in Suits
by Paul Babiak & Robert D. Hare

Available from HarperCollins

Read an excerpt: MSNBC.com

Available translations (see our Featured Literature page for book jackets):

Finnish - Publisher: Koobra Oy
German - Publisher: Hanser
Japanese - Publisher: First Press
Polish - Publisher: jezeli p to q

Visit the Snakes in Suits web site.
Without Conscience Without Conscience

Available from Guilford Press

Translations of Without Conscience:
Chinese - Forthcoming
Dutch
Finnish
German
Hungarian
Indonesian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Russian
Serbian - Forthcoming
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
Psychology of Criminal Investigations: The Search for the Truth

Psychology of Criminal Investigations: The Search for the Truth
edited by Michel St-Yves and Michel Tanguay
Includes a chapter by Dr. M. Logan & Dr. R. D. Hare entitled "Criminal psychopathy: An introduction for police".

Available from Carswell
International Handbook on Psychopathic Disorders and the Law

International Handbook on Psychopathic Disorders and the Law
edited by Alan R. Felthous and Henning Saß, 2008
Winner of the 2009 Guttmacher Award

Available from Wiley
The Psychopath: Theory, Research, and Practice The Psychopath: Theory, Research, and Practice
edited by H. Hervé and J. Yuille

Available from Routledge
Handbook of Psychopathy Handbook of Psychopathy
edited by Christopher J. Patrick, Ph.D.

Available from Guilford Press

Last update: June 7, 2012