A psychological assessment test often used to evaluate psychopathy in Canadian criminal cases is unreliable and prone to unconscious bias on the part of expert witnesses, according to research from ...

Psychopathy is an antisocial personality disorder that is highly correlated with crime and violence. The concept of psychopathy has been known for centuries but only in recent years has there been ...

Robert L. Roberson III was scheduled for execution in Texas on October 16. He won a stay, but the case isn't over. He was convicted of the murder of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis. The ...

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A made-in-Canada test to detect whether a criminal is a “psychopath” is outdated, unreliable, and a poor predictor of recidivism, says a University of Toronto researcher who is calling for an end to ...

A research team from the Institute for Research in Jülich and Aachen University in Germany stated in their paper that 'psychopathy is the greatest risk factor for severe and persistent violence,' and ...